Africa Civic Action Planning and Implementation Guide

Abstract : The Africa Civic Action program is intended to assist African military establishments to undertake activities which will directly benefit their civilian populaces. The program, although implemented by DoD, is part of The State Department foreign assistance program and ideally will complement the efforts of already existing national infrastructure or coastal security programs, or complement activities already sponsored by USAID, PVOs (private voluntary organizations), or other assistance agencies. This guide is designed to describe the procedures required by the Foreign Military Sales system. The guide is based on several years' program experience and draws on input from the organizations which have been most involved in establishing and nurturing the program during its first three years. It is intended to ease as much as possible the incountry management burden of the program; however, the guide is not all inclusive and is intended to be supplemented with program management by the Unified Commands, the involved Washington agencies, and the Military Service case manager. It is not intended to replace the Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM) published by DSAA, and should the Implementation Guide vary with the SAMM on any point, the provisions of the SAMM will govern.