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Access to justice is a tool for the most socially and economically marginalised groups to defend their human rights. In this sense, access to justice is a genuine development opportunity for those populations and an important factor in the fight against poverty, particularly in countries emerging from conflict or in developing countries.

As a unique platform for a sector which is still under-explored in the fight against poverty, the conference offers an opportunity to contribute to the agenda of the Millennium Development Goals for the period after 2015.

Conference information and registration on http://www.asf.be/justice2015.

Given the limited number of places, registration for the conference is required.

All discussions and lectures of the conference will be in English and French with simultaneous interpretation.
Contact: + 32 (0)2 223 37 82 - communication@asf.be.

The International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) brings police researchers and practitioners together to facilitate crosscultural, international and interdisciplinary exchanges for the enrichment of the policing profession. You are cordially invited to attend and participate in the next IPES meeting, hosted by the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior and the Hungarian National Police. The main theme of the meeting will revolve around current global issues in global policing.

Program Chair: John A. Eterno, Ph.D. – email: jeternobudapest@molloy.edu
Local Organizer: General Dr. József Boda – email: foigazgato@nbsz.gov.hu
Suggested Sub-Themes for Panels, Roundtables, and Papers:
(for detailed Sub-Theme Topics please visit our website at www.ipes.info)
• Global perspectives on police performance management
• Police practitioner/academic partnerships: costs and benefits
• Global issues in crime/terrorism fighting
• Policing of immigrant/multicultural populations
• Policing the police: “Corruption”, democracies’ worst enemy
• Cyber security: the challenge to global law enforcement and the law

For more information, please visit www.ipes.info or contact Dr. Dilip K. Das, President IPES, and Editor-in-Chief, PPR, at
dilipkd@aol.com.

Also, contact Mintie Das, IPES Public Relations, for meeting details at ipesinfo@yahoo.com.

For more information about this event, please follow this link.

As the Egyptian presidential election draws near, violent unrest continues in Cairo affecting both the political balance in Egypt and the dynamics of change in the region.

With so much at stake in Europe's evolving southern neighborhood, Carnegie scholars Marina Ottaway and Sinan Ülgen will discuss Egypt's presidential elections, internal and regional power shifts in the Arab World, and how Europe should engage the region's new key players.
 
 The event will mark the launch of Carnegie's latest policy outlook, The Emerging Order in the Middle East .
 
 A light breakfast will be served as of 8:30 a.m.

Speakers

Marina Ottaway is a senior associate in the Carnegie Endowment's Middle East program. She works on issues of political transformation in the Middle East and Gulf security. A long-time analyst of the formation and transformation of political systems, she has also written on political reconstruction in Iraq, the Balkans, and African countries.
 
 Sinan Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on the implications of Turkish foreign policy for Europe and the United States, particularly with regard to Turkey's regional stance and its role in nuclear, energy, and climate issues. He is founding partner of Istanbul Economics and chairman of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM). Ülgen has also served in the Turkish Foreign Service in several capacities.

Moderator

Jan Techau is director of Carnegie Europe. He is a noted expert on EU integration and foreign policy, transatlantic affairs, and German foreign and security policy. Prior to his appointment, Techau served at the NATO Defense College's Research Division from February 2010 until March 2011. He was director of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin between 2006 and 2010.
 

The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the Graduate Institute's Programme on Gender and Global Change (PGGC) are pleased to invite you to a roundtable discussion on

Gender Mainstreaming in the Security Sector: Challenges and Good Practices from West Africa

The roundtable will be followed by a reception.

The discussion is based on the DCAF's new publication "The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states" which is available in French and English. Hard copies of the publication in English and French will be available at the roundtable.

Please register by clicking here.

Interpeace and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform are pleased to invite you to a practice briefing on Youth Violence in Central America: Lessons learned from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras at Interpeace Conference Room (2^nd Floor), Maison International de l’Environnement No 2. (MIE II), 7-9 Chemin de Balexert, 1219 Châtelaine.

For registration, please register with Indhira Aviles at aviles@interpeace.org

Background:

Youth are bearing the brunt of armed violence in Central America, the levels of which are comparable to active and on-going armed conflict settings. Young men and women are at the same time perpetrators and victims of armed violence. A sense of hopelessness fuelled by unemployment and the lack of opportunities causes young people to turn to gangs and illicit economies as alternative sources of stability and livelihood. Young people are being seen as part of the problem, not the solution, and their contributions to society are often considered irrelevant. The powerlessness and alienation felt by young men and women has also been shaped by the 'iron fist' approach ('mano dura') frequently taken by Guatemalan, Honduran and Salvadoran governments. 'Mano dura' responses tend to be reactive, pay little attention to root causes of violence or crime, and focus on punishment rather than prevention and transformation. Isabel Aguilar Umaña, Director of Interpeace Youth Programme in Central America, will take stock of approaches to youth violence in Central America based on more than 10 years of experience in designing and facilitating dialogue processes in Guatemala and the region. She will also make the case for a more holistic approach and in-built prevention measures to address the problem of youth-related violence following her direct experience of dealing with youth is difficult contexts.

