FLAGSHIP CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE 
AND DEVELOPMENT WITH ITS PEACE ROOM CORE

Objectives

•  To develop and demonstrate the proof of concept of the Sustainable Peace and Development program operating system.

• To demonstrate the use of cutting edge information technologies, and later to be an incubator for upgrading hardware and communications capabilities and software development for the global system.

• To serve as the training site for the first cadre of SPD and Peace Room peaceworkers.

•  To be a showcase for the potential of the global Sustainable Peace and Development system.

Location

•  We envision several U.S. Flagship SPD host universities linked by the C/UPP program to Flagship SPD hosts in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and South America.

Support Sought

•   In the United States, the Department of Defense, the Military Services, Unified and Specified Commands and other command war rooms will be requested to contribute proven surplus hardware, software, display and communications equipment.  Similar requests from their counterparts in other countries will be made

•  Under the Corporate Partners in Peace (CPP) program, pro bono hardware, software and consulting support will be requested to establish and keep the SPD program state of the art.

•  The Department of Defense, Military Services and private corporations will be asked to loan personnel to assist in the development of the SPD basic operating system and to train student workers in the system and equipment use.

•  The Department of Defense will be asked to declassify and release worldwide database files used in the National Military Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence System and elsewhere that will be supportive of the mission of the global Sustainable Peace and Development system.

• Commercial fee-for-service sources capable of providing imagery, maps, charts, Experts on Demand, and a wide variety of analyzed open source intelligence will be asked to provide pro bono input into the database of the Flagship Sustainable Peace and Development program.  This will demonstrate the power of the use of commercially available open source intelligence.