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Viewing cable 07BOGOTA1246, COLMIL REFORMS (1) -- EDUCATION ROADMAP

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BOGOTA1246 2007-02-22 18:08 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 8717
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 001246 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
SUBJECT: COLMIL REFORMS (1) -- EDUCATION ROADMAP 
 
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Summary 
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1. Planners have drafted a "strategic roadmap" for 
overhauling military and police education and doctrine, the 
first of five reform areas announced last fall by the Defense 
Minister to strengthen the credibility and efficiency of the 
armed forces.  Educational initiatives will focus on 
leadership and values, cross-service jointness in doctrine 
and training, academic standards and teaching tools, and on 
personnel systems.  Detailed planning for these comprehensive 
changes will continue through 2007, with implementation in 
2008 funded by the new "wealth tax."  End Summary. 
 
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Education - First of Five Reforms 
--------------------------------- 
 
2. In October 2006, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos and 
Military Forces Commander General Freddy Padilla unveiled 
five fundamental reforms to the public forces (Army, Navy, 
Air Force, and Police), as part of the 'Consolidation' plan 
for the next four years of President Uribe's Democratic 
Security policy.  The five reform areas were: education and 
training, roles and missions, military penal justice, 
discretional authorities, and intelligence.  Beyond these 
headings, little detail on the reforms has been released; 
Santos has only said that they are evolving steadily.  A 
leader of the education team, Colonel Alberto Mejia, briefed 
us on February 5 on the state of planning in that area. 
Septels will outline other reforms. 
 
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Leadership, Ethics, and Values 
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3. Ethics and human rights are at the heart of education 
reform plans, which COL Mejia's team have summarized in a 
roadmap of 19 strategies.  The overriding goal, stresses 
Mejia, is to strengthen the "legitimacy" of the military.  An 
ethic of excellence in service to the community, within all 
branches, is paramount.  So too is inculcating an 
"indomitable spirit, in both public and private, every hour 
of every day."  To support these priorities, the Embassy is 
assisting the Ministry in preparing a seminar for 200 
generals on ethical processes, values, and systems.  Minister 
Santos has said the goal is to guide service members in 
making their own rational ethical choices, rather than 
relying on rigid traditional religious standards. 
 
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Doctrine and Jointness 
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4. Going to the core of armed forces operations, educational 
reforms will revamp doctine with an emphasis on shared 
standard operating procedures (SOPs) and joint operations. 
Currently, for example, services lack common communication 
protocols; when a rural police post was attacked there were 
delays in conveying where to target aerial bombardment. 
Planners envision the creation of a joint center for 
formulation of doctrine, emulating the U.S. military's 
process (e.g. with war-gaming simulation software). 
Education will attempt to dissolve distrust between services, 
particularly Army and Police.  Mejia admits that this is a 
major hurdle, culturally and operationally.  One means is 
shared training in overlapping skills -- e.g. a common sniper 
school, and shared human rights training.  Currently, an Army 
officer's first substantive encounter with members of other 
branches can occur as late as 17 years into a career, at the 
war college; joint training earlier on could improve cohesion 
simply through interaction with other services. 
 
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Academics and Technology 
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5. The Ministry of Education will help prepare new rigorous 
academic programs with accreditation regimes equal to 
civilian universities, particularly in areas of Colombian 
military expertise such as Navy oceanography.  The Bogota 
chapter of the Harvard / MIT Club is helping to target 
critical skill areas (e.g. health management) for educational 
exchange programs.  Finally, planners aim to establish a 
system of science, technology, and innovation, including 
simulations. 
 
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Personnel Management 
-------------------- 
 
6. The armed forces desperately need defined career tracks 
and personnel databases, spanning from recruitment to 
retirement.  The selection process for new recruits will be 
reviewed, with an eye to weeding out candidates with 
backgrounds not appropriate for military service.  Career 
paths will be managed according to skills and competencies. 
While U.S. military personnel have major and minor 
specializations, in Colombia existing skills (e.g. in 
intelligence) are often ignored in the face of unrelated 
urgent needs (e.g. for an explosives officer), wasting 
training.  Moreover, additional flexibility will be 
introduced to enable conversion from NCO to officer corps, to 
address the acute number of unfilled officer positions. 
Mejia noted that rationalizing career paths this way will 
require formal legislative approval of the finalized plan. 
 
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Planning Process and Timeline 
----------------------------- 
 
7. Given the wide scope of the education and doctrine reform 
plan, 2007 will be dedicated to detailed planning. 
Implementation is slated for 2008, supported by funding from 
the new "wealth tax."  The pro forma budget calls for five 
million dollars, although planners are hopeful for an 
increase.  Thus far, assisted by external private 
consultants, the Ministry has defined its "roadmap" of 
priorities.  The next step is to define performance measures 
for every strategy.  Ultimately, over the course of this 
year, a work plan will be drafted for each of the 19 
strategies and each of the services (Army, Navy, Air Force, 
and Police).  President Uribe has given full authority to 
Defense Minister Santos to develop the reforms, requiring 
presidential involvement only for the legislative changes 
mentioned above. 
 
DRUCKER