Speakers:

Welcome by Dr. Achim Wennmann, Executive Coordinator of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Presentation by Isabel Aguilar Umaña, Director of Interpeace Youth Programme in Central America

Croissants and coffee will be available prior to the event.

Looking beyond Chicago, Carnegie's Paul Schulte and Sinan Ülgen, together with Malcolm Chalmers, research director and director of UK Defence Policy at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), will discuss nuclear weapons in Europe and the future of NATO. Carnegie Europe's Jan Techau will moderate.
 
 Copies of Looking Beyond the Chicago Summit: Nuclear Weapons in Europe and the Future of NATO , the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program's latest paper, will be available at the event.

Contact:

Maria Koomen, brussels@ceip.org , +32 (0)2 209 29 99

Registration:

http://carnegieeurope.eu/events/?fa=3699

 A light breakfast will be served as of 8:30 a.m.
 
 

The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Geneva will be held parallel to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and will focus on the importance of sustainable development to the future of developed and developing countries. The conference will offer perspectives on how cultural diplomacy policies can assist in strengthening existing and future sustainable development policies and, in particular, how cultural diplomacy practices are necessary to express and mediate the rationale behind investment in sustainable development during this challenging period.

http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?en_symposium-on-cd-2012-geneva

The United Nations Office at Geneva and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform are pleased to invite you to a lunch-time seminar on 20 Years of an ‘Agenda for Peace’: A new vision for conflict prevention?

Background

On 17 June 1992, then United Nations Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali published “An Agenda for Peace”, a landmark document about the role of the United Nations in preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping in the post-Cold War world. The 20th anniversary of “An Agenda for Peace” is a reminder of the continued importance of a clear vision and strategy to maintain international peace and security in the 21st century.

With the decline of inter- and intra-state armed conflict, with most violent deaths occurring outside of traditionally defined armed conflict areas, with new state and non-state actors at the world stage, and growing military spending, the global efforts towards the achievement of peace and security require new partnerships and approaches.

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of “An Agenda for Peace”, the event will provide an opportunity for a forward-looking discussion about the new visions needed to prevent conflict and consolidate peace in a changing world. Questions to be considered include the role of regional partners, how to ensure long-term attention and funding for conflict prevention, the importance of disarmament, the impact of new technologies and media and how to improve early warning mechanisms.

Welcome and introduction by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Sandwiches, soft drinks, and coffee will be available prior to the event.

Registration:

Please register at PoliticalAffairs@unog.ch by Monday 11 June 2012. Please indicate if you do not have a United Nations access badge.

Palais des Nations, Room VIII (Building A, Door 13, 3rd Floor), 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.

9 July 2012 is the deadline for NGO and CSO registration to apply to attend the High-level Meeting of the 67th Session of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, which will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24 September 2012. This is a unique occasion for all Member States, non-governmental organisations and civil society represented at the highest level, to discuss and agree a forward looking agenda on strengthening the rule of law.

Modalities of the high-level meeting

The General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/66/102 decided that the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law will be held on 24 September 2012 in New York and that the high-level meeting will address the topic of the rule of law at the national and international levels. 

Resolution A/RES/66/102 further states that the organisational arrangements of the high-level meeting should be as follows: 

• The high-level meeting will be held as a one-day plenary meeting on Monday, 24 September 2012;
• The President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the President of the International Court of Justice, the President of the Security Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Chair of the International Law Commission, Member States and Observers, as well as a limited number of representatives of non-governmental organisations active in the field of rule of law will be invited to speak at the plenary; 
• The President of the General Assembly shall draw up a list of representatives of non-governmental organisations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council who will participate in the high-level meeting; 
• The President of the General Assembly shall draw up a list of representatives of civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations active in the field of rule of law and, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, to submit the list to Member States for consideration on a no-objection basis, for participation in the high-level meeting;

The General Assembly resolution A/RES/66/102 also decided that the high-level meeting will result in a concise outcome document. It requested that the President of the General Assembly would, in consultation with Member States, finalise the organisational arrangements of the meeting.

