WG 3: Transforming Ideas into Operations was spon
sored by the Minerva Project on Operationalizing Social
Science Research for Defense Users. The WG introduced
the initiative to a wide range of Defense stakeholders in
the peacekeeping and stability operations community.
Through the Ideas to Operations roundtable discussions,
solicit the WG’s input on how to increase the utility of the
research to enable professional military education institutions to leverage more social science research in their
programs. The deliverables were a roadmap of the DoD
processes and stakeholders for integrating social science
innovation into the peacekeeping and stability operations
training and educations community. Through a Lessons
learned construct for high quality, emerging social science
research, the WG identified key challenges, barriers, and
impediments to the rapid integration of social science
research, innovation, and insights into programs.
WG 4: Facilitating Cross-Sector Support to Economic
Stabilization in Post-Conflict and Fragile States was
sponsored by PKSOI. The WG discussed how to best
facilitate cross-sector (government, non-government/
humanitarian, business, and civil society) support for
economic stabilization in post-conflict and fragile states,
while achieving "unity of understanding and purpose"
among participants. The WG leveraged best practices and
historical examples of successful cross-sector economic
stabilization collaborations to determine appropriate roles,
missions, organizational structures and processes. The WG
deliverable is a DRAFT Table of Contents for an update
to Unified Action (Commander's) Handbook for Military
Support to Economic Stabilization.
WG 5: Transitional Public Security/Transitional Security Sector Assistance sponsored by PKSOI. The WG
conducted a comprehensive review of the Unified Action
(Commander's) Handbook for Rule of Law (RoL). The
handbook review was intended to identify knowledge,
skills, and attributes for Transitional Public Security
(TPS), to define specific training guidance, and to inform
the development of a TPS Program of Instruction (POI)
Assessment Model. The deliverables are a refined draft RoL
handbook and POI assessment model, as well as a way
ahead for evaluation of all related POIs.
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WG 6: Leadership and Education: Develop Professional Military Education for Non-Civil Affairs (CA)
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