Cross-Whitehall Lessons Event makes its debut

The first Cross-Whitehall Conflict and Stabilisation Lessons Event took place on Tuesday 9 November at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The event brought together colleagues from across the Whitehall conflict lessons community and included representatives from the three parent Departments of the Stabilisation Unit (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development and Ministry of Defence), other Government Departments and the military.

Introducing the event, Permanent Under-Secretary, Simon Fraser emphasised the importance of “Working together, in an integrated way, to tackle threats, to build stability and security…The way we need to combine together our defence work, our diplomatic work, our development work behind the common purpose and this is what the Unit [Stabilisation Unit] and this event represents.” 

The integrated approach was itself the focus of the presentations. Lou Perrotta, Head of the SU Lessons Team, acknowledged that “what we mean by the integrated approach is an evolving concept – but it is clearly about working together – earlier, better and smarter” using examples of integrated HMG planning for Yemen and Somalia to illustrate HMG’s progress so far.

You can listen to the speeches and presentations from the event here:

1. Introduction by Permanent Under-Secretary Simon Fraser and Stabilisation Unit Head of Profession Cath Bishop
2. The Integrated Approach, Integrated Planning - We are Making Progress – Lou Perrotta
3. Community Engagement and Lessons from Sudan – Charlotte Morris
4. Stabilisation in a  Forward Operating Base in Helmand – Iain King and Col. Doug Chalmers

 You can also download the full document on Responding to Stabilisation Challenges in Hostile and Insecure Environments: Lessons Identified by the UK’s Stabilisation Unit below.

Attachments:

LESSONS IDENTIFIED BY THE UK’S STABILISATION UNIT- November 2010

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