Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization SCRS

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Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and
Stabilization (S/CRS)
Building Civilian Capacity
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NSPD 44 Main Elements
- SR policy coordination led by Secretary of
State, and delegated to S/CRS - Coordinate,
integrate strengthen USG efforts for SR -
Whole-of-government approach - Harmonize
military and civilian efforts
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To Conduct Operations
Interagency Management System for Reconstruction
and Stabilization (IMS) Approved

• Criteria Highly complex crises and operations
  that are (1) national or
• security priorities, (2) involve widespread
  instability, (3) may require military
  operations, and (4) where multiple U.S. agencies
  will be engaged in the policy and programmatic
  response.
• System designed to provide policymakers in
  Washington, COMs, and
• military commanders with flexible tools to
  achieve
• Integrated planning processes for unified USG
  strategic and implementation plans, including
  funding requests
• Joint interagency field deployments and,
• A joint civilian operations capability including
  shared communications and information management.
  

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Interagency Management System Three Structures

• Country Reconstruction
• Stabilization Group
• (CRSG)
• Washington-based, decision-making
• body
• Planning and Operations Staff
• Co Chaired by
• Regional A/S
• S/CRS Coordinator
• NSC Director

• Integration Planning Cell (IPC)
• Integrates with relevant Geographic Combatant
• Command
• or with equivalent multinational headquarters
• Assists in harmonizing the
• civilian and military planning processes
• and operations
• Consists of interagency planners, regional and
• sectoral experts

Field Advance Civilian Team (FACT)

• Advance Civilian Team (ACT)
• Interagency field management coordination team(s)
• Support Chief of Mission in the field
• to coordinate and execute plans

FACT
FACT Decentralized ACT
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Country Plan Overview Template
GOALS
MMEs
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ETAs
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To Be Prepared
Response Options Developed

• U.S. Government First RespondersActive Response
  Corps (ARC)
• Standby Response Corps (SRC)
• Civilian Reserves Corps (future capability)

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Expert personnel Active, Standby and Reserve
ACTIVE RESPONSE CORPS (ARC)

• USG staff trained and ready to go in 48 hours to
  one week.
• Standing agency capacity for rapid response.
• Will assess situation, design response and begin
  SR implementation

STAND BY RESERVE CORPS

• USG employees
• Civilian agency employees who have ongoing job
  responsibilities but are trained and available
  for deployments.
• Deployable in 30 days for up to 180 days

CIVILIAN RESERVE CORPS (CRC)

• USG employees when mobilized
• Have regular jobs outside the USG
• Deployable in 30-60 days
• Provide sector-specific Civilian Response
  expertise

DAYS FOLLOWING A CRISIS
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ARC and SRC Core of Civilian Response Capacity
33 ARC trained and deployed in FY08
11 ARC trained and deployed in FY07

• Active Response Corps (ARC) and S/CRS Expert
  Deployments are
• FAST
• ARC on the ground in Turkey within 48 hours to
  assist evacuation from Lebanon
• Deployed an SR Coordinator to Beirut after
  cease-fire
• EXPEDITIONARY
• Deployed team to Darfur to set up USG forward
  presence
• Monitored IDPs, Refugees and conflict on the
  Chad/Darfur border
• SPECIALIZED -- The right people at the right time
• Regional and conflict expert to Chad
• Pol-mil expert to Abuja Negotiations
• Haiti elections expert to Haiti
• PRT experts to Afghanistan
• Conflict advisor to Nepal
• Regional and PRT expert to Iraq

When it comes to working comprehensively to help
societies rebuild after conflict, one group of
diplomats is truly at the forefront of our
efforts. That is our Office of the Coordinator
for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
Secretary Rice, Feb. 8, 2007
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Civilian Reserve Corps Employing American
Expertise Overseas
Upon authorization, 50 million appropriated in
the FY07 Supplemental can be used to create,
manage and sustain the CRC 500 Reservists
recruited Home Office Established Training
Courses Designed Initial Equipment Purchased
and Deployable
The Civilian Reserve is composed of expertise
external to the USG to complement USG civilian
agencies internal capacities and is -
Appropriate to the mission - Expert and
Accountable - Trained and Reliable Recruitment
goal of 500 in the first year with a focus on
public security and rule of law. - Other areas of
emphasis include essential services, public
administration, transitional governance, and
economic stability Will be called up by the
President for national security stabilization
reconstruction missions.
The U.S. Government has a critical need for a
reserve civilian corps of talented professionals
with the proper expertiseSuch a contingency
organization ideally would be identified,
recruited, trained in advance, exercised
regularly, and be ready. SIGIR
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NSPD-44 Building Towards Robust Capacity for SR
FY 07 08 09

• Improved coordination alone will not fill the
  gaps in capacity.
• Civilian agencies are training staff and
  developing new capacity, but more is needed.

FY08
ARC increase in FY08 Funding for establishment of
Civilian Reserve Corps in pending FY07
supplemental bill

• Expert Personnel
• to provide oversight, management, and
• advisory capacity

Rapid Response Programs to jumpstart key programs
and grasp window of opportunity
25M for Rebuilding and Stabilization included in
FY08 request Additional deployment support
currently funded through supplementals and
re-programming
Deployment Support to put civilians on the ground
quickly and sustain them for first 90 days
One of the lessons we learned from our
experience in Iraq is that, while military
personnel can be rapidly deployed anywhere in the
world, the same is not true of U.S. government
civilians. President Bush, 2005
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QUESTIONS???

• For additional information, contact
• Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and
  Stabilization (S/CRS)
• 2121 Virginia Avenue, NW Suite 7100
• Washington, DC
• Main 202-663-0323/0324
• Fax [phone]
• www.crs.state.gov