USAID in Reconstruction and Stabilization

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USAID in Reconstruction and Stabilization

• Thomas Baltazar, USAID/DCHA/OMA
• March 14, 2008

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USAID at a Glance

• Forward presence in 79 countries
• Annual Program Budget 20 Billion
• Staff 1000 FSO, 1000 GS Officers, 6000 Foreign
  Service Nationals
• Lead USG agency for International Disaster
  Response
• Key Program Areas Include Economic Growth,
  Health, Education, Democracy, Governance

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USAID in the Big Picture

• Terrorism, Proliferation and Global Criminal
  Networks thrive in fragile states
• USAID capabilities are directed toward these
  fragile states
• Focus on diminishing underlying conditions of
  instability and setting conditions for long-term
  stability

Joint Assessment and Programming Framework
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How we do it

• Program Areas
• Peace Security
• Governing Justly Democratically
• Investing in People
• Economic Growth
• Humanitarian Assistance

• Country Focus Programs
• Rebuilding Countries
• Developing Countries
• Transforming Countries
• Sustaining Partnership Countries
• Reforming Countries

Adapted to
Accomplished By Through

• Implementing Partners
• 3,500 Companies
• 300 US-based Private Voluntary Organizations
• IO and NGOs

• USAID Team
• 1000 Foreign Service Officers
• 1000 Government Service Officers
• PSC and Foreign Service Nationals

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Successes In Training

• Interagency PRT training Iraq and Afghanistan
  gt2000 troops trained to date
• Lessons learned process
• Courses
• Conflict 101 and 201
• TCAF Training for US and Coalition troops
• Economic Growth Interventions for Rebuilding
  Countries

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Successes in Joint Operations

• Pakistan Earthquake
• Hurricane Mitch
• Tsunami

• TSCTP
• Nepal
• AFRICOM
• Philippines

• Afghanistan
• Iraq

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Interagency Issues
Staff
Doctrine
Funding
Op Tempo
Not sustainable Deployment cycle
counter-productive Personnel system not designed
for current rqmts
Chronic Personnel shortages Ltd deployment
experience Capacity in partners and FSNs
Not doctrine driven Nascent IA planning and
metrics Collaborative vs. directive decision
making
Ltd flexibility in current accounts
Earmarks Annual budget cycle
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Way Ahead

• Civ-Mil Policy
• National Development Strategy
• WOG Training (SLRT, Sub-PCC, CTC SMEs)
• GEF-MSP Synchronization
• SDA/LNO swap
• 1210
• Planning/Assessments
• SAMS or equivalent / Army backfill
• Extremist Assessment - Indonesia, Sri Lanka, PI,
  Nepal

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Questions?

• Contact us
• Thomas Baltazar, OMA Office Director
• tbaltazar_at_usaid.gov 202 712 5040
• Debbie Jackson, Sr Training and Ed Specialist
• djackson_at_usaid.gov 202 712 5735
• COL Mike Warmack, USA, SOCOM Liaison
• mwarmack_at_usaid.gov 202 712 1509
• Richard Byess, Planning and Program Advisor
• rbyess_at_usaid.gov 202 712 1149

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Thank you