Nation Building, Sudan.
When a country has been hit by disaster or (civil) war usually also the governmental institutions suffer. Sometimes the whole governmental system has to be building up again. In such an environment there are opportunities for coaching.
Also the international community can create a comprehensive approach by the use of a coach. It would be beneficial for a country, if the UN / EU would deploy civil servants from crucial workplaces and from several levels, of "our" own governmental management into war thorn countries, to work as a coach for their fellow civil servants.
This would be a kind of a left-seat / right-seat activity in which they guide their colleagues through governmental processes and procedures.
Another basic element to build a healthy nation is a general mental health.
Have a look at Sudan and be aware that the same is the case for other war-thorn countries or countries that suffered severe disasters.
Nearly all programs of nearly every organization that wants to bring prosperity
completely lack a comprehensive psychological-social approach towards the population.
Until now there is no awareness, recognition nor acknowledgement that Sudan exists of a traumatized population, possibly the sole item that the Sudanese population share mutually. Because of this the population hinders their own progress.
Within the Sudanese population, and possibly more in the South, there is an experience of being a perpetrator, victim or spectator (sometimes these three elements are united in one person).
It would be wise to integrate a psychological-social care program within Nation Building processes.
A proper psychological-social trauma care program works to overcome and prevent traumatic stress and its consequences within the individual as well as the community, safeguarding the rights and dignity of people affected by violence and conflict.
Such a trauma care program aims to strengthen local resources for the development of peaceful, human rights-based, societal ways of living.
Furthermore it would be beneficial for the country, in this case the Government of South-Sudan (GoSS), if the UN / EU would deploy civil servants from crucial workplaces and from several levels of "our" own governmental management into South Sudan, to work as a coach for their fellow civil servants at ALL levels.
A kind of a left-seat / right-seat activity in which they guide their (former military) colleagues through governmental processes and procedures.
This is very important as part of the Influence Campaign Plan. It is in fact crucial to create a healthy Pol/Econ environment for proper nation building.
So, if the “troop contributing” countries feel so committed to the prosperity of a country, than one of the most important “condition shapers” are "our own” governmental civil servants.
This, in a concerted approach with “security providers” like “own military and police”, is important to reach a desired end state.
It´s important to note that “own military and police” has to cooperate closely with “local military and police”, bearing in mind that Nation building is not an exclusive “military/police party”.
More important is the input of "our own” governmental civil servants who cooperate closely with the local civil servants at ALL levels.
Cross training, cross learning, cross teaching ... without trying to copy “our” democratic values into a country that is founded on quite another culture.
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