The Secretary-General proposes a programme of action

A report of the Secretary-General A/66/749 in preparation of the high-level meeting was submitted to the General Assembly in March 2012, as requested in the resolution A/RES/66/102. In order to galvanize collective efforts to strengthen the rule of law at the national and international levels, the Secretary-General proposes in his report that the General Assembly adopt a programme of action for the rule of law, agree to a process to develop clear rule of law goals and adopt other key mechanisms to enhance dialogue on the rule of law. The Secretary-General also encourages Member States to take the occasion of the high-level meeting to make individual pledges related to the rule of law.

Participation in the high-level meeting

The President of the General Assembly is compiling a list of non-governmental organisations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as well as a list of civil society organisations, active in the field of the rule of law, who wish to participate in the high-level meeting. In addition, a limited number of representatives of non-governmental organisations active in the field of rule of law will be invited to speak. 
For instructions for non-governmental organisations and the civil society on how to register for the event, please click here.

on the theme of

 Economic Development, Armed Violence and Public Safety

SUGGESTED PANELS: 

• Policing, public safety and the role of civil society
• Sustainable security in developed and developing nations
•  Police and NGOs: a practical research relationship
• Social conditions and crime
• Addressing gender and youth violence in society 

• Other panels of interest to the participants / kindly refer to  www.IPES.info 

Papers or panels should elaborate on a topic specified in the web site.  All papers will be published as a book and/or will be included in a Special Issue of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, which is affiliated with IPES.  Registered participants will receive a full year's subscription to the journal (6 issues; about 600 pages) free of charge and also a copy of the post-conference book.  

GO TO THE IPES WEBSITE & REGISTER ONLINE !

We are now accepting registrations for the conference. Over 100 countries from around the world have participated in the past 18 years.  The Head of a police agency, the Minister of the Interior, the Chief of the National Security Agency or any other suitable official or a reputed academic will benefit from the Symposium and will be able to bring benefits to the organization.  Please visit www.ipes.info for more information and to view the flyer.

The Department of Management and Security at Cranfield University is now accepting applications for the 3-day short course in “Issues in International Conflict, Security and Development” which will run in September 2012 at the Shrivenham Campus, near Swindon, UK.  This course issues relevant to policymakers and practitioners working in the area of governance, development, national security, peace-building, stabilisation, security sector reform/transformation and conflict analysis.  The course material also examines the interplay of security, conflict and development in the context of transnational and organised crime, non-state actors, market liberalisation and the power of ideas and modern technology. 

The course syllabus includes:

• The evolving concept of security and the impact of the ‘non-state’ and human security agendas
• Issues in environmental security
• Trends in international development
• The relationship between security and development
• The security sector:  actors, programmes and security and justice sector development
• Origins of conflict, conflict analysis and the impact of conflict on the security sector
• The role of international organisations and regional economic communities
• State-building, peace-building and the security sector
• Challenges to security and justice development

This short course comes with full Cranfield University accreditation equivalent to one post-graduate module and is part of the full MSc. This will provide an opportunity for delegates to mix with MSc students.

For more information and application forms, please contact Alison Cook at a.cook@cranfield.ac.uk . 

See also www.ssronline.org

Other Security Sector Management short courses in this session include:

• Building State Capacity (11-14 September 2012)
• Strategic Planning for Security and Development (6-9 November 2012)
• Change Management and Leadership (13-16 November 2012)
• Managing Public Security and the Rule of Law (8-11 January 2013)
• Managing Security Sector Projects and Programmes (13-18 January 2013)
• The Economics of Security (12-15 March 2013)
• Managing Intelligence Reform (19-22 March 2013)

This joint GCSP (Geneva Centre for Security Policy) and GPP (Geneva Peacebuilding Platform) event, organised on Thursday September 12th, will discuss current problematic trends in the Great Lakes. More than ten years after the Arusha and Pretoria peace agreements, trouble might be back in the Great Lakes. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, after contested results in the 2011 elections, a new rebellion called the M23 has emerged in North Kivu and is now challenging both the UN forces and the Congolese government. In Burundi, after the boycott of the 2010 elections by the opposition, opposition leaders fled the country, and political violence has resumed. The regional dynamics of conflict seem to be back and people in Burundi and the DRC consider that the root causes of the conflict have not been addressed. In this context, and while the international community is focusing on other conflicts, trouble is rising in the Great Lakes region. 

With a new president and government taking office, Somalia continues to try to escape state failure.  In her new book, “Getting Somalia Wrong?  Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State,” author and journalist Mary Harper examines Somalia's culture and history and raises critical questions about international engagement and its impact on Somalis.

For more details, click here

It is increasingly recognised that if states are to create the conditions in which they can escape from a downward spiral wherein insecurity, criminalisation and under-development are mutually reinforcing, socio-economic and security dimensions must be tackled simultaneously. An effective and accountable security and justice system is the cornerstone of meeting this challenge. The absence of professional, sustainable and capable security and justice institutions is often a major cause of conflict and relapse into conflict. It is also a major obstacle to conflict resolution, stabilisation, and longer term peacebuilding.

