Peace & Stability Journal Volume 8, Issue 2 | Page 5

The PKSOI led “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) working group worked on developing a plan for producing a multi- dimensional PoC Reference Guide. An inherent secondary objective included obtaining working group familiarity with existing UN, NATO, and US mi litary approaches to PoC. Head Quarters Department of Army and the Joint Staff J7 joined with PKSOI to lead the second working group on “Operationalizing the Women Peace and Se- curity (WPS) Agenda.” The working group utilized the Army WPS Lead Gender Dynamics Handbook 1.0 to inform version 2.0, stressing the importance of gender analysis. The PKSOI led “Humanitarian Assistance in a Complex Environment and Civ-Mil Information Sharing” working group sought to begin the development of a set of readiness indicators in order to assist the Global Com- batant Commands (GCCs) to be ready for execution of foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA) in their areas of responsibilities. The working group for “Civil Affairs' Role in Stability” determined appropriate responsibilities and CA tasks in support of U.S. Army stability tasks in order to support CA capability enhancement efforts across the DOTMLPF-P domains. The United States Institute of Peace led a group on “Operationalizing Governance” and tried to determine how best to support and build capacity of civ-mil practitioners, including civil affairs and other key actors, in strengthening their capacity to engage effectively in these areas. After a day and a half of dedicated working group time, the forum came together on the third and final day of the workshop. The day began with an update from Mr. Jonas Alberoth, who is a member of the Executive Staff of the In- ternational Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers (IAPTC). Mr. Alberoth updated the forum on the work being done at the international level on many of the same topics discussed by working groups. In the fall, the PKSOI Director will update the members of the IAPTC at their annual meeting on the outcomes of PSOTEW 2018. This reciprocal exchange of work efforts allows for an open dia- logue between the U.S. and the international communities of practice. The final collective event of the PSOTEW was the working group out briefs. Each workgroup gave a 15-20 minute pre- sentation highlighting key points of their discussion and working group’s findings, as well as a planned “way ahead.” Keynote address speaker Dr. Sarah Sewall is the Speyer Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs. Along with the participants, the out briefs were monitored by PKSOI’s staff of Visiting Professors. This allowed for the group to receive feedback from this group of well-sea- soned PSO experts, and also provides the opportunity for PKSOI to begin to shape its academic priorities for the upcoming year. PKSOI will surely continue on with conducting the annual PSOTEW, and we are always looking for interested indi- viduals and organizations to help shape the event and look to take a role in proposing and leading working groups. Please continue to monitor the PKSOI webpage for the development of PSOTEW 2019! Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stabi- lization and Humanitarian Assistance, Mr. Mark Swayne gave an update on the state of the current Stability Policy for the Department of Defense. 3