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Viewing cable 07BAGHDAD2947, INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ'S SLUGGISH

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07BAGHDAD2947 2007-09-03 15:18 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Baghdad
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R 031518Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3164
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 BAGHDAD 002947 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/03/2017 
TAGS: EAID ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IZ PREL
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ'S SLUGGISH 
IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Classified By: Economic Minister Charles P. Ries for reasons 1.4 (b) an 
d (d) 
 
1. (C) Summary: Iraqi implementation of the International 
Compact with Iraq (ICI) is in danger of losing momentum 
following its May 3 launch.  The GoI named a director on May 
28 to its ICI Secretariat, but has not staffed the 
Secretariat, nor formed most of the ICI working groups.  The 
 
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international community has offered technical assistance, and 
the upcoming UN General Assembly in September and the World 
Bank and IMF meetings in October should provide opportunities 
to encourage implementation.  We are actively engaging the 
GoI on these issues and also have offered our assistance. 
End summary. 
 
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Status of ICI Secretariat Implementation 
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2. (C) After the May 3 launching of the ICI, the Iraqi 
government announced on May 28 its formation of the ICI 
Secretariat.  The ICI Secretariat is the key entity 
 
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implementing the ICI; it is responsible for establishing and 
monitoring the sectoral working groups; will provide 
administrative and technical support to the ICI Executive 
Committee; and is responsible for reporting both GoI progress 
against ICI benchmarks as well as reporting on the 
international community's performance in meeting ICI 
commitments.  During a working level meeting with the Baghdad 
Coordinating Group (Iraq Consultative Group members in 
Baghdad) on August 23, ICI Secretariat Director Ahmed Salman 
(DPM Barham Salih's Chief of Staff (COS)) and the World Bank 
Iraq Country Manager Simon Stolp admitted that so far the GoI 
had made no progress in setting up the ICI Secretariat other 
than naming its director on May 28. 
 
3. (C) Realizing he needed to make more progress in 
increasing Iraqi staffing, Mr. Ahmed established a ICI 
Secretariat task force of his fellow COS' in the government 
 
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in July, right around the time of the release of the July 20 
ICI Mid-term Progress Report.  This task force currently 
includes himself, Deputy Prime Minister Salaam Zowbaie's COS 
Dhia al-Zowbaie, and National Security Advisor Mowafaq 
Rubaie's COS Amer al-Mosawii.  Mr. Dhia also will monitor 
the establishment of certain working groups and Mr. Amer will 
deal with security-related issues.  Mr. Ahmed has asked for a 
representative from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office, 
which has yet to respond.  The ICI Secretariat will have two 
main bodies, the policy and administration units, with the 
policy unit comprised of Iraqi officials and the 
administration unit initially made up of international 
contractors.  Both Mr. Ahmed and Mr. Stolp have stressed to 
Emboffs that the GoI is becoming more involved in assessing 
the quality of international contractors provided for ICI 
implementation. 
 
4. (C) The European Commission (EC) is funding four ICI 
Secretariat international contractor positions for one 
 
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year--two administrators, a database manager, and a website 
designer--to the tune of 2.5 million euros (approximately 
$3.4 million).  This EC funding is being channeled through 
the Iraq Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) and is 
being administered by the UN.  It will take at least another 
two months before the UN contractors are in place in Baghdad 
because the UN and Mr. Ahmed are still discussing the Terms 
of Reference for the positions.  The Italian Embassy in 
Baghdad also has provided an electricity specialist for six 
months to the ICI Secretariat.  The ICI Secretariat will be 
located in the joint Iraqi-US Freedom Towers complex in the 
IZ, but in the absence of staff, setting up the physical 
office space is not possible. 
 
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Lack of ICI Sectoral Working Group Formation 
-------------------------------------------- 
 
5. (C) The GoI will be hardpressed to set up all the required 
sectoral working groups (WG) without a functioning ICI 
Secretariat.  Mr. Ahmed said that as of August 23, he has 
 
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identified heads for all the WGs, but the ICI Executive 
Committee still needs to approve the names before the WGs are 
officially established.  Once complete, the GoI can proceed 
to fully staff the WGs and develop the action plans for each 
sectoral WG (which is mandated to occur within twelve months 
of the ICI launch).  So far only two WGs have actually met: 
the Security Sector Reform WG and the Rule of Law WG.  The 
Security Sector Reform WG was scheduled to have another 
meeting the last week of August and one representative from 
the World Bank and UN was invited to attend the last 30 
minutes.  However, the meeting was postponed at the last 
minute.  The Rule of Law WG has met because the current 
 
BAGHDAD 00002947  002 OF 002 
 
 
membership is a holdover from a previous international 
initiative in the area.  The Energy WG is scheduled to meet 
on September 4.  Some of the key WGs that have yet to be 
officially formed encompass these areas: human development, 
government reform, and agriculture. 
 
