1 the civilian response corps usphs scientific and training symposium san diego, ca - may 2010
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The National Security Challenge
According to Foreign Policy’s 2009 Index, there are 38 failed or failing
states.
Through an institutionalized and whole-of-government approach, the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction & Stabilization (S/CRS) was established in 2004 to build a capability that can address a wide spectrum of these emerging threats.
S/CRS works to prevent budding conflicts and respond to countries and regions at risk of, in, and/or emerging from instability.
Adequately addressing the risks emanating from weak and failing states and ungoverned spaces is crucial to protecting U.S. national security interests.
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S/CRS Engagements in 2009
Smart Power in Action
17 Countries on 4 Continents
17 Post-Conflict Operations Since the Cold War
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Strong
Weak
Large Scale Intervention
Drivers of Conflict
Lead passed to local actors
Goal
Conflict Transformation
Local Instit
utional C
apacity
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Building a State-of-the-Art Conflict Capability
S/CRS is building and deploying a state of the art conflict capability and a systemized approach to crisis prevention
and response
Prevention Package
Liberia Ecuador Yemen
Sudan Afghanistan
DRC
Response Package
One Comprehensive Capability
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Civilian Response Corps
Whole-of-Government We draw from a wide range of U.S.
government resources to establish the best team for each mission.
Expeditionary Our members are specially selected,
trained, and equipped to deploy and operate in hazardous and austere environments with little or no notice.
Innovative We leverage specific skill sets, expertise,
and robust experience working effectively with military and international actors.
Preventive Systematizing conflict prevention -
changing the mindsets of decision makers.
Essential Characteristics
Preventive
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Developing Global R&S Partners
Ensuring that the U.S. and key partners are able to operate together on the ground– S/CRS works closely with UK and Canada to ensure civilian interoperability
– Corps member serves as Kandahar PRT U.S. Chief of Staff integrating U.S. and Canadian civilian efforts
Ensuring that the U.S. and key partners can plan, assess, and train together– S/CRS and UK’s Stabilization Unit completed the Malakand Plan in Pakistan in 2009
– Corps members attend UK and Canadian training and vice versa
– US and Australia will sign an MOU to promote joint field operations and collaborative training and planning
Increasing U.S. government secondments into critical UN and multilateral missions– Corps member serving as the first USG Security Sector expert in MONUC
– Potential Corps embeds into UNAMID and AEC peacekeeping operations in Sudan
Growing new partners every day– S/CRS leads the U.S. in the International Stabilization and Peacebuilding Initiative – an informal network of governments and
international organizations committed to building new capacity for joint civilian missions
S/CRS works constantly with over 18 international
partners and emerging counterparts
to enhance interoperability and ensure cooperative
mission success.
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Hire 264 Identify 2000
Full Spectrum Skill Sets
Standing civilian capacity that is trained, ready, and quickly deployable with the
common operating picture and equipment necessary for a sustained presence in austere
environments
Federal U.S. government civilian agency employees who have regular ongoing job responsibilities, but are trained and available to deploy when needed.
105 Full-Time Members
887 Stand-by Members
264 Full-Time Members
1000 Stand-by Members
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Rule of Law:
policing, legal administration, justice systems, and corrections programs design and management
Innovative
Economic Recovery:
agriculture, rural development, commerce, taxes, monetary policy, and business/financial services
Essential Services:
public health, public infrastructure, and education and labor assessment
Diplomacy/Governance:
political reporting, civil administration, democracy and good governance, civil society/ media development, and security sector reform
Diplomatic Security:
support to U.S. Embassies in assessing and planning for security/force protection requirements in support of broader contingency and field operations
Strategic Planning, Management and Operations:
Assessment, planning, base set-up, operations management, and strategic communications
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Rule of Law:
policing, legal administration, justice systems, and corrections programs design and management
Innovative
Economic Recovery:
agriculture, rural development, commerce, taxes, monetary policy, and business/financial services
Essential Services:
public health, public infrastructure, and education and labor assessment
Diplomacy/Governance:
political reporting, civil administration, democracy and good governance, civil society/ media development, and security sector reform
Diplomatic Security:
support to U.S. Embassies in assessing and planning for security/force protection requirements in support of broader contingency and field operations
Strategic Planning, Management and Operations:
Assessment, planning, base set-up, operations management, and strategic communications
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Training for R&S Success
Current Readiness Status of the Corps Active
Component
Training Requirements:– Civilian Response Corps-
Active members are required to take a minimum of 8 weeks of training a year.
– Civilian Response Corps-Standby members must take a minimum of two weeks a year.
S/CRS prepares Civilian Response Corps members for deployment months before their departure -- from a rigorous training program, developed with
USAID and DOD, all the way through to vaccination and visa processing right before their flight.
