Austrian Training Course on Security Sector Reform
Austria
23/04/2010 - 30/04/2010The Austrian Ministry of Defence has requested ISSAT to assist in the running of an SSR training course from 23 – 30 April 2010. The course was conducted by the ministry’s training institution, the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), in collaboration with ISSAT.
The training programme included components of ISSAT’s Level 1 training and brought together approximately 25 participants from different parts of the Austrian Government, as well as participants from relevant institutions of the EU and its member states, EU candidate countries, and international/ regional organisations.
- Introduce participants to the concept and evolution of SSR, including such issues as contexts, principles, programme areas and the highly political nature of SSR.
- Review the key policy frameworks and actors involved in SSR, with a special emphasis on the EU and the UN.
- Acquaint participants with key crosscutting issues in SSR programming such as oversight, gender and multi-actor coordination.
- Examine sub-sector reform processes targeting statutory and non-statutory security and justice providers from the perspective of the security sector as whole.
- Provide participants with opportunities to learn about a typical SSR programme cycle through a series of hands-on exercises through which they are exposed to many of the tools and techniques that SSR practitioners use on the ground.
A short briefing on SSR was also be given to a group of high-level Austrian officials before the training.
Both the course and the briefing took place at the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) in Stadtschlaining, Austria.
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| Which part of the programme cycle will the mandate team be supporting? Note: Implementation includes coaching, advising, training and other capacity building activities in support of the implementation phase of a programme. |
- Participants introduced to the concept and evolution of SSR
- Key policy frameworks and actors involved in SSR reviewed
- Participants acquainted with key crosscutting issues in SSR programming (oversight, gender and multi-actor coordination)
- Sub-sector reform processes examined targeting statutory and non-statutory security and justice providers from the perspective of the security sector as whole.
- learning about a typical SSR programme cycle achieved through a series of hands-on exercises
- An increased capacity and understanding of SSR issues
- A greater awareness of the ground realities when supporting SSR programmes,
- An increased awareness of the SSR programme cycle and how to manage SSR programmes.