The African Union and the United Nations have been closely working together to advance, and oftentimes to lead, the discourse on security and justice sector reform (SSR), especially in relation to SSR policy and programming on the African continent. The partnership has been particularly pronounced in the process of drafting and developing the AU Policy Framework for SSR, which if approved by the AU Member States, will become the guiding strategic framework for SSR programming and policy on the continent.

It is envisioned that regional approaches to SSR will ultimately form critical building blocks for the AU’s continental approach to SSR. Indeed, regional cooperation and integration forms a core component of the AU’s SSR Policy Framework, which clearly states that the regional economic communities (RECs) are “leading stakeholders in all continental peace and security policies and strategies” (para. 69).

The High Level Panel will give an opportunity for the African Union Commission to present the AU SSR Policy Framework. Panelists and participants will be able to discuss, based upon specific case study examples, the opportunities and challenges for its implementation on the continent as well as the implications of the AU SSR Policy Framework on existing and future SSR programming in East Africa

Panelists and participants will also be given space to discuss how the dynamics of SSR change when considering the different phases of the development, rule of law and security spectrum.  Three country case study examples from the region, which have very different political, economic, social and security contexts in country, should provide the basis for this discussion. Each of the panel discussions will also present the opportunity for participants to highlight the best practices and lessons learned from engagements in SSR in each of the country examples and in the region as a whole. A common and recurring theme in the discussions will be how the AU SSR Policy Framework can be uniquely applied, shaped and implemented in such varying contexts.

The High Level Panel will conclude with a half day discussion on how the East Africa Community and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) can advance their respective approaches to SSR going forward in order to not only effectively implement the provisions of the AU SSR Policy Framework but also to better address the various challenges and opportunities in engaging in SSR in the region. In this regard, the panelists and participants will take into account the previous panel discussions to inform their discussions.

Outline Agenda :

PLEASE NOTE - REGISTRATION FOR ACCREDITATION WILL OPEN AT 07.00

DAY 1:

Panel discussions on the nature of SSR in varying political, security and developmental contexts:

1)       Security and Justice Sector Reform, the AU and UN Policy Frameworks, Key Issues and Emerging Trends

2)       SSR in the Republic of South Sudan: Lessons, Challenges and Next Steps

3)       SSR in Burundi: Lessons, Challenges and Next Steps

4)       SSR in Somalia: Lessons, Challenges and Next Steps

DAY 2:

5)       Panel discussion on Process and Programme Lessons from the Country Case Studies

6)       The Role of Regional and International Support to National SSR Processes  

7)       The Approach and Engamenet of the East African Community (EAC) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on SSR in East Africa

8)       Conclusions

Partners supporting the events: 

The Government of the Slovak Republic

The African Development Bank

United Nations

African Security Sector Network (ASSN)

DCAF’s International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT)

The Syrian revolution has taken a terrible toll. Tens of thousands of Syrians have been killed and hundreds of thousands wounded. Millions have been forced from their homes. Urban centers have been destroyed, villages bombed, and communities subjected to horrific brutality at the hands of regime forces and Assad’s loyalist militias. The fabric of Syrian society is fraying under the pressure of escalating sectarian tensions. The militarization of the revolution and the proliferation of armed opposition units pose long term challenges for rule of law and security. Damage to infrastructure and to the Syrian economy will require tens of billions of dollars to repair.

How much longer the Assad regime will survive is uncertain. When it falls, a new government will face daunting challenges. How will the Syrian opposition respond? Will a new government be able to address the urgent needs of Syrians for humanitarian relief, economic and social reconstruction, and provide basic rule of law and security? Even today, in liberated areas of Syria where a post-Assad transition is already underway, the opposition must demonstrate its capacity to address these challenges.

Over the past year, a group of opposition activists collaborated to develop recommendations and strategies for managing the challenges of a post-Assad transition. Join us for the first presentation in the United States of the document they produced: “The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria.”

For more details, click here.

The government of Burundi will present its recently adopted second-generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP-2) at a conference in Geneva on October 29th and 30th. This Partners’ Conference, organized by the government, aims to bring Burundi’s development partners together and mobilize support for the PRSP-2. Visit the Conference's website to register: http://burundiconference.org.

Stability: International Journal of Security & Development  is currently requesting papers for its first issue.

Research in this area, while growing rapidly, is scattered across journals focused upon broader topics such as international development, international relations and security studies. Accordingly, Stability's objective is to:

Foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict.