As first responders, Active Corps members are always either preparing for deployment, deployed, or returning from deployment and incorporating
their lessons learned into their continued training.
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Readiness Training Pipelines
CRC-Active
FoundationsFSI
2 Weeks
Level I PlannersNDU
3 Weeks
Security for Non-Traditional Operating
EnvironmentsDS
Operational Readiness: able to respond to countries at risk of, in, or emerging from crises.
3 Weeks
CRC-Standby Operational Readiness
FoundationsFSI
2 Weeks
Operational Readiness
Pre-deployment Briefing and
Country Specific Briefing
CDC
Pre-deployment and Country Specific BriefingCDC
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Creating the Muscle Memory
Exercises and experiments provide Corps members with hands-on, practical experience with interagency, military, and multinational partners
Exercises with geographic combatant commands integrate civilian planners with military stability operations planning
- Austere Challenge (EUCOM), Judicious Response (AFRICOM), Arcade Fusion
(NATO), Blue Advance (SOUTHCOM)
Interagency civilian exercises prepare Corps members for deployment
- Civilian Deployment Center (CDC) tabletop exercises, Department of
Commerce TTX
Way Forward
- Continue civilian-military exercise planning, expanding into new commands
- Develop interagency, civilian exercises and experiments
- Exercise with international partners
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Civilian Response Corps Deployment Process
DAM process initiated, verified
and approved
Personnel processed
and briefed at Civilian
Deployment Center
Lodging and logistics
coordinated
Deployable personnel paperwork finalizedDeployment
Authorization Memo (DAM)
prepared
S/CRS support requested
Deployable personnel contactedDeployable
personnel identified
Deployed team
arrives
Completed 7 Days from Support Request
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Deployment Readiness
Managed by USAID, the Civilian Deployment Center is utilized by civilian agencies across the U.S. government.
48-hour processing timeline– Dining facilities
– Physical fitness equipment
– Team building facilities
Clearances and requirements– Security
– Medical
– Visa Processes
– Travel specifications
– Training
Issuing equipment – Reintroduce members to the gear
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Africa: Past, Current & Potential Activities
SUDAN: - Whole-of-Government Planning- Darfur Field Deployments- Technical Assistance to Embassy & Consulate- Support to S/USSES contingency planning
LIBERIA: - Support to SSR Activities- 1207 programming- ICAF
CHAD: - Conflict Assessment- Field deployments to eastern Chad- Staffing support to Embassy N’djamena
SOMALIA (HORN): -1207 programming (regional)- Interagency CRC deployments for Somalia SSR assessmentUGANDA:
- ICAF-1207
DRC: - ICAF- 1207 assessments and programming- Interagency sectoral assessment deployments- Sectoral planning effort- SSR Liaison to MONUC
CAR: - Potential planning effort
INCREASED DEPLOYMENT
CAPACITY
2006:2 engagements•Darfur•Chad
2010: 7 engagements•Chad•Sudan•Somalia•Uganda•DRC•Liberia•CAR
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Background• November 2008 Scoping Mission to Kinshasa and Goma• $11.9 M in 1207 funding in FY08 and FY09; FY10 1207 funding recipient• Interagency Conflict Assessment of DRC in 2008
Current Initiative: Follow up to Secretary Clinton’s August 2009 trip to DRC• Assemble, Coordinate, Train, Fund and Deploy 5 USG Interagency Assessment
Teams:1. Economic Governance2. Anticorruption3. Sexual- and Gender-based Violence4. Security Sector Reform (SSR)5. Food Security and Agriculture
• 33 individuals involved in field assessments; 12 CRC-A; 6 Federal Agencies• DS Support, Kinshasa Coordinator and DC-Based Reach-back Team• 2-person planning team to support MSRP integration effort
MONUC: 1 CRC-A Member embedded with MONUC to Liaise on SSR
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Background• November 2008 Scoping Mission to Kinshasa and Goma• $11.9 M in 1207 funding in FY08 and FY09; FY10 1207 funding recipient• Interagency Conflict Assessment of DRC in 2008
Current Initiative: Follow up to Secretary Clinton’s August 2009 trip to DRC• Assemble, Coordinate, Train, Fund and Deploy 5 USG Interagency Assessment
Teams:1. Economic Governance2. Anticorruption3. Sexual- and Gender-based Violence4. Security Sector Reform (SSR)5. Food Security and Agriculture
• 33 individuals involved in field assessments; 12 CRC-A; 6 Federal Agencies• DS Support, Kinshasa Coordinator and DC-Based Reach-back Team• 2-person planning team to support MSRP integration effort
MONUC: 1 CRC-A Member embedded with MONUC to Liaise on SSR