DCAF-ISSAT's Monthly Digest showcasing a variety of SSR-related publications such as policy papers, videos and podcasts, as well as trainings by ISSAT and other partners. Below you can find all our previous newsletters from 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016.
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2022
- April - Survey Results: Introducing a New Format for DCAF-ISSAT's Digest
- March - Women Speak: The Lived Nexus between Climate, Gender and Security
- February - Internal Control in Intelligence Services
- January - Professional Development and Training
2021
- December - Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations
- November - COP26: Peace and the Climate Security Agenda
- October - Digitalisation and SSG/R: Adapting to a new reality
- September - Preparing for the Coming Storm: The Security Sector and the Environment
- August - Critical Human Security Issues in Burkina Faso
- July - Justice Delivery in Hybrid Environments
- June - Official Release: Revised Intro to SSG/R e-Course (English/French)
- May - Support to Building SSG/R Capacity for Missions
- April - People-Centred Security is at the Heart of SSG/R
- March - Evaluation Approach and Methodology
- February - New Governing Board Chair
- January - UN/AU Darfur Transition: Lessons from Assistance on Rule of Law and Human Rights
2020
- December - DCAF's 20th Anniversary: Growing Recognition and Impact
- November - Assessment Approach and Methodology
- October - Women, Peace and Security Agenda
- September - Police Reform
- August - Post Covid-19 Access to Justice and SSG/R
- July - Findings and analysis on Covid-19 and SSG/R
- June - The Emerging Practices of States’ Responses to Covid-19 and what Implications for SSG/R
- May - State of Emergency and COVID-19
- Digest Special - Disaster Risk Reduction, COVID-19 and SSR
- April - COVID-19 Pandemic and SSR
- March - New DCAF Publication: The Gender and Security Toolkit
- Digest Special - New DCAF Publication: The United Nations and Security Sector Reform
- February - ISSAT Country Background Note: Burkina Faso
- January - ISSAT Gender Mainstreaming Case Example: SSR and Violent Extremism Training Course
2019
Digests
- 10 December - ISSAT partnership with UNDP Global Program
- 22 November - Country Backgrounder: Central African Republic
- 15 November - SSG/R contribution to Preventing Violent Extremism
- 8 November - DCAF-ISSAT e-learning courses
- 1 November - Advisory Field Support: Nigeria and Mali Mappings
- 25 October - SSR Backgrounder App
- 18 October - Professional Development and Training Highlights: ESDC Core Course on SSR
- 11 October - Psychosocial Effects of Conflicts and SSR
- 4 October - Advisory Field Support: Lessons Identification on the Work of UNMIL's Rule of Law Pillar
- 27 September - Human Rights Based Approach to SSR
- 20 September - Professional Development and Training Highlights: Course on Effective SSG/R Advising in Complex Contexts
- 13 September - SSR Trends and Challenges
- 30 August - Colombia RoL Programme
- 23 August - Principle in Practice: Political Engagement
- 16 August - Professional Development and Training Highlights: ESDC Core Course on SSR - FINCENT
- 9 August - Principles in Practice: Balancing Accountability and Effectiveness
- 2 August - Mapping of Sida's SSR activities
- 26 July - Gender and SSR
- 19 July - Media and SSR
- 12 July - ISSAT Community of Practice
- 05 July - New on ISSAT Blog: Disaster Risk Reduction and SSG/R
- 28 June - DCAF Annual Report
- 21 June - Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
- 14 June - Principles in Practice Pages
- 7 June - Mandate Report : Civilian Experts in CSDP Missions
- 31 May - Zimbabwe
- 24 May - ASSN Strategy 2019 - 2022
- 17 May - Fragility and SSR
- 10 May - ISSAT Video : Tribute to General Lamine Cissé
- 3 May - DCAF Renamed Centre for Security Sector Governance
- 26 April - ISSAT Thematics and Practice: Forced Displacement and SSR
- 12 April - Local Ownership
- 5 April - ISSAT Videos
- 29 March - Guinea Bissau
- 22 March - ISSAT Thematics in Practice: Prevention and SSR
- 15 March - New Mandate Report: UNDP - MINUSCA Special Criminal Court in CAR
- 8 March - Gender and SSR
- 1 March - ISSAT 10 Year Evaluation
- 22 February - Health and Psychosocial Aspects of SSR
- 15 February - ISSAT Forum: Traditional Security Providers
- 8 February - Mali
- 2 February - ISSAT Knowledge Product: Socles de référence
- 25 January - ISSAT Infographics
- 18 January - ISSAT Gender Monitoring Tool
- 11 January - Defence Sector Reform
- 4 January - ISSAT Blog Series: New Technologies to Service SSR
2018
Digests
- 21 December - Highlight on our Thematics in Practice Pages
- 14 December - ISSAT Blog #Metoo Movement, Gender Equality and SSR
- 30 November - ISSAT Blog: Adopt a Stance, Not Just Mechanisms
- 16 November - DCAF Continues to Support UN Challenges Forum
- 9 November - Guinea-Bissau Public Expenditure Review
- 2 November - ISSAT 10-Year Evaluation
- 26 October - DCAF-ISSAT at Geneva Peace Week
- 5 October - Supporting Ukraine's Security Sector Reform
- 21 September - Theory of Change, Honduras
- 7 September - Thematics in Practice Pages
- 24 August - OECD 2018 States of Fragility
- 10 August - Forum Platform
- 27 July - Blog Post: Preventing Violent Extremism
- 13 July - UNMIL Lessons Learned Webpage
- 29 June - DCAF Performance Report
- 15 June - DCAF Annual Report
- 1 June - SSR Backgrounders App
- 18 May - New Approaches to SSR in Africa
- 4 May - ISSAT Annual Report
- 20 April - Border Management and Irregular Migration
- 6 April - UNMIL report
- 16 March - Public Finance Management and SSR
- 2 March - Nepal Justice