This is a new task order award will provide support for dcha/CMM technical leadership. A core mission of USAID?S office of conflict management and mitigation (CMM) is to provide cutting-edge and…

This time and materials contract awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to Amex International Incorporated will provide technical assistance and support to USAID's Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) from September 2009 to April 2015. As part of its core mission, CMM aims to provide cutting-edge analysis and programmatic guidance on preventing conflict and building peace through various tools, guides, methodologies, briefings and training workshops. Under this contract, Amex International will update CMM's conflict assessment tools, support the development and dissemination of programmatic toolkits, assist in strategic thinking about future programmatic priorities, and help refine concepts in a white paper on countering terrorism and counterinsurgency approaches. The work will be performed in Washington, D.C. and supports CMM's technical leadership responsibilities in conflict-related topics ranging from early warning to development program conflict sensitivity.

This is a new task order award will provide support for dcha/CMM technical leadership. A core mission of USAID?S office of conflict management and mitigation (CMM) is to provide cutting-edge and field-relevant analysis and programmatic guidance on preventing conflict and building peace. This technical leadership agenda covers the full spectrum of conflict-related topics from early warning to assessment to incorporating conflict-sensitivity into development activities, to furthering conceptual development of USAID?S counterterrorism (CT) and counterinsurgency (COIN) approaches, to monitoring and evaluation and is provided in a number of forms including thematic toolkits, program guides, assessment methodologies, briefings, and training workshops. The following scope of work requests assistance from an icrp IQC partner to support CMM in furthering its technical leadership responsibilities by providing technical assistance in updating CMM?S conflict assessment tools, supporting programmatic toolkit development and dissemination, in thinking strategically about future programmatic priorities, and supporting the refinement of concepts articulated in a white paper on CT/COIN.