来源类型 | Research Reports
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规范类型 | 报告
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.7249/RR1332
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ISBN | 9780833092182
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来源ID | RR-1332-OSD
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| The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA): An Assessment of Roles and Missions |
| Stephanie Pezard; David E. Thaler; Beth Grill; Ariel Klein; Sean Robson
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发表日期 | 2016
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出版年 | 2016
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页码 | 108
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语种 | 英语
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结论 |
CFE-DMHA Fulfills Important Needs But Is at a Critical Time in Its Existence- The center has been struggling for years to fulfill a broad set of disaster-management missions and activities set by Congress and DoD.
- Overall, the CFE-DMHA's effectiveness in providing and facilitating education, training, and research in civil-military operations in the international DMHA arena; making available high-quality DMHA in response to disasters; developing a repository of disaster risk indicators; and performing other tasks as assigned by the Secretary of Defense has been mixed.
- Three key issues — internal administrative challenges, mandate not aligning with resources, and insufficient oversight and guidance — represent endemic problems for the center that have created difficulties in its dealings with external entities.
- The current director is undertaking initiatives to address these issues, including narrowing the focus of the center, increasing the number of U.S. government staff, and seeking more-consistent funding.
- CFE-DMHA meets important demands that will only grow in the future, and it should not be abolished.
Global Demand Warrants a CFE-DMHA with a Truly Global Outlook- There is a need for a continued high level of CFE-DMHA activity in the Asia-Pacific, but there are also requirements across DoD and in other regions that could be filled by a global DMHA entity.
- CFE-DMHA cannot meet its global mandate in its current form or with existing levels of resources.
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摘要 |
CFE-DMHA Should Focus on a Subset of Its Congressionally Mandated Missions in the Near Term - For now, CFE-DMHA should not equally emphasize all missions assigned to it in congressional legislation; at the same time, DoD should not seek to change CFE-DMHA–related statutes, because they allow flexibility to address future missions that the center is not resourced or positioned to pursue now.
- The center should be configured to pursue congressionally mandated missions where there are important gaps, where CFE-DMHA would have a competitive advantage, and where CFE-DMHA's role is unique.
CFE-DMHA Should Be Aligned with an Existing Globally Oriented DoD Institution with Overlapping Activities- This option would enable CFE-DMHA to adopt and share the host organization's culture and outlook, administrative functions, processes, and established networks and could leverage the host's reputation to enhance its own. Given the demands of the Asia-Pacific region and the relationships and initiatives CFE-DMHA has forged there, CFE-DMHA should continue to pursue a high level of effort in that area.
- If CFE-DMHA is to fulfill a global mandate, it will need to be recast and provided the necessary guidance, resources, and organizational structure.
- A globally oriented CFE-DMHA should be reconfigured to expand its education and training, strengthen its research and repository functions, and broaden its regional engagement capacity.
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主题 | Civil-Military Relations
; East Asia
; International Humanitarian Assistance
; Security Cooperation
; Southeast Asia
; United States Department of Defense
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URL | https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1332.html
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来源智库 | RAND Corporation (United States)
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资源类型 | 智库出版物
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/108334
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推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 |
Stephanie Pezard,David E. Thaler,Beth Grill,et al. The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA): An Assessment of Roles and Missions. 2016.
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