Profile for Members of ASSN

ASSN membership is on both institutional and individual basis, and is open to all who have an active interest in African security sector issues and also subscribe to the core principles of the organisation. The network is governed by a Steering Committee of 6 elected and 10 co-opted members, with a chair and vice-chair (currently Professor Eboe Hutchful of ASDR and Brigadier-General Paulino Macaringue of SADSEM respectively). Key institutional members include African Security Dialogue and Research/ASDR (Ghana—the current HQ of ASSN], the Centre for Democracy and Development/CDD (Nigeria), the Southern African Defence and Security Management Network (SADSEM) (Southern Africa), the Centre for Policy Research and Dialogue/CPRD [Ethiopia], and the Security Research and Information Centre/SRIC [Kenya].   As a pan-African organisation, the ASSN seeks to be comprehensive in terms of both skill-sets  and regional and gender representation. Currently, there is a need to attract more women and expand our francophone and lusophone representation as well as develop a  presence in North and Central Africa. In terms of disciplines, we have been moderately successful in diversifying away from our original defence focus by increasing our membership with expertise in police and intelligence issues (although more could still be done in both areas), but remain weak in terms of the justice sector in particular.

Network Members Listed Below