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SADSEM Secretariat Relocation and Security Sector Governance Course in Malawi

A section of the women parliamentarians at the SSG Executive Course in Lilongwe

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…)

Stakeholders’ Meeting on Lessons Learned in Kenya Police Reforms

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…)

Dialogue on Challenges facing Gender Mainstreaming in African Security Institutions

2-3 October 2012
ACCRA, Ghana – A stakeholders’ forum on ‘The Impact of and Persisting Challenges to Effective Gender Mainstreaming in African Security Institutions‘ was held on 2-3 October 2012 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana. (more…)

HLP on Challenges and Opportunities for Security Sector Reform in East Africa

ASSN Chair Eboe Hutchful (left) at the High Level Panel on SSR in East Africa

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…)

Nairobi Roundtable on Security Sector Expenditure Reviews

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…)

Call for Consultants

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…)