Governance

Third Order Effects has a range of experts who can support improved governance capacities at the local, provincial, and national levels. Our people have knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

Agri-Business and Food Commerce
Government and Administration
Cultural Heritage Preservation
Judiciary and Legal System
Economy and Infrastructure
Law and Border Enforcement Corrections
Education
Public and Social Services

Emergency Management
Public Health
Energy Water and Sanitation
Rule of Law and Civil Security
Environment and Natural Resources
Technology and Telecommunications
Trade Finance and Economics Industry

Governance Innovation for Security and Development
Our network of governance advising experts includes civilians, retired senior officers and non-commissioned officers of the uniformed services. Their skills and experience align with the governance functional specialties identified by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) report titled, "Governance Innovation for Security and Development: Recommendations for US Army Civil Affairs 38G Civil Sector Officers." The NPS researchers sought to identify civil sector expertise required "in three types of missions: theater security cooperation (TSC), support to civil authority (SCA), and transitional military authority missions (TMA)."

Case Study: NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence
NATO cares deeply about civil-military operations. The Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CCOE) resides in The Hague. For NATO, civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) has three core functions: 1. Civil-military liaison, 2. Support to the force, and 3. Support to civil actors and their environment. These functions are carried out "in order to reach sustainable stability in conflict regions." The NATO CCOE also maintains a network of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). The SMEs with Third Order Effects can augment such efforts of NATO.

"A Governance Advising Framework for the Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB)"
Douglas Hurst, Bill Mandrick, and John McElligott, co-founders of Third Order Effects, LLC, wrote about why the U.S. Army's Security Force Assistance Brigades should incorporate governance advising during all phases of military operations, as well as a framework for planning and conducting such activities. Read "A Governance Advising Framework for the Security Force Assistance Brigade, which is reprinted from Small Wars Journal per the Creative Commons license granted upon its original publication.