CHAD: FY06 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE

UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000214 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR AF/C AND P/PPA AMY COLETTA AND JOHANNA KNOCH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MASS PARM AG CD MOPS NO SG TS SUBJECT: CHAD: FY06 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE REF: SECSTATE 15918 ¶1. (SBU) The N'djamena country team reviewed the Multi-National Information Sharing Program (MISI) options for Chad based on written and oral presentations from the MISI team. The country team decided that MISI could be beneficial to Chadian security services, primarily as a tool for internet literacy and to increase internet connectivity (currently extremely low in Chad government services.) To be an effective tool for inter-Government of Chad communication on security and to ensure an even level of competence, the program must include links to security services other than the Chadian national army (ANT) e.g. to police and other security services. The program should not be implemented immediately, but should be part of a basket of TSCTP "deliverables" which should be discussed with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the context of improving GOC counterpart support for the TSCTP existing program as well as other issues of mutual interest (not limited to but certainly including cooperation on a UN presence in eastern Chad.) ¶2. (SBU) To summarize: Program content: focus on basic internet literacy Program coverage: to include all security services Timing: Only after high level discussions on the state of Chadian cooperation overall with TSCTP, and upon receipt of assurances that GOC counterpart support will be reinforced and greater resolution on the question of a UN presence in eastern Chad has been reached. WALL