Workshop

Workshop Name: ASSN Workshop on an African SSR Strategy, October 8, 2007
Announcement

Third ASSN General Meeting: AU-ASSN African SSR Strategy Workshop, Addis Ababa, October 9-11, 2007.

The ASSN is pleased to announce the third biennial General Meeting of the network in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 9-11 October, 2007. As with previous General Meetings, the third GM focuses on a particular theme, in this case ‘Toward an African SSR Strategy’. The GM will involve two main activities: an African SSR Workshop hosted collaboratively with the African Union (AU) on 9-10 October, followed by the regular meeting of the ASSN on 11 October. A concept paper and tentative agenda for the workshop are attached. Organisation and logistics are provided by the Center for Policy Dialogue and Research (CPRD), which heads the ASSN network in The Horn of Africa.

Agenda & Concept Paper
Planning Workshop for the Regional Institute for Peace and Security Studies (RIPSS) March 16-17, 2007, Dutchotel, Accra

BACKGROUND:

Dr Funmi Olonisakin of the Kings College, UK, chair of the workshop traced the historical developments of the Regional Institute for Peace and Security Studies (RIPSS).

According to her the discussion for the establishment of RIPSS began in 1999 (an original idea of the Center for Democracy and Development, CDD, Nigeria) having identified the yawning gap that existed in the security sector where expertise outside of the military did not exist, and hence the need for an institution to serve as a forum for exchange and dialogue among key stakeholders in various African countries.

Agenda & Papers (coming soon )
Workshop Name: SPLA Defence White Paper Training Workshop Report Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria 10 – 16 July 2007

INTRODUCTION The Institute for Security Studies, Defence Sector Programme, in conjunction with DFID Sudan hosted a delegation from the SPLA and SPLM for the purposes of conducting training on the development of defence policy with the aim of building the capacity of the SPLA White Paper Committee to formulate a White Paper on Defence for the SPLA. The five-day intensive training workshop was well accepted as a successful and informative event, which sparked much discussion and dialogue amongst participants on a range of security and defence related issues. Special thanks to Lt Gen Oyay Deng Ajak, Chief of Staff of the SPLA and the DFID consultancy team led by Lt Gen (Rtd) Tsadkan Gebretensae. This workshop was made possible through the co-funding of DFID and their support in this regard is much appreciated. More details»

Agenda & Papers presented (coming soon)

Workshop Name: SSR Provisions in Peace Agreements: Report of A Workshop Held At The Equatorial Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, 30th June 2006
Objectives of the Workshop

This Workshop brought together a number of researchers and resource persons to discuss issues of methodology for the Project on ‘SSR Provisions in Peace Agreements”.

The case studies for the project are drawn from Central America (Guatemala and El Salvador), Southern Africa, (Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa), West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire) and Eastern Africa/Great Lakes Region (the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi). Although East Timor (Timor – Leste) is included in the case-studies, the researcher (Joao Saldanha) was unable to make the workshop because of the ongoing crisis in that country.

Professor Hutchful opened the discussion by welcoming everybody and briefly reviewing the purpose of the Workshop. This was to ensure that everyone was on the same page in terms of the issues to be addressed, the methodologies to be deployed, the materials and sources available for the case studies, and the challenges and risks (if any) anticipated. It was not, he stressed, intended at this time to make substantive findings and recommendations, although tentative lessons were to be shared. More details»»

Agenda & Papers presented

Workshop

Objectives of the Workshop