STORY: AU, UN agree to reinforce operational efficiency in

Somalia
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DATELINE: 3/OCTOBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, DSRCC Simon Mulongo speaking at the closing of the logistics
workshop
2. Med shot, participants at the workshop
3. Close up shot, a participant listening
4. Wide shot, participants listening to DSRCC Simon Mulongo
5. Med shot, DSRCC Simon Mulongo speaking
6. Close up shot, participants listening
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Simon Mulongo, Deputy Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia
“As you know, logistics is very critical. We cannot over emphasize this point. Without
a clear logistics system and supply chain management lines to our activities, our
operations, there is no way we can succeed,”

8. Wide shot, participants at the closing

9. Med shot, participants listening to Clark Toes, UNSOS Chief of Service Delivery
10. Close up shot, participants listening
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Clark Toes, UNSOS Chief of Service Delivery
“We have to understand that we are on limitations on what we can do and things
are going to get a little hard. That means we have to taper our expectations but
more importantly we have to work together and get stuff done,”

12. Med shot, participants

13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrew Alele, AMISOM Engineer and conference
Coordinator
“We came up with a Support Implementation Matrix from 2019 to 2021. This is a
document that we shall be reviewing periodically to assess where we are with our
support. We had outcomes on what AMISOM is supposed to do and what UNSOS is
supposed to do. The matrix also has outcomes on how we are going to innovatively
support our operations,”

14. Med shot, participants leaving at the end of the workshop

15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maj. Evans Wanjala, Participant
“The major outcome of this conference was for us to understand the current issues
underlying logistics and engineering support in support of the Somalia Transition
Plan and the AMISOM CONOPs 2018-2021. I can say without a doubt that indeed this
conference has been very fruitful and its end state is that we have agreed on those
issues that have been impacting, especially in terms of support so that we are able to
realize our mandate as AMISOM,”

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Superintendent of Police Naomi Simi, Participant

“It (conference) has been fruitful. It has given us an opportunity to understand the
Memorandum of Understanding in the logistic support and the opportunity to air
the challenges we are facing in the field and we are hopeful that from this
conference we have solutions to some of the challenges and have a better
understanding,”

AU, UN agree to reinforce operational efficiency in Somalia

Mogadishu, 07 October—A five-day conference to guide activities and operations of

the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) from 2019 to 2021 has concluded in
Mogadishu, with new agreements reached upon to guide the activities of the
mission.

One of the key outcomes of the conference, which was attended by senior AMISOM
and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) staff, was the
development and approval of a support implementation matrix which will ensure
efficient delivery of logistics to enhance the operational efficiency of the mission.

The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union

Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo highlighted the importance of
efficiency in delivering logistics, especially now that mission was in the process of
implementing its revised Concept of Operations (CONOPs) and the Somali Transition
Plan (STP).

“This is a very important conference in which we were looking at the logistics of our
mission. As you know, logistics is very critical. We cannot over emphasize this point.
Without a clear logistics system and supply chain management line to our activities
and our operations, there is can be now way we can succeed,” Mulongo said.
Mr. Clark Toes, the UNSOS Chief of Service Delivery, expressed optimism from the
process and called for team work from all stakeholders to ensure success of the
mission.

“We have to understand that there are limitations on what we can do. We need to
manage our expectations however most importantly we need to work together so
we can be efficient and get things done,” Mr. Clark Toes explained.

The Concept of Operations (CONOPs) outlines the main activities to be undertaken

under the Somali Transition Plan, when AMISOM is expected to exit and hand over
security responsibilities to the Somali Security Forces by 2021.

Andrew Alele, AMISOM Engineer and Conference Coordinator, noted that key
objectives of the conference had been met, explaining that the developed matrix
matches activities and responsibilities with timelines which will ensure an efficient
and seamless delivery of logistics.

“We came up with a Support Implementation Matrix from 2019 to 2021. We will be
reviewing it periodically to assess where we are with our support. We had outcomes
on tasks for AMISOM and UNSOS. The matrix also has outcomes on how we are
going to support our operations innovatively,” Mr. Alele explained.

Several participants were pleased with the conference, noting that it was timely and
extremely beneficial.

“It (conference) has been fruitful. It has given us an opportunity to understand the
Memorandum of Understanding in our logistics support and the opportunity to
discuss the challenges we are facing in the field. We are optimistic about the way
forward ,” said Superintendent of Police, Naomi Simi.

Major Evans Wanjala, said that the conference had deepened their understanding
their knowledge concerning logistics supply, especially the enabling frameworks that
guide operations.

“It’s been a very useful discussion over the past couple of days. We concluded with
clear actions and this will enable us achieve our mandate as AMISOM,” Maj. Wanjala
explained.