6. (C) The Energy WG formation could be problematic because 
Mr. Ahmed, with World Bank encouragement, appears to favor 
subdividing it between electricity and oil.  Although Dr. 
Barham told Economic Minister Charles Ries in an August 26 
meeting that this WG would approach energy with one master 
plan, Mr. Ahmed and the World Bank on August 23 told the 
Baghdad Coordination Group they envisioned the WG first 
developing a "least cost electricity plan" that is achievable 
in the short run.  In an August 27 meeting with Emboffs, Mr. 
Stolp privately confirmed this was the World Bank's proposed 
way to support the Energy WG.  His rationale was that the 
Ministry of Electricity was easier to deal with, and that 
there already is a "National Energy Committee" that meets 
bimonthly for macro energy issues.  (COMMENT: The ICI itself 
is not clear on this issue; it calls for the Energy WG to 
develop both an Energy Sector Master Plan and a least cost 
development plan for the electricity sector. END COMMENT) 
 
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Joint Monitoring Matrix Database Status 
--------------------------------------- 
 
7. (C) The ICI requires a Joint Monitoring Matrix (JMM) be 
developed to assess how both Iraqi and donor communities are 
reaching ICI benchmarks and commitments.  A temporary 
(Excel-based) database was created in July to create an 
initial storehouse for this information.  The EC volunteered 
in August to fund the JMM database and has an international 
developer under contract to do so.  The ICI Secretariat was 
given four possible database options, and in late August 
decided on one that should be web-based.  Further progress 
depends on the ICI Secretariat hiring two Iraqi information 
technology advisors to assist the EC contractor. 
 
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Key Upcoming ICI Meetings 
------------------------- 
 
8. (C) The GoI could report progress in ICI implementation at 
three upcoming meetings prior to the end of the year.  There 
are plans for PM al-Maliki and UNSG Ban Ki Moon to jointly 
chair a meeting covering ICI progress among other things on 
September 22.  The ICI Secretariat needs to provide a short 
update to the 20 July ICI Mid-term Progress report and likely 
will call for commitments on debt relief.  There also is 
discussion of an ICI meeting during the annual World Bank and 
IMF conference in Washington this October; this also would 
necessitate an additional ICI update report.  Finally, the 
GoI had committed to releasing an end of year report in 
December to document implementation progress. 
 
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Our ICI Concerns and US Embassy Baghdad's Action Plan 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
9. (C) Implementing the ICI under Iraqi ownership is a 
critical component of building government capacity for 
sectoral reform and prioritizing donor countries 
contributions.  Losing the momentum following the May 3 ICI 
launch is problematic because the international community 
cannot push ICI implementation by itself.  Truly effective 
WGs will need to be led and staffed by Iraqis, with some 
initial international technical assistance from international 
contractors.  Emboffs will continue to use the Baghdad 
Coordination Group meetings to reinforce the need for Iraqi 
ownership.  Washington agencies can help by encouraging Iraqi 
implementation of the ICI.  A separate issue is how the 
Energy WG will evolve and if it will be subdivided.  EMIN 
Ries has already outlined to Dr. Barham the USG's preference 
for one working group that will produce one master energy 
plan for Iraq.  Emboffs will continue to liaise with the 
World Bank presence in Baghdad and Mr. Ahmed to follow the 
formation of this WG and offer diplomatic assistance, if 
necessary. 
 
10. (C) Our immediate concern is to set up the ICI 
Secretariat office.  Without a functioning Secretariat, the 
 
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GoI will find it difficult to implement the ICI.  EMIN 
proposed USG temporary assistance to set up the office until 
the four UN ICI Secretariat administrative contractors 
arrive, expected by November.  We sent a formal offer to Dr. 
Barham's office on August 27, and we await his response. 
CROCKER