Defence Forces Review 2010

Defence Forces Review 2010that render integration and collaboration problematic between diverse assistance agencies,especially between civilian and military agencies, it will conclude with proposals to improveCIMIC within humanitarian relief.New BeginingIn situations of humanitarian relief, the interlinked nature of security, aid and development isinescapable, with security necessary to enable progress on development, and immediate reliefand longer-term development gains necessary to solidify the peace by giving people a stake inthe new stability. Roles and mandates often overlap as military forces engage in aid provisionand governance support, major donor representatives work directly with provincial and localgovernments, and development actors participate in the security sector reform spectrum (ofdisarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR), justice reform, police reform). Whetherinternational military forces, UN, humanitarian and relief agencies choose to explicitly worktogether or not, the outcomes of their efforts in such settings are deeply intertwined. Giventhis interdependence, improving how military, UN, humanitarian and development actorsinteract in such settings is critical to increasing the probability that their independent effortswill lead to positive outcomes, and to increasing the chances that some level of constructivecoordination may be developed.The Crowded StageA number of actors interact in humanitarian relief. 3 In their work Kovács & Spens identifiedthe various actors involved in the humanitarian aid supply network, see Figure 1. 4Aid AgenciesNGOsDonorsLogistics ServiceProvidersHumanitarian AidSupply NetworkSuppliersMilitaryGovernmentsFigure 1: The Humanitarian Aid Supply Network Source: Kovács and Spens 2008, p. 2233 Mackinlay, J., ed. (1996). A guide to peace support operations. Providence: The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute, Brown University. Seiple C. (1996).The US Military/NGO Relationship in humanitarian interventions. Carlisle Barracks: Peacekeeping Institute Centre for Strategic Leadership, U.S. ArmyWar College.4 Kovács, G. and Spens, K., (2007), ‘Humanitarian logistics in disaster relief operations’, International Journal of Physical Distribution and LogisticsManagement, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 99-114.50