Workshop Design:
This workshop will be conducted over the course of four days,
from Monday through Thursday,
March 24-27, 2014. The first day will include presentations by
keynote speakers to set the context
for the work that will follow.
The second day will begin with a morning session composed of
panel presentations and moderated
discussions within each work group, centered on presenting
tailored ideas/concepts by subject
matter experts and senior practitioners that will inform
discussions within the afternoon breakout
sessions on the first portion of the framework ("Assess" the
environment, challenges and
requirements ahead).
The third day will continue with work groups exploring the
"Partner" and "Innovate" aspects in
morning and afternoon, respectively. Each work group will
conclude the efforts by compiling their
insights, assessments, and recommendations across the two days
in preparation for presentation to
the Senior Leader panel on the following day.
Final out-briefs to senior leaders of the peace and stability
operations training and education
community will conclude the workshop the morning of Day 4.
PSOTEW Workshop Proposal:
Governance Innovation for Security & Development Track
24--28 March 2014, George Mason University, Arlington Campus
Organizers:
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Karen Guttieri, Curt Blais, Paula Philbin, Marc Ventresca, Maria Pineda, NPS
COL Terry Lindon, MAJ Michael Chagaris, Institute for Military Support to Governance
Margarita Quihuis, Mark Nelson, Stanford
Charles Palmares, USACAC
Jon Czarnecki, USNWC
The goal of this workshop is to open a multi-stakeholder dialogue about governance innovation for
security and development. In particular, we hope for this dialogue to build from greater
understanding by the communities of experts of current issues , trends and needs with respect to
military support to governance. We conceive of the project broadly to include an integrated,
holistic approach across the major stability operations sectors: provision of essential services, civil
security, rule of law, governance, economy and infrastructure, and homeland integration. We will
analyze required expertise qualifications, human behavior dynamics in support of conflict
prevention and mitigation, and technological enablers for stability and peace building.
Military and civilian agencies have shared the space of prevention, relief, stability, and transitional
authority missions in relationships that have evolved over the generations, with changes in the
character of war and particular missions. Discussion of this relationship includes consideration of
support, alignment, deconfliction, and performance. Furthermore, in some humanitarian based
operations, the dialogue takes on considerations of the inviolate humanitarian space and deliberate
distance. Always itself subordinate to civilian authority, the US military also operates under
requirements, as in the US National Defense Strategy to be “able to secure territory and
populations and facilitate transition to stable governance,” and the Law of Land Warfare to meet
military government or transitional authority obligations of the Hague Convention. Some of the key
questions of the last decade have centered on the military’s support to governance - civilian and
local administration - as part of this overarching obligation in war and when responding to
humanitarian crises on request.
The US military’s Civil Affairs community is in the midst of professionalizing its force structure - how
can that best support governance innovation for security and development? What competencies
are needed for these civil affairs roles? We hope to 1. identify gaps in research, policy and practice
and to 2. identify synergies across research areas, communities of practice and technological
enablers.
Draft Schedule
*all participant names are to be confirmed
Day 1 [of PSOTEW]
Plenary
Introductions
Day 2
8:008:30
Arrivals & Registration
8:3010:00
Project introduction, goals, human behavior dynamics
10:0010:30
Break
10:3012:00
Governance Karen Guttieri, Charles Palmares, Clare Lockhart
Provide Governance Support: create, resource, manage, and sustain the institutions
and processes through which a society is governed, is protected, and prospers.
12:001:30
Lunch
1:303:00
Essential and Humanitarian Services - Peter Walker, Tufts; Deborah Gibbons, NPS
3:003:30
Break
3:305:00
Civil Security - Jon Czarnecki, USNWC, USMA, Joe Felter, Stanford, UNDPKO; Dave
Kilcullen
Day 3
8:008:30
Arrivals
8:3010:00
Rule of Law - Melanne Civic, Dept of State Conflict Stabilization Office,
Margalynne Armstrong, Santa Clara University Law School
10:0010:30
Break
10:3012:00
Sustainable Economy and Infrastructure
- Maria Pineda / Marc Ventresca MODERATORS
Panel:
Viva Bartkus, Emily Block, Notre Dame,
Leo Estrada UCLA, Clare Lockhart (institute for state effectiveness) on capabilities,
Branko Terzic (Energy former FERC commissioner and retired officer) Deloitte,
Public Private Partnerships Matthew Connelly Director Security UPS Logistics
Private sector), World Bank IFC, Development Finance for Government and
private sector Andrew Paterson (Energy Environment)GMU-USAC, Walter House
Water/energy finance- Verdigris Capital Susan Pond (corruption)NATO, Milan
Vlajnic Communication Technologies Alexander Hedjazi, University of Geneva
12:001:30
Lunch
1:303:00
Homeland Integration -Paula Philbin
3:003:30
Break
3:305:00
Technological Enablers - Margarita Quihuis
Behavior Design and Positive Engagement; digital citizenship efforts?
Game design for education? Software as a social organizing layer and capacity builder
Wiki/assessment apps?
Liberation Technology?
Day 4 PSOTEW
plenary outbriefs
Read-aheads
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JP 3-57
Lamont memo
PKSOI-USIP Guiding Principles
 Fukuyama rule of law article
 Rule of Law Handbook ,http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/rule-of-law_2011.pdf.