USAID PREPARATION AND PREDEPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR STABILIZATION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND CONFLICT TRANSFO

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USAID PREPARATION AND PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING
FOR STABILIZATION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND
CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION IN CRISIS
COUNTRIESSeptember 23, 2008
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USAID TODAY

• Advent of D-D-D and MCC contributed to increased
  emphasis on RS operations
• More closely linked to DOS
• Dual role of USAID Administrator
• Foreign Assistance Framework
• Foreign Assistance Office and revised budgeting
  process

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USAID TODAY cont.

• Development Leadership Initiative
• Competencies development
• Planning for and recruiting CRC
• Close collaboration with S/CRS
• Office of Surge Administration being established
  Offices of Military Affairs, Foreign Disaster
  Assistance and Transition Initiatives already in
  place
• Policies Civil Military Relations and Security
  Sector Reform

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RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION OFFERINGS

• USAID 101
• PRE-DEPLOYMENT
• CRISIS AND RECOVERY RESPONSE TRAINING
• CONFLICT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
• WORKING IN HIGH THREAT ENVIRONMENTS
• SECTOR SPECIFIC
• ORIENTATION OF USAID CRC-A/S
• CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERAGENCY TRAINING STRATEGY
  AND CONTENT

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USAID 101

• Vision and mission
• Origins and foreign assistance responsibility
• Organizational structure
• What is development?
• What USAID offers
• Technical and programming capacities
• Roles in stability operations
• USAID culture and mode of operation
• Available on DODs Joint Knowledge Online site

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PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING (under auspices of IA WG)

• IRAQ Iraq Reconstruction Office and Office of
  Military Affairs lead with FSI 1 week,
  classroom, civilians only
• Afghanistan USAID lead with DOS and DOD
  includes online program, classroom and Ft. Bragg
  exercises, civilian and military both separate
  and mixed
• Contact Tamra Thompson, DCHA/OMA at
  tthompson_at_usaid.gov

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AFGHANISTAN PRE-DEPLOYMENT ONLINE PROGRAM

• Intro to USAID its Evolving Role
• USAID Strategies its Prgs
• Operating in High Threat Environments
• USAID Assessment Method
• ME
• A Day in Life of USAID OFC

• Stress Management
• Working with the Military
• Working with PRTs
• Working with Partners Other USG Agencies
• Working with the Local Culture
• Resources

• Program offers audio slideshows of key figures
  directly involved in USAID Afghanistan,
  documents, interactive exercises, resources for
  deployment, links to other courses
• Contact Joseph VanMeter,HR/TE at
  jvanmeter_at_usaid.gov

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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION TRAINING

• 101 One day overview
• causes of conflict,
• conflict assessment framework,
• how to address conflict,
• Resources
• 102
• Overview, plus
• Trends
• Theory of change
• Case study and small group
• 103 More in depth treatment under
  consideration

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TOOLS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK-CAF
TACTICAL CONFLICT ASSESSMENT PLANNING
FRAMEWORK-TCAPF

• CAF Strategic and operational level use
• TCAPF Tactical-level use and provides data for
  CAF
• Objective To assist creation of stabilization
  plans
• Approach View instability within an
  environmental context through
• Grievances
• key actors means and motivations
• windows of vulnerability
• resiliencies
• windows of opportunity

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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION MATERIAL

• Two Speakers Series
• Religion and Development
• Available online and may develop a course
• Counter terrorism and counter insurgency
• Materials only
• Contact Elizabeth Martin, DCHA/CMM at
  elmartin_at_usaid.gov

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CRISIS AND RECOVERY RESPONSE TRAINING(for
Crisis, Stabilization and Governance Personnel
Backstop 76)

• Objective Introduce salient problems that
  impede stability and political transitions in
  crisis and recovery settings and resources and
  technical solutions available.
• Topics Considerations of design, implementation
  and management of RS strategies and programs
  integrating emergency, transition and development
  assistance promoting collaboration among actors
  working successfully in stressful, politically
  charged environments and technical knowledge
  about all topics the fall within DCHA Bureau.
• 2 week course being revised
• Contact Elizabeth Martin, DCHA/CMM at
  elmartin_at_usaid.gov

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HIGH THREAT ENVIRONMENT (HTE) PROGRAMMING

• Objective Participants understand policies and
  practices applicable to USAID operations in
  countries subject to conflict
• Topics
• Key issues influencing programming foreign
  assistance in HTEs, e.g., challenges faced, USAID
  mandates, addressing conflict drivers
• How program planning and implementation can
  respond, e.g., whole-of-government approach,
  tools, adaptations for monitoring and evaluation
• New 3 day course to be piloted Oct. 2008
• Contact Joseph VanMeter,HR/TE at
  jvanmeter_at_usaid.gov

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SECTOR SPECIFIC

• Democracy and Governance
• Topics RS implications for DG subsector work,
  e.g., rule of law, anticorruption, elections,
  governance, local governance, civil society
• Modules as part of 1 week fundamentals course and
  periodic training for new hires
• Guidance for DG Programming in Post-Conflict
  Countries in development
• Contact Amanda Eichelkraut DCHA/DG at
  aeichelkraut_at_usaid.gov

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SECTOR SPECIFIC

• Economic Growth in Post-Conflict Environments
• Topics Establishing macroeconomic foundations,
  creating an enabling environment, enterprise
  development, banking, finance and trade policy,
  and infrastructure
• 1 week course
• Guidance available Economic Growth in Post
  Conflict Countries
• Contact Steve Hadley, EGAT/EG at
  ehadley_at_usaid.gov

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SECTOR SPECIFIC

• Health Case studies and initial document on
  health in post conflict settings guidance to be
  developed
• Infrastructure training modules and materials
• Agriculture guidance in development
• Others

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ORIENTATION FOR USAID CRC-A/S

• Objective Complement IA orientation for CRC-A/S
  covering legal, administrative, technical,
  programming and partnering issues specific to
  USAID
• Topics Authorities structure systems and
  procedures working in USAID-led, IA and
  multi-donor programs responsibilities to
  employees sector-specific programming in RS
  operations and reachback
• 1-2 weeks - in development
• Contact Pat FnPiere DCHA/DG at
  pfnpiere_at_usaid.gov

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RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION OFFERINGS

• USAID 101
• PRE-DEPLOYMENT Iraq and Afghanistan
• CRISIS AND RECOVERY RESPONSE TRAINING
• CONFLICT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
• WORKING IN HIGH THREAT ENVIRONMENTS
• SECTOR SPECIFIC
• ORIENTATION OF USAID CRC-A/S
• CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERAGENCY TRAINING STRATEGY
  AND CONTENT