The journal will accept submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and history, among others. In addition to focusing upon large-scale armed conflict and insurgencies, Stability will address the challenge posed by local and regional violence within ostensibly stable settings such as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and elsewhere.

Full submission details are available at http://www.stabilityjournal.org/about/submissions 

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will be hosting an event in Geneva to discuss the WDR 2013 on 2nd November, 2012 at their premises. On October 1st 2012, the World Bank released its yearly flagship publication - the World Development Report 2013. This year the report examines in-depth the transformational role of jobs in advancing development. It includes jobs data and analysis covering the developing world and it argues that jobs that are good for development can raise living standards, improve productivity, and contribute to social cohesion.

To receive an invitation, please contact Alexia Deleligne (deleligne@ilo.org) or Duncan Campbell (campbell@ilo.org).

The Centre for Security Sector Management at Cranfield University is now accepting applications for the 4-day short course in Strategic Planning for Security and Development which will run in both November 2011 and June 2012. This course addresses a broad range of complex issues for policymakers and practitioners working in the area of governance, development, national security, stabilisation, security sector-related issues, and conflict analysis. The curriculum provides students with a number of tools, analytical frameworks and methodologies for addressing policy development, strategic analysis, options generation, implementation and programming in these areas. The course also explores ways in which strategic planning frameworks becomelinked to parallel programmes such as change management, programme and project design, transitional and sequencing issues and monitoring and evaluation techniques.

To register for this course please download the appropriate application form from the links below:

Accredited Short Course Application Form

Non Accredited Short Course Application Form

Please complete and return to:

Mrs Alison Cook.
Course Co-ordinator

Faculty Services
Cranfield University
Defence Academy College of Management and Technology
Shrivenham, Swindon,
SN6 8LA, UK

T: +44 (0) 1793 785812
E: acook.cu@da.mod.uk
F: +44 (0) 1793 314901

The Annual Meeting 2012 explores the operational experience to achieve higher levels of resilience of communities and institutions, and asks about the action points necessary to strengthen such efforts in peacebuilding contexts. This theme connects the wide use of the ‘resilience’ concept in various policy communities, but also critically examines its applicability to peacebuilding contexts. Approaches to resilience can vary significantly and range from a narrow understanding of the concept as the ability to return to an original form or state, to a broader understanding that highlights the adaptive and transformative capacities of a system in the face of crises or chronic stresses. For peacebuilding, the resilience concept implies a certain tension between its static and transformative connotations, as illustrated by the struggles between a resilient political order, and the social forces that want to change it.

The Annual Meeting acknowledges the wide normative agreement that the resilience of communities and societies is desirable, but recognizes that there is a need for a better cross sectorial and institutional exchange of operational experience. The Annual Meeting, therefore, draws together the best practice of different actors, while elaborating the particularities of strengthening resilience in peacebuilding contexts. These contexts can be marked by the stresses of post-conflict environments, high-levels of armed violence, and multiple political processes that address imminent tension or work towards long term systemic transformations.

The expected outcome of the Annual Meeting is to:

• Draw together the operational experience from different sectors and institutions to achieve higher levels of resilience of communities and institutions;
• Gain a better understanding of the applicability of the resilience concept in peacebuilding contexts; and
• Identify a series of action points to strengthen resilience in peacebuilding contexts.

For further information see http://www.gpplatform.ch/2012-annual-meeting-geneva-peacebuilding-platform

Speakers will be announced in mid-October.

This course addresses a broad range of complex issues for policymakers and practitioners working in the area of governance, development, national security, security sector-related issues, and conflict analysis. The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the important role of leadership and change management and will allow the evaluation of leadership and change management skills in a range of group discussions, case studies and a simulation exercise.

Content:

• Conceptual overview of change management
• The challenges of change
• The impact of change on communication and leadership strategies
• Change attitudes and behaviour in support of reform programmes
• Change processes in transitional societies
• Methodologies supporting change management
• Applying the models in practice

The course provides a unique opportunity to become more familiar with options to address the real operational challenges of the security-development debate. 

This course may also be offered as a Masters’ level credit-rated short course, to suitably qualified applicants, which may be credited towards a part-time MSc in Security Sector Management.

Since late 2010, an unprecedented wave of change has swept across much of the Arab world. The “Arab Spring” has placed democratization processes high on the agenda of the international community after a period of uneasiness regarding this topic. At the same time, the Arab uprisings have demonstrated the crucial role played by the armed and other security forces in processes of change and democratization.

