Final evaluation Netherlands participation in ISAF 2006 - 2010

occupational social workers and the cost of the adjustment period (in Cretein the case of Uruzgan). This rate can be applied retrospectively to calculatethe expenses for care and aftercare associated with the ISAF mission.Based on the deployment of an average 5,400 service personnel per year inthe mission area, the total amount of care and aftercare expenditure thatcan be traced directly to the mission is set at EUR 2.2 million per year overthe four-year period that the mission lasted.In addition, with regard to the Netherlands‘ contribution to Uruzgan, overallamounts can be identified that are part of the expenditure financed fromthe HGIS (Homogenous Budget for International Cooperation). As part ofmedical care during the mission, EUR 3 million were spent yearly on the useof medical supplies by the hospitals serving the mission area. This amountalso includes care provided to Afghan civilians and international partners.Furthermore, the Defence organisation spent an extra amount of EUR 1.6million per year on occupational social work arising from the mission inUruzgan. Approximately 50% of the insurance fees paid by the Defenceorganisation for deployment, duties at sea, in the air, or related toexercises (the so-called VIVO arrangement) can also be related to ISAF.This amounted to EUR 1.8 million per year.On the basis of these principles, the total annual expenses on care andaftercare for the mission in Uruzgan in the 2006-2010 period can be set atan approximate EUR 8.5 million per year. Funding from both HGIS and theregular Defence budget were used for this, and this expenditure is part ofthe total expenditure on the mission of EUR 1.99 billion.Finally, certain funds in the regular Defence budget can also be related toforms of care and aftercare that constitute an integral part of day-to-daymanagement and can therefore not be traced to a certain mission. Theseare items concerning disability and survivors’ pensions (EUR 112.3 millionper year), expenditure for mental health care for, inter alia, research intoPTSS (EUR 2 million per year), expenditure for deployable medicalspecialists from the Central Military Hospital (EUR 1 million per year),expenditure on the Defence and Partnered Hospitals CooperationImplementation Project (EUR 6.75 million per year) and various forms ofpersonnel care in the hierarchical chain which are hard to identify as aresult of their being interwoven with regular day-to-day management.5.3.3 Contracting of civilian service providersThe mission in Uruzgan demonstrated that - now even more so than in thepast - the Defence organisation must be prepared to conduct complexoperations in remote parts of the world. More use was made of special(complementary) resources and the need for specialist knowledgeincreased. The need for logistic support of the mission also increasedconsiderably. The Netherlands sourced a number of civilian serviceproviders in Uruzgan to support the activities of TFU and ATF. Thisconcerned services such as catering, maintenance of vehicles, building ofinfrastructure, and transport. The hiring of civilian service providers servedto complement military capabilities, enhancing the flexibility andeffectiveness of the armed forces. After the conclusion of the mission by theNetherlands, most of the contracts were taken over by the successors ofthe TFU.For the security of the Dutch compounds in Uruzgan, the TFU made use oflocal Afghan security personnel: the Afghan Security Guards (ASGs). TheNetherlands hired approximately 250 Afghan security officials individuallyand used them for manning static guard posts and conducting patrols. ThePage 93 of 133