Strengthening U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation Recommendations for Action (2005) / Chapter Skim
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Program Organization and Management
Program Organization and Management
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Overcoming these One approach to facilitating greater participation and partimpediments will require a commitment by Russian and nership is the development of programmatic "strategic masAmerican experts to strengthen their working relationships ter plans," each based on a systems approach similar to that with full partnership as the guiding principle. In both the used by Russia in its development of the Strategic Master short term and the long term, this principle can serve as an Plan for Complex Disposition of Nuclear Submarines, a sumimportant foundation when addressing difficult problems of mary of which appears in Appendix H.2 These programmatic joint organization and management of programs that focus master plans will complement and flow down from the joint on cooperation on nonproliferation.
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The inclusion of Russian experts in the strategic plan- · Assessment of local, bilateral, bureaucratic, legal, orning stages of the programs is critical to their becoming full ganizational, political, and other potential hurdles that are partners in the entire process of program organization and peculiar to the specific circumstances of the project; management, from the initial development through project · Joint selection of the technology appropriate to the apimplementation and evaluation and to maximizing the long- plication and the operating conditions or, at a minimum, term sustainability of nonproliferation goals.3 evaluation of the relevance of the technology chosen for the The jointly developed strategic master plans could pro- project and examination of the local and national political vide the following: and economic implications of its installation and use; · Clarification of the legal, regulatory, licensing, and ap · Clearly articulated program objectives, goals, strate- proval procedures that will be required to complete the gies, and priorities that are clearly derived from the U.S.- project; Russian nuclear nonproliferation strategy to be developed · Determination of the staff resources and training that by the High-Level Commission; will be required and identification and building of relation · Meaningful and achievable metrics that can be used to ships with key organizations and individuals in Russia; and determine how successfully specific objectives and goals are · Clarification of the assumptions, goals, and linkages being met; required for implementation of the program. · Program effectiveness evaluations based on the metrics mentioned above; As Russian and U.S.
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Furthermore, the ing the appropriate individuals to lead or participate in joint joint committee recommends that, to the extent possible, U.S.-Russian project teams, based on their capability and federal authorities in both countries give primary prob- availability, and holds its staff accountable for meeting all lem-solving responsibility for projects to program man- program management and implementation commitments; agers and implementers and reward them for the good · Jointly established project goals and expectations are results that they produce by being creative and taking defined; responsible risks. By more clearly delineating the responsi- · Personnel are assigned on a long-term basis, with a bilities of the central and local levels of program organiza- minimum number of changes during the lifetime of a project; tion and management, managers and implementers will have · Personnel have the necessary infrastructure, e.g., trainmore effective guidance and support to mutually reinforce ing, financial systems, and foreign travel support, available program objectives, which will work toward achieving the to more effectively meet all of their implementation responoverall goals of the partnership.
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This can be done through workshops, assignsian program managers work toward achieving a more ment of student interns, and other activities specifically tareffective balance between managerial flexibility and geted toward creating sustainable leadership in nuclear structural consistency by considering and adopting the nonproliferation. relevant ideas proposed in this section -- for example, de- A critical ingredient is still needed to allow the managevelopment of joint strategic master plans, implementa- rial flexibility that can lead to the most efficient and effection of appropriate roles and responsibilities, and re- tive implementation of tasks and removal of barriers; that warding creativity and risk taking that produce good ingredient is trust.
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The joint committee also recommends that the gov ernments of the United States and Russia each under take an examination of the nuclear information curSharing and Protecting Sensitive Information rently kept secret to determine if this continues to best An essential element of enhanced communication that serve U.S.-Russian cooperation. One controversial but requires special attention is the ability to share and protect relevant model is the "openness" initiative under U.S.
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