As part of an ongoing global debate on the implications of the “Arab Spring”, this Special Discussion aims to highlight the complex relationship between democratization and security sector reform processes. Among the issues to be explored are:

• The role of the security sector in the process of democratization, with particular emphasis on the military, police and intelligence services and the relevant management and oversight bodies, including civil society;
• The relevance to democratization processes of other actors such as the justice sector, armed non-state actors and customary institutions, as well as private security providers and foreign military support;
• The role of the security sector in the process of transfer of power after the regime change.

The tenth in a series of joint annual events, the Special Discussion follows previous debates hosted by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) on different aspects of security sector governance.

These meetings have served to raise awareness of the complexities and challenges before the international community in this area and have produced practical proposals to inform and guide future efforts.

The working language of the event is English, and simultaneous interpretation into French will be provided.
Information and registration at politicalaffairs@unog.ch.

This one-day round table will provide a unique opportunity to examine and discuss major issues relating to maritime security around the African continent and the implications for the vast number of countries and different sectoral businesses affected. It will cover areas such as piracy, transnational crime, drugs, smuggling and corruption throughout East, West and North Africa. Read more.
 
 To view the programme please click here.
 
 Registration for academics and government or security officials is €195. If you wish to attend please visit our registration page and complete the form or contact us on +44 (0) 20 3137 8640 in order to secure your delegate place(s).
 
 If you are a registered business and would like to send a representative or exhibit at this round table please contact our Head of Commercial Relations Naveed Chaudhuri on +44 (0) 20 3137 8617

Do mine action organisations contribute to AVR?  Based on findings from a number of case studies, the GICHD shares key lessons plus practical guidance for the mine action community and those working directly on AVR-related programmes. For more information, contact Sharmala Naidoo: s.naidoo(at)gichd.org

The justice sector provides the backbone for internal security processes and procedures and encompasses a number of separate state institutions to provide security for the people. This course will examine the way in which justice sectors are formed and managed to deliver security for the people.

The course covers the core roles and responsibilities of individual institutions, the different national approaches to the delivery of security and justice, the distinctions between different legal systems and accountability, transparency and oversight of the justice sector. The course will assess international law and institutions, transitional justice mechanisms and restorative justice and the approaches to delivery of non-state justice. The course will also look a various case studies of post conflict justice reform in transitional countries. 

To register for this course please download the appropriate application form from the links below

Accredited Short Course Application Form

Non Accredited Short Course Application Form

Please complete and return to:

Mrs Alison Cook.
Course Co-ordinator

Faculty Services
Cranfield University
Defence Academy College of Management and Technology
Shrivenham, Swindon,
SN6 8LA, UK

T: +44 (0) 1793 785812
E: acook.cu@da.mod.uk
F: +44 (0) 1793 314901

This course addresses a broad range of complex issues for policymakers and practitioners working in the area of governance, development, national security, security sector-related issues, and conflict analysis. The course recognises the ‘less-than-absolute’ relationship between ‘programme’ and ‘strategic’ level planning/management in wider multi-sectoral and multi-agency programme environments. In this context, it encourages participants how to be‘strategic’ about programme planning.

The course identifies the importance of specific programme and project management skills which are more suitable to security and development work taking place in a range of transitional societies. This will include the specific challenges of PPM during stabilisation and post conflict reconstruction stages of countries recovering from conflict. It overviews tools and instruments used to encourage a tight linkage between multi-project tasking, prioritisation and sequencing, and wider strategic objectives and plans.

Ultimately, the aim of the course is to allow students to critically evaluate security project and programme management practices and assess opportunities for improvement. The curriculum is supported with case studies and presentations delivered by a number of project and programme management experts from the field.

Course content:

•  National Security policy development
•  Strategic planning for security and development
•  Linking strategic planning with project/programme management
•  Introduction to project and programme management concepts
•  Dynamics impacting on longer-term security programmes in less certain environments
•  Projects and Programmes: Bodies of Knowledge and Methodologies (APM, PRINCE, MSP)
•  The relationship between strategy, project, programme and portfolio
•  Delivering policy through projects
•  SMART Acquisition: principles and processes
•  CADMID lifecycle and AMS
•  Project funding and financing
•  Procurement strategy and support options
•  Linking project management with risk and ‘estimating’
•  Effective sequencing using critical path analysis and PERT

The course provides a unique opportunity to become more familiar with options to address the real operational challenges of the security development debate.

