Expanding Asia Pacific Area Network APAN Collaboration and Learning Capabilities

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Expanding Asia Pacific Area Network (APAN)
Collaboration and Learning Capabilities
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
This brief is classified UNCLASSIFIED
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Proposal
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• Develop a proof of concept collaboration /
  learning web based
• portal on APAN using the SPAWAR Collaborative Hub
  Online
• Learning Architecture (SCHOLAR) software to share
  exchange
• information between Joint Knowledge Development
  and
• Distribution Capability (JKDCC), Multinational
  Regional Security
• Cooperation Network (RSCN) USPACOM Theater
  Security
• collaboration initiatives.
• Deliverables
• SCHOLAR web based portal focused on global
  information sharing, exchange, learning
  collaboration employing existing JKO products.
• An enterprise SCHOLAR based collaboration,
  learning and education portal to support PACOM
  Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI).

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What is APAN?
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• APAN is an established, proven regionally
  accepted unclassified, non-dot-
• mil, world wide web network used for virtual
  collaboration, information
• sharing, exercise planning, training and disaster
  response coordination with
• Pacific coalition partners and nations throughout
  the region.

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CONOPS

• APAN will be used to beta test or proof of
  concept for SCHOLAR in the PACOM AOR
• APAN best practices and lessons learned from
  real-world crisis support and humanitarian
  assistance events used to develop collaboration
  and information sharing portal using SCHOLAR
  software applications.
• Employ SCHOLAR to support collaboration
  learning across Pacific GPOI nations (Mongolia,
  Bangladesh, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri
  Lanka, Nepal, Tonga (Singapore, Australia, Japan
  Korea are supporting partners)
• GPOI countries will become more interoperable
  through education and training initiatives
  multinational peacekeeping operations through the
  use of the SCHOLAR collaboration software
• Linking other COCOMs using or testing SCHOLAR to
  PACOM effort
• Share exchange information data base sources
  using SCHOLAR to collaborate and exchange
  learning management files data between JKDCC
  APAN
• Develop SCHOLAR portal that adapts to
  culturally accepted norms to Asia-Pacific
  region coalition partners and nations
• Exchange data and JKO learning software between
  APAN and JKO Portal

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CONOPS (cont)

• Theater Security Cooperation and Stability Portal
• Develop portal that can be used for collaboration
  and information sharing and learning between
  Pacific organizations involved in TSCP events,
  training and conferences.
• Develop SCHOLAR portal that adapts to
  culturally accepted norms to Asia-Pacific
  region coalition partners and nations
• Exchange data and JKO learning software
• Global Peace Support Operations (GPOI)
  Collaboration / Learning Portal
• Develop collaboration, information and learning
  portals for GPOI nations.
• GPOI countries will become more interoperable
  through education and training initiatives
  multinational peacekeeping operations through the
  use of the SCHOLAR collaboration software
• Share and exchange JKO data with PSOCCs
• E-Learning Software Testing and Evaluation Portal
• Develop portal to share software projects and
  data initiatives
• Venue for testing and evaluating new projects and
  applications

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Why Expand APANs Focus . . .
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EXPANDED APAN

• CURRENT APAN

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GOAL

• Create mutual value and divide it given concern
  for fairness in existing JKDDC and APAN
  missions

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Strategic Negotiations Model
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JKDDC Consequence of no agreement
PACOM Consequence of no agreement
JMO Trading list
PACOM Trading list
Agreement Zone
Estimate
Validate
Create Value
Divide Value
CNA ()s AND (-)s Trading List
Collect info Validation Mtg.
Anchor on MEO Trading Claim value
Exceed CNAs Look for trades
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Consequences of No Agreement

• PACOM
• ()s
• None business as usual wrt GPOI nations
  training and sustainment
• (-)s
• Missed opportunity to improve quality of GPOI
  training over time
• Missed opportunity to link to existing JKDDC and
  EUCOM established programs
• JMO
• ()s
• No outlay of funds
• (-)s
• Missed opportunity to move JKDDC into MN arena
  in Asia Pacific
• Mitigation for the CMIL issue use of APAN
• Missed opportunity to leverage existing APAN and
  GPOI program

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Trading Lists

• ?

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Creating Value
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Divide Value
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Planned Project Obligation
UNCLASSIFIED
Period of Performance 1 Oct 07 thru 30 Sep
08 (core labor and travel)
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QUESTIONS
This brief is classified UNCLASSIFIED
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