20 November 2012
ARUSHA, Tanzania – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched a revised Strategic Indicative Plan for its Organ on Politics, Defence and Security (SIPO).
The revised SIPO – christened SIPO II – was launched on 20 November 2012 in Arusha, Tanzania, at a meeting presided over by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. (more…)
1 November 2012
LILONGWE, Malawi – The Southern African Defence and Security Management Network (SADSEM) has relocated its secretariat to Mzuzu University in Malawi, moving from its base at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where it has been located since the network’s inception in 2000. The secretariat’s new home is the Centre for Security Studies (CSS) at Mzuzu University, from where it will also continue coordinating the ASSN’s Southern Africa regional chapter. (more…)
1 November 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Security Research and Information Centre (SRIC) held a stakeholders’ meeting in Nairobi to share lessons learned during Kenya’s police reform process, as well as to launch a publication documenting the findings of a baseline survey conducted as part of a joint project with the African Security Sector Network (ASSN). (more…)
2-3 October 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya – A two-day High Level Panel (HLP) on Challenges and Opportunities for Security Sector Reform (SSR) in East Africa was held on 2-3 October at the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON). (more…)
1 October 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya – On 1 October 2012, the World Bank Global Centre on Conflict, Security and Development hosted a roundtable on Security Sector Expenditure Reviews in Nairobi, Kenya.
The roundtable, organised in collaboration with the International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT) of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), was held in response to the noticeable gap in knowledge and consideration of expenditure management in Security Sector Reform (SSR) processes conducted in post-conflict states.
It brought together economists, SSR practitioners and experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for supporting the conduct of expenditure reviews and enhancing financial management in the security sector. (more…)
7 May 2012
ACCRA, Ghana – Following the adoption of the African Union’s Security Sector Reform Policy Framework (AU-SSRPF) by the 20th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union in January 2013, the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) has signed a Grant Support Agreement with the UN Office of Project Services (UNOPS) to develop a number of guidance tools and other instruments to support the implementation of the AU-SSRPF. A copy of the TOR can be viewed on this link. (more…)
Security arrangements are often seen as ‘technical add ons’ in peace processes. Jeremy Brickhill argues that this is mistaken and…
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