To register for this course please download the appropriate application form from the links below

Accredited Short Course Application Form

Non Accredited Short Course Application Form

Please complete and return to:

Mrs Alison Cook.
Course Co-ordinator

Faculty Services
Cranfield University
Defence Academy College of Management and Technology
Shrivenham, Swindon,
SN6 8LA, UK

T: +44 (0) 1793 785812
E: acook.cu@da.mod.uk
F: +44 (0) 1793 314901

The Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) course is a 2-week foundation course packaged by the KAIPTC in collaboration with international consultants. It is being funded through a project of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) . This course will be the 9th DDR course to be run by the Centre since its establishment in 2006 and the 6th course modelled on the United Nations Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization Reintegration Standards document (IDDRS). The course curriculum conforms to the UN Standardised Training Modules 1-3. In broad terms, the course will cover concepts, policy and strategy of the IDDRS, structures and processes, operations programmes and support as well as associated cross-cutting issues.  The course will be supported by resource persons with field experiences from the Integrated DDR Training Group (IDDRTG) including the UNDP and DPKO.

The aim of the course is to enhance UN and regional peacekeeping capacity by providing participants with a comprehensive, operational level understanding of the principles and procedures involved in the planning, co-ordination and conduct of DDR and associated cross-cutting issues such as small arms control, human rights, gender, special needs groups and HIV/AIDS among others.
 
 The DDR Foundation Course is set at the operational level hence the main target audience are middle-level civilian, military and police staff mainly from sub-Saharan African countries.  Special considerations are given to UN, AU and ECOWAS civilian staff, National DDR Commission members and members of Non Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations, who are either involved or likely to be involved in the foreseeable future in DDR activities.  Attempts will be made to achieve gender balance in the selection process.

The entry requirements are as follows -

• Relevant work experience of at least one year.
• Military officers not above the rank of lieutenant colonel or equivalent and Police personnel not below the rank of Inspector.
• All applicants are to have working knowledge of English language, both written and oral

The Capacity for the course is now 30 participants. The commitment fee stands at $500.00. Participants will be responsible for their transportation to and from the course venue.

To download the application form, click here. The application form must be completed in English. The deadline for sending applications is 4 January 2013. All completed application forms should be sent to the Course Services Officer: Marylyn.Akabutu@kaiptc.org
 
 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15th February, 2013

• INTRODUCTION:  
  • For all countries which have descended into the abyss of conflict, a common feature that had plagued them is the loss of grips on security issues relating to; military, police, immigration, correctional, judiciary, fire services and the like. In the peacebuilding phase of all peace support operations, specific efforts are required to revamp these security systems to ensure the maintenance of the peace that had been achieved to effectively facilitate a peacebuilding process.  The area of Security Sector Reform therefore takes a prime position among various interventions; administrative and political governance, justice and human rights, the fight against corruption and empowerment of women and civil society. The United Nations in its peacebuilding efforts in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Guinea, DRC, Guinea-Bissau and Central African Republic has had to deal with the reform of the security sectors of these countries which are recovering from post-conflict situations. The areas of reform are quite a spread that, unless specific attentions are drawn to the various possible reform areas for specific knowledge and skills to be brought to bear, wishy-washy outcomes would characterize the goals that can be achieved.The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, (KAIPTC), having been set out to train peace and security practitioners to help in bringing peace and enduring security to the ECOWAS sub-region, Africa and the world as a whole, has also identified the pressing need to equip police and practitioners with knowledge, skills and the technical know-how to address issues on security sector reform of police institutions in countries emerging from post-conflict situations alongside other peacebuilding mechanisms as well as non-conflict countries. Therefore in its mission to deliver courses to contribute to the securing and maintenance of peace, security and stability in West Africa, the Centre aims to deliver one course this year, in Security Sector Reform (Police) from 11th to 22nd March 2013 at its facilities. 
• COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
  • The Security Sector Reform (Police) Course of capacity of thirty (30), is a two-week specialised course packaged by the KAIPTC in collaboration with the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC), Canada, to assist the Police and practitioners in carrying out their reform duties in post-conflict reconstruction phase of peacebuilding and normal times with informed knowledge and skills. The course will be supported by resource persons with expertise in the area of police reform. COURSE AIM  The aim of the course is to enhance the knowledge base, skills and technical competencies of operational level Police Officers and practitioners in the performance of their reform roles in stable and post-conflict situations. TARGET GROUP  The Security Sector Reform Course (Police) is set at the operational level; hence the targets are the middle level police staff and practitioners in the field mainly from the sub-Saharan African countries. Special consideration will be given to Police contingent members to be deployed for peace support operations or those already serving in missions. For practitioners, the course targets individuals from government and non-governmental institutions and organizations whose works impact on police reform in post conflict setting. 
• COURSE CONTENT:  
  • The Course content consists of four (4) modules covering the following broad areas:
    • Module 1:  Peace and Security in Africa
    • Module 2:  Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Environments
    • Module 3:  Reforming, Restructuring and Rebuilding of Police Institutions.
    • Module 4:  Security Sector Governance  
• COURSE DURATION/TIME:  
  • This is a ten working day course to be held at KAIPTC from 11th – 22nd March 2013.
•  METHODOLOGY:  
  • The problem-based learning approach will be used in the delivery of the course. Course participants will play active roles in the learning process under the superior guidance of a team of experienced facilitators. The course content will thus be delivered using a combination of tools such as; lectures, case studies, small group works, exercises, brainstorming and peer-teaching among others. The course will be delivered in English.  
• Download the application form 
• Contacts at KAIPTC:
  • Ms Marylyn Akabutu Course services Officer Tel.  00 233 (0) 302 718200 Ext. 1012, Fax. 00 233 (0) 302 718201, Email:   marylyn.akabutu@kaiptc.org 
• Queries regarding the content of the course should be referred to the Course Directors: 
  • C/Supt Dr Amadou Fofana, Tel: 00233 302 718200 Ext. 1065, email: Fofana.amadou@kaiptc.org
  • DSP Fanny Aboagye, Tel: 00233 302 718200 Ext. 1078, email: fanny.aboagye@kaiptc.org 

