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Program Review Board (PRB) Summary Minutes February 24, 2004 Attendees:
* Rodney Bent Chairman/Director Office of Management and Budget
* Frederick C. Smith Deputy Senior Advisor for the Office of Security Affairs
* Chris Milligan USAID
* Col Frank Boynton Director, Office of Operations & Infrastructure
* Efraim Cohen Governance
* MAJ Todd Gondeck Representative, Coalition Joint Task Force 7,
Comptroller
* Dr. Hazim Saed Iraq Ministry of Finance Representative
* Christopher Segar Representative of the United Kingdom Government
* Absent Representative of the Australian Government
MGEN Paul Eaton CG, CMATT
COL Clyde Page CMATT C-4
COL Kay Sommerkamp CPA General Counsel
Jesse Pruett Program Review Board - Regional Programs Manager
COL Jim Behring CPA Comptroller
COL Tony Bell CPA HCA
LtCol Robert Gurner CPA Office of Management and Budget
COL Eric Engelbrektsson CPA Office of Management and Budget
Dr. Salah Iraq Ministry of Finance
Taif Sami Iraq Ministry of Finance
Nick Horne CPA Ministry of Electricity
Joel Berwick CPA Ministry of Oil
MAJ Michael Jurus CPA Baghdad Central
Monica McNight, Esq CPA Baghdad Central
LTC Walt Davis CPA Ministry of Municipal and Public Works
Gordon Mott CPA Ministry of Transportation
Linda Cameron UK Department for International Development
Janusz Sznajder CPA Council for International Cooperation
COL Bob Speer CPA Program Management Office
*Voting Members
Approval of the minutes from the PRB meeting of 15 February 2004 was tabled
awaiting confirmation that comments from Christopher Segar (British Office
Baghdad) were incorporated.
A representative of CPA Comptroller presented the current status of the DFI. As
of 19 February, the total amount not yet committed to specific programs was
$3,777M. However, those funds have been included as part of the 2004 Iraqi
Budget.
The following Program Review Board Requests were presented to the Board for
recommendation to the Administrator:
#575 10 Transfer Station Clean-Up and Construction - $3,294,750 A
representative of CPA Baghdad Central briefed the board. This request is a
change in scope for effort earlier approved in the 2004 Budget. The original
plan included funds to create landfills at five of 10 existing waste dumps
within Baghdad. The scope has now changed to create transfer stations at all 10
sites and remove the existing waste to two existing landfills outside the city
and mitigate environmental concerns at the 10 sites. The change of scope does
not require additional funding from DFI. Any additional funds will be provided
from the City Hall budget.
APPROVED No additional funding required.
#645 Rapid Regional Response Program (R3P) Replenishment - $100,000,000 A
representative of the CPA Regional Programs Office briefed the board. The
request is for funds included in the Revised 2004 Iraqi budget. This request
provides additional funds to the four CPA regions for R3P. These funds will be
spent on projects to benefit the Iraqi people in accordance with UN Resolution
1483. The PRB discussed the method for distributing the funds among regions and
the period of performance for this initiative. Funds are distributed based on
capabilities, past performance and consideration of funding in the initial 2004
Iraqi budget. Projects are to be fully executed by 30 June 04 and plans are in
place to achieve this goal.
APPROVED DFI.
#646 Commanders Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - $10,000,000 A
representative of CMATT briefed the board. Funds are required for emergency
requirements that, in the Commanding General, CMATTs determination, require
immediate response to deal with the current situation and allow him to continue
to complete the mission of standing up the Iraqi Armed Forces (IAF). This
request is for emerging requirements for the development and fielding of the IAF
and is not authorized for direct or indirect support of coalition forces. The
PRB agreed that CMATT needed flexibility in meeting emerging requirements.
However, it was not clear how to provide CG CMATT the funds in advance of Iraqi
Relief and Reconstitution Fund (IRRF) being allocated or, if using DFI would be
appropriate. The Chair asked the PMO to investigate what flexibility might be in
the IRRF and that CPA Ministry of Finance investigate alternatives in providing
a these funds and return to the board next week.
TABLED.
#647 Jobs and Skills Program for Economic Regeneration (JASPER) -- $45,000,000
A representative of CPA Ministry of Municipal and Public Works briefed the
board. The request is for funds included in the Revised 2004 Iraqi budget. This
request was for three separate initiatives. The Jobs Creation Program came into
existence in late 2003 and has created approximately 80,000 jobs across the
country. This proposal is to extend that program and add components for
vocational training and employment initiatives. The board asked whether the
JASPER program was linked to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
initiatives for job training. MMPW stated that JASPER was, in a sense, a bridge
to the longer term MLSA programs. Iraqi MoF stated a concern that JASPER was not
creating permanent jobs. A motion was made to approve $15,000,000 for
continuation of the Jobs Creation Program and table the rest of the effort until
more information was made available about the extent of vocational and
employment training envisaged under JASPER. MMPW will return to the PRB next
week for further discussion.
APPROVED IN PART ($15,000,000) -- DFI
#648 Railway Security - $2,400,000 A representative of CPA Ministry of
Transportation briefed the board. The request is for funds included in the
Revised 2004 Iraqi budget. In response to a serious deterioration in the
security of the Iraqi Republic Railway (IRR), twenty-five million dollars ($25
million) was added to the Revised 2004 Ministry Budgets. One specific action was
to contract with local tribal families to provide security for the IRR in their
territory. This action requested an advance of $2.4 million against the Revised
2004 Budget to pay for the first three months, two of which are in arrears. The
board inquired as to the impact of this initiative. While several factors are
involved, incidents have dramatically decreased since this program was started.
APPROVED -- DFI.
#649 National Olympic Committee -- $10,000,000 The Ministry of Youth and
Sports (MoYS) was not represented at the PRB. The request is for funds included
in the Revised 2004 Iraqi budget. These funds would provide Iraqi sports teams
resources to prepare for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Greece. Teams must
travel internationally to qualification events. Also, payments must be made to
international sports organizations that sponsor Olympic events. The Iraqi MoF
requested that MoYS discuss this request with MoF. The board requests that MoYS
return next week to discuss this proposal.
TABLED.
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