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- To create a strategy for deployment.- To be a resource person to both the MSU and the SBT.- To co-manage present and future donors relations with the Chief of the MSU.- To organise lessons learned and debriefing workshops.- To co-ordinate communication with SBNT members and field offices.- To liaise with the NRC and other partners.Recommendation 8: Develop a policy or standard operating procedure and code of conduct.As is emerging practice, the MSU offers a range of different types of deployment: MSU staffmembers, SBT, mediation roster. We recommend developing further standard operatingprocedures for the deployment of the SBT and the mediation roster. This should include amonitoring mechanism to ensure the effectiveness of SBT deployments. As the NRC hasbroad experience in interagency management of such Standby Personnel in its projects suchas ProCaP and GenCap, it could assist the MSU in developing a management framework forstrategic deployment.In addition, we recommend elaborating a code of conduct for SBT members. This code ofconduct would entail professional ethics and standards for the Standby Team, serving bothas guidance and as an operating framework for the experts.Recommendation 9: Enhance gender parity and gender sensitivity.Although an important element in the UN s vision and mission in terms of mediation andmediation support, women are under-represented in the SBT. The reasons for this are notentirely clear and should be investigated and responded to.In addition, we recommend enhancing gender sensitivity within the SBT through extensivetraining during the induction week. To increase gender awareness, end-of-mission reportsshould include a section on gender related aspects of the respective mediation and or peaceprocess.Recommendation 10: . Ensure sustainability by exploring possibilities for outsourcing.There is a need for upgrading the capacity for institutional learning from the experiences ofthe SBT. In addition to establishing a senior position within the MSU as recommended above,we recommend outsourcing parts of the learning activities to outside partner organisationssuch as academic institutions and think tanks. The services to be outsourced could include:the organisation of lessons learned and debriefing workshops, the production of short casestudies and briefing materials (for both DPA regional divisions and new SBT members), thePeacemaker website, and regular analyses of end-of-mission reports.Recommendations for the UNDPA and the NRCRecommendation 11: Clarify principles of the partnership and role distribution.Following the successful implementation of two Standby Teams, it is now time to revisit thepartnership principles between the NRC and the UN. A number of issues have been raisedby the NRC, which is keen to continue to make a contribution to the future success of theSBT, based on its rich professional expertise in the deployment of Standby Teams foremergency assistance.36