12.1 |
Security Sector Reform
By
September 2008 there were 18 MOI training establishments and plans
for another 12,
to include
a training centre in every province.669
Only Camp
Dublin670
was still
supported
728.
In October
2004, DFID commissioned a Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA),
an
analysis of
conflict drivers in Iraq to help the UK Government identify
conflict prevention
and
reduction opportunities.672
729.
A draft
version of the SCA (dated 27 December 2004) was circulated
amongst
officials
on 2 March 2005.673
The
official circulating the document raised the need for
an
objective assessment of the SSR work being done to “ensure we are
on track, are
getting
value for money, achieving aims” and making improvements where
necessary.
An email
from a DFID junior official in response said that Mr Benn was
in support of
such a
review.
730.
At the Iraq
GCPP Strategy meeting on 7 April, it was reported that the final
SCA
would be
produced within a week and would feed into a revised GCPP Strategy
for
2005/06.674
In
addition, the team conducting the SSR review would depart for Basra
on
14 April
and report in May. It would only focus on GCPP‑funded
activity.
731.
The SCA’s
findings were discussed at the Iraq GCPP Strategy meeting
on
28 April.675
Concerns
were raised about the quality of the report; amendments
were
necessary
before it could be disseminated more widely. While the GCPP
Strategy could
draw on the
SCA, it was not to be the only source used.
732.
Minutes from a
meeting about Iraq policing and SSR on 28 April reported that
an
SSR review
team would be giving feedback on their findings at DFID on 9
May.676
It
would have
“both positive and negative aspects”.
733.
The Government
has been unable to provide any record of the SSR review
team
mission or
of its conclusions, but understands that the views of the review
team were
expected to
be incorporated into a report by DCC Smith examining the UK effort
on
policing in
Iraq (described earlier in this Section).677
The review
also informed the revised
GCPP
Strategy.
669
Report to
Congress, 26 September 2008, Measuring
Stability and Security in Iraq.
670
Camp Dublin
was part of a US military installation near Baghdad.
671
Report to
Congress, 26 September 2008, Measuring
Stability and Security in Iraq.
672
Paper GCPP
bid, [undated], ‘Strategic Conflict Analysis (SCA)’.
673
Email DFID
[junior official] to DFID [junior official], 2 March 2005, ‘Review
of policing work’ attaching
Paper
‘Strategic Conflict Assessment – Iraq, Draft Report 27 December
2004’.
674
Minutes, 7
April 2005, Iraq GCPP Strategy meeting.
675
Minutes, 28
April 2005, Iraq GCPP Strategy meeting.
676
Minutes, 9
May 2005, ‘Iraq Policing and Security Sector Reform – 28 April
2005’.
677
eGram
4472/05, 13 May 2005, IPU to Baghdad, ‘Iraq: Police
Training’.
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