Types of Membership

Members

ASSN News

The ASSN Quarterly Newsletter
ASSN Inaugurates New Interim Executive Committee
African Union Rolls Out SSR Capacity-Building Programme
Southern Africa Launches Revised Strategic Plan on Defence and Security
Stakeholders' Meeting on Lessons Learned in Kenya Police Reforms
SADSEM Secretariat Relocation and Security Sector Governance Course in Malawi
Nairobi Roundtable on Security Sector Expenditure Reviews
HLP on Challenges and Opportunities for Security Sector Reform in East Africa
Dialogue on Challenges facing Gender Mainstreaming in African Security Institutions
South Sudan Officially Launches National Security Policy Development Process
Global Week of Action Against Small Arms Marked in Kenya
South Sudan Begins Development of a National Security Policy
ASSN to Co-host the 2013 ASSET Annual General Meeting
ASSN Facilitates Language Harmonisation of the Draft African Union SSR Policy Framework
ASSN Signs MOU with the Government of South Sudan
Stakeholders Discuss Nationwide Survey on 'Agenda Four Reforms' in Kenya
Briefing to Francophone Ambassadors on the African Union SSR Policy Framework
ARI Meeting on Security Sector Reform in the Arab World
New Book on Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa
Inaugural Stakeholders’ Dialogue Forum on Kenya’s ‘Agenda Four Reforms’
Gender and the Security Sector: Theory of Change Workshop
ASSN/CPRD Joint Mission to South Sudan
ASSN Quarterly Newsletter
Dialogue on Gender and the African Union’s SSR Framework
ASSN signs an MOU with the International Security Sector Advisory Team
CITIZEN-FOCUSED SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: A Workshop on Citizen Security in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Situations
Leymah Gbowee Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Types of Membership

ASSN’s members are divided into five categories, each with different benefits and varying levels of access to information and SSR literature. The table below depicts the five categories, which cover both individual and organisational membership.

	Category	Profile	Benefits/Role
1	Full members	These are individuals and organisations that provide active contribution to the ASSN on a continuous basis. They participate regular in designing, coordinating and hosting projects. They may also serve as regional and national representatives of the network, hold meetings, and provide feedback to information requests received by the network and undertake other activities that are relevant to the ASSN mission, objectives and programmes.	The right to vote, hold office, participate in annual meetings. Full members also have the right to be considered for participation in ASSN projects and consultancy work.
2	Associate members	These are individuals and organisations whose interest in ASSN is primarily for information sharing purposes, only choosing occasionally to make an active contribution.	Associate members are entitled to regular information and participation in meetings, although the latter occurs on a selective basis according to funding availability, area of expertise and relevance of contribution to the ASSN programme and objectives under focus at the meeting.
3	Friends of the network	This category comprises of non-African individuals and organisations that have a relationship with the ASSN network, through which they contribute towards the development of the network and facilitate the accomplishment of its objectives.	They may partner with ASSN on specific projects and in funding certain activities.
4	Students	These are individuals who are pursuing an academic degree in security and development related issues at an institution of higher learning.	They are exempt from paying fees, but are required to provide the network with papers on relevant issues.
5	Honorary Members	Honorary membership is awarded to persons who have made major contributions to the field of security and development in Africa and have demonstrated support for the mission of the ASSN network.	Honorary membership is bestowed by the ASSN Executive Committee. Designated honorary members are exempt from paying membership fees.