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LESSONS LEARNED: REBUILDING IRAQ IN 2004 12-7

Zone (later renamed the International Zone, or IZ) in Baghdad. Life support in the Green
Zone consisted of such things as sleeping facilities in small trailers or tents, dining facili-
ties providing four meals per day (their was a midnight meal to support late workers),
laundry service, and security provided by the coalition Multi-National Forces (MFN). On
the other hand, the DB contractors were required to create their own compounds, often
outside the Green Zone, with their own life-support facilities and their own security.

Project Definition
While Congress identified how the appropriated funds were to be spent in identified
sectors, Congress did not identify specific projects. Thus the first job of the PMO was
to define and estimate the cost of potential projects.
In October 2003, the United Nations and the World Bank completed a Joint Iraq
Needs Assessment Study. The study concluded that to rebuild Iraq to prewar conditions
of 1990 would require $56.1 billion. Given that IRRF II funding was $18.4 billion, it
was obvious that many needed projects would not be funded. Figure 12.3 illustrates the
comparison of estimated required funding by sector with the actual funding.
From approximately December 2003 until March 2004, the PMO focused all its
efforts on creating project definitions and related project cost estimates. Because at
this time the PMO staff had yet to fully mobilize and the SPMOCs had not yet signed
contracts, much less mobilized to Iraq, it was necessary to bring in a contractor whose
mission was to assist the PMO with project definition and project cost estimates.
Initially, 5500 potential projects were defined. PMO leaders and management then
worked closely with the Iraqi ministries to select projects to be funded. For example, PMO

United Nations/World bank joint Iraq needs assessment, Oct 03
Program management plan for the Iraq infrastructure reconstruction program, Oct 03
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$18.4 B Appropriation
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FIGURE 12.3 Iraq reconstruction requirements.