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DoD ISD COP

DoD ISD COP. Duty Hours 24/7 Temperature 125° Drinking Water Temp. 125° Air Conditioning N/A Fans N/A. Iraq-Mission Profile. HPT Model. Bricks and Mortar or Human Capital?.

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DoD ISD COP

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  1. DoD ISD COP

  2. Duty Hours 24/7 • Temperature 125° • Drinking Water Temp. 125° • Air Conditioning N/A • Fans N/A Iraq-Mission Profile

  3. HPT Model

  4. Bricks and Mortar or Human Capital? • State Department Staff Member: “Oh Guru of Performance Support, do you agree that human capital is the key to helping failed states recover and that all of our efforts should be spent on supporting workforce capacity building”? • Guru of Performance Support: “Yes my son that is the best course of action.” • Defense Department Staff Member: “But oh Guru of Performance Support isn’t it critical that we spend our time and resources in the development of “brick and mortar” infrastructure such as electrical power transmission, oil industry infrastructure and water resources?” • Guru of Performance Support: “Yes my son. You are of course correct. Go and execute this worthy mission.” Oh, one more bit of advice…engage the folks from Defense Acquisition University as they are skilled in accomplishing impossible missions in hostile environments with little chance of success!

  5. Senior leadership from all partner agencies, DoD, State, Commerce, HHS, and Coalition Provisional Authority • Principals from all prime contractors • Interim Iraq Government Ministriess • Iraqi Business leaders • Iraqi leaders in Higher Education and Vocational Training Workforce Capacity Conference-18 May

  6. Iraqi Contractors Federation U.S. Universities Design-Build and Program Management Contractors U.S. Government Agencies Developing Networks Iraqi Universities U.S. Professional Engineering Organizations U.S. Industry Trade Associations Iraqi Engineers Union

  7. Draft Strategic Workforce Capacity Plan (adopted by Interim Iraq Government) • Collaboration between contractors • Way forward on building incentives for capacity building Workforce Capacity Conference-Outcomes

  8. Transfer Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities to Iraqi Ministries • Abilities Assessment • Approach to determine/assess the existing knowledge, skills, and abilities of the Iraqi ministry personnel • Transfer Approach • Approach for setting up processes, roles, training, etc. for transfer to the Iraqi ministry personnel. Within 90 days of award, contractor will provide draft strategic performance support plan • Maximize Opportunities for, and Participation of, Iraqi Women in the Restoration of Iraq • Plans to include the perspectives and advice of the Iraqi women

  9. Lt. General (R) Hank Hatch defines capacity building as “the building of human, institutional and infrastructure capacity to help societies develop secure, stable and sustainable economies, governments and other institutions through mentoring, training, education, physical projects, the infusion of financial and other resources, and most importantly, the motivation and inspiration of people to improve their lives.” What is Capacity?

  10. $ Award Fee

  11. Some capacity building occurring in many places • Most through contracts focused on reconstruction • Is contract performance for capacity building measurable? • No funding sources available for capacity building outside of contracts – U.S. engineering organizations eager to help but lack resources and connections • Doesn’t seem to be a cross-cutting, coordinated plan •  What is happening in Iraq has implications for Afghanistan and many other developing, transitional, pre- and post-conflict countries Conference Findings

  12. Iraq banking system undergoing major makeover • Regional subcontractors have custom of executing “Letters of Credit” drawn on regional banks, i.e., Royal Bank of Jordan • USG contracting officers inexperience in executing these instruments A commercial letter of credit is a contractual agreement between a bank, known as the issuing bank, on behalf of one of its customers, authorizing another bank, known as the advising or confirming bank, to make payment to the beneficiary Performance Challenge

  13. Rapid Task Analysis • Drafting and executing Letters of Credit • Difficulty-High • Frequency-Low • Importance-High • Not covered substantively in contracting curriculum • Interventions • Created checklists • Sunday role-play exercises • Developed templates for all Major banks in region

  14. Commitment to the organization • Job ownership and pride • More discretionary effort (time and energy) • Passion and excitement • Commitment to mission What is Engagement?

  15. Barbara Heald-IN Memoriam Zahara Taher--In Memoriam

  16. HPT Model

  17. Some capacity building occurring in many places • Most through contracts focused on reconstruction • Is contract performance for capacity building measurable? • No funding sources available for capacity building outside of contracts – U.S. engineering organizations eager to help but lack resources and connections • Doesn’t seem to be a cross-cutting, coordinated plan or a central U.S. capacity-building czar •  What is happening in Iraq has implications for Afghanistan and many other developing, transitional, pre- and post-conflict countries

  18. Some capacity building occurring in many places • Most through contracts focused on reconstruction • Is contract performance for capacity building measurable? • No funding sources available for capacity building outside of contracts – U.S. engineering organizations eager to help but lack resources and connections • Doesn’t seem to be a cross-cutting, coordinated plan •  What is happening in Iraq has implications for Afghanistan and many other developing, transitional, pre- and post-conflict countries Conclusion

  19. Lt. General (R) Hank Hatch defines capacity building as “the building of human, institutional and infrastructure capacity to help societies develop secure, stable and sustainable economies, governments and other institutions through mentoring, training, education, physical projects, the infusion of financial and other resources, and most importantly, the motivation and inspiration of people to improve their lives.” What is Capacity?

  20. QUESTIONS?

  21. State of Science, Technology and Engineering • Brightest students given the right to choose engineering or medicine – lots of engineers • Good basic skills, but 25 years out of date • About a dozen universities teach engineering • 50% of Iraqi engineers are women • Curriculums need to be updated • Need planning/management/leadership/ entrepreneurial skills • Need text and reference books of all kinds • Libraries and labs destroyed

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