International CSO Workshop
Higginson Associates ran a successful Contractor Support to Operations (CSO) Workshop for the East African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) of the African Union in Nairobi, Kenya from 22-25 September 2008. The Workshop was well attended and well received by the EASBRIG Brigade Commander, EASBRIGCOM planning and logistics staffs, the brigade staff and all the troop contributing nations.
The CSO Workshop brought under one roof all of the relevant planning and implementation staffs and explained CSO, its processes, commercial and legal obligations, risks and risk mitigation measures, strategies for the employment of CSO and contracting and pricing methodologies. The Workshop also provided an opportunity for the EASBRIG staffs to consider a number of viable CSO solutions in support of the new EASBRIG Force Support Concept.
EASBRIG aims to provide the Eastern Africa Region with a peace support capability and intends to use CSO as one of its primary means of providing force logistic support.
EASBRIG is made up of force contributions from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Higginson Associates can offer similar International CSO Workshops to International Agencies and contractors in 2009.
International CSO Workshop Delegates
International CSO Workshops are designed for the following types of military officers, civil servants and contractors:
- Military Planning and Operations (J3) staff officers
- Military Logistic and Personnel (J1 and J4) staff officers
- Project Directors and Managers
- Equipment Managers
- Commercial officers
- Contracting officers
- Procurement officers
- Legal officers
- Contractors' commercial, legal, HR, training and security staff
Workshop Content and Programme
A typical CSO Workshop programme is based on a generic CSO system and includes:
Day 1 - AM
- Introduction and Roles of CSO
- CSO Risk Management
Day 1 - PM
- Introduction to a CSO Process (DEFSTAN)
- Introduction to a CSO Contract (DEFCON)
- Syndicate exercise, including a review of CSO principles and key CSO drivers for the Force Support Policy
Day 2 - AM
- Back-brief by Syndicates on Exercise 1
- CSO Contracting Strategy
- Pricing for CSO
Day 2 - PM
- Syndicate exercise on Contracting Strategy
- Syndicate exercise, including writing an outline SOW with a number of KORs for an Enabling CSO contract
- Back-brief by Syndicates on Exercise 2 and 3
International CSO Workshop Booking
If you are interested in Higginson Associates organising an International CSO Workshop for you in 2009 please contact Andrew Higginson.
For further information
call Andrew Higginson - Tel: +44 208 878 7307
or email: AndrewH@higginsonassociates.com
