Home / Newsroom / News Archive / 2021 / SHAPE hosts Annual Allied Command Operations Gender Advisors Conference May 14 2021 SHAPE hosts Annual Allied Command Operations Gender Advisors Conference MONS, Belgium – Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) hosted its annual Allied Command Operations (ACO) Gender Advisors (GENAD) Conference virtually on May 11 to 12, 2021. The conference objective was to create an opportunity for all participants to strengthen the coordination and collaboration across various organisational structures in ACO and NATO, to discuss all the topics of interest and benefit from sharing experiences, information and best practices among the community. Participants included SHAPE Flag Officers, Gender Advisors and Gender Focal Points across ACO, NATO HQ Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and International Military Staff (IMS) GENAD Office, Allied Command Transformation (ACT), NATO department Head Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations (NCGM), NATO national armed forces representatives, as well as the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance.