The Centre is based in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and was the first NATO Command Structure unit established in Central and Eastern Europe. It paved a way for other institutions affiliated to NATO, such as NATO Communications and Information Agency CIS Support Unit Bydgoszcz, 3rd NATO Signal Battalion, Military Police Centre of Excellence, NATO Force Integration Unit and NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre, all of which joined JFTC in Bydgoszcz, making the City the NATO Capital of Poland.