The curriculum will investigate the management of scarce national security resources at the 'Departmental' level and the broad range of economic influences. The course will examine the contemporary issues of security economics, the contributions made by Foreign Direct Investment, the tradeoffs between security expenditure andeconomic growth, the economic dimensions of civil integration into the security sector, and the role of offsets in economic development . The course provides a unique opportunity to become more familiar with options to address the real operational challenges of the economics of security and development.

To register for this course please download the appropriate application form from the links below

Accredited Short Course Application Form

Non Accredited Short Course Application Form

Please complete and return to:

Mrs Alison Cook.
Course Co-ordinator

Faculty Services
Cranfield University
Defence Academy College of Management and Technology
Shrivenham, Swindon,
SN6 8LA, UK

T: +44 (0) 1793 785812
E: acook.cu@da.mod.uk
F: +44 (0) 1793 314901

This course addresses a broad range of complex issues for policymakers and practitioners working in the area of governance, development, national security, stabilisation, security sector-related issues, and conflict analysis.

This course will cover the following topics:

• Theories of intelligence
• An agenda for intelligence reform
• Strategic analysis of conflict (covering theoretical assumptions about conflict and providing a tool and method for analysis)
• The art and science of prediction (presented by a serving or retired intelligence officer)
• The executive and the intelligence services (covering executive control of the services; the relationship between the executive and the services; and executive accountability)
• Oversight of the services (covering parliament, intelligence ombudsperson, auditor-general and the media)
• The intelligence mandate
• The Constitution and legislation in intelligence control and reform
• Norms, rules and institutional culture
• Secrecy and transparency in relation to intelligence services

All of the above would be linked to the overarching themes of managing information and intelligence reform; and include challenges in management.

To register for this course please download the appropriate application form from the links below:

Accredited Short Course Application Form

Non Accredited Short Course Application Form

Please complete and return to:

Mrs Alison Cook.
Course Co-ordinator

Faculty Services
Cranfield University
Defence Academy College of Management and Technology
Shrivenham, Swindon,
SN6 8LA, UK

T: +44 (0) 1793 785812
E: acook.cu@da.mod.uk
F: +44 (0) 1793 314901

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IPI and the Centre for Security and Strategies for the Sahel-Sahara (Centre 4S) based in Nouakchott, Mauritania will co-host a policy forum that will focus on conflict factors, coordinated responses and long-term strategies for sustainable peace, security, and development in the Sahel-Sahara region.

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The policy forum will share the key outcomes of an International Seminar on Security and Development held in Niamey, Niger on February 15 and 16, 2013. This seminar was organized jointly by the Government of Niger, IPI, and the Centre 4S.

The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), together with its partners, is organising the 10^th International Security Forum (ISF) under the title: “Facing a World of Transitions”. This high-level conference will take place from 22 to 24 April 2013 at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Switzerland.

Launched in 1994 as a biennial event, the ISF has been at the forefront of cooperation among international security professionals offering high-level cutting-edge analyses, briefs, and debates on the most relevant topics of international security. The 10^th ISF will bring together some 500 experts with security-political backgrounds, among them diplomats, military, civil servants, academics, and representatives of international and non-governmental organisations worldwide. The ISF 2013 is also the 15^th Annual Conference of the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes.

As a Swiss government contribution to the Partnership for Peace programme, the 10^th ISF is supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The conference will be opened by H.E. Mr Didier Burkhalter, Federal Councillor, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

The main conference partners and co-organisers include the Center for Security Studies (CSS), International Relations and Security Network (ISN) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes.

Please find more information online at www.isf2013.ch. 

In case of specific questions or comments, please contact isf@gcsp.ch.