goal of enduring reform. Te unified team agreed that lasting procurement reform in Afghanistan would best be achieved by addressing four lines of effort: people, processes, policy and transparency. Tese four lines of effort would be crosscutting: Multiple actions could take place simul- taneously in different functional areas to create enduring procurement reform.


PROCESS IMPROVEMENT


Maj. Gen. Gulami Sahki, left, CSTC-A DCG MG Daniel P. Hughes and Dr. Beth Rairigh of the Ministry of Defense Requirements Approval Board meet Feb. 24. The board is an element of the Procurement Reform Branch, which CSTC-A established in September 2015 to support the Na- tional Procurement Authority. (Photo by Jenell Stith, CSTC-A Contracting Enabler Cell)


UNIFIED EFFORT, IMPACT Each line of effort offers Afghanistan a chance at real procurement reform. Addressed individually, each creates a sin- gular approach to reform. Linked together, they


create opportunities for unified


actions to occur along each line of effort that focus directly on procurement reform.


When assessing the current conditions of the Afghan procurement system, the National Procurement Authority, with CSTC-A’s


along Procurement Reform


Branch, identified multiple shortfalls that contribute to the system’s


inefficiency


and ineffectiveness and foster a culture of corruption. Antiquated procurement law, a purely paper-based, lengthy bureau- cratic process, untimely planning,


lack


of adequately trained professionals, lack of systemic accountability and a lack of contract management and oversight are just some of the many challenges the team must address in order to reform the cor- rupt and ineffective procurement system.


As the change agent for Afghan pro-


POLICE LOGISTICS BG Wilson A. Shoffner Jr., deputy chief of staff for communications for the Resolute Support Mission, visits the Afghan National Police National Logistics Center in Wardak province to learn about the Materiel Management Center and the Ministry of Interior Support Center. The National Logistics Center in Wardak was planned, designed and built to consolidate national-level logistics facilities for greater efficiency. Similarly, CSTC-A is working on multiple fronts with the Afghan government to reduce inefficiency, increase transparency and thwart corruption in the procurement system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt Kevin M. Limani, CSTC-A)


curement, the National Procurement Authority has fully championed enduring reform and is committed to confronting the challenges. In the authority’s short existence, it has made great progress in implementing


systems and processes


across all four lines of effort in order to get changes moving in the right direction.


Te National Procurement Authority conducts regularly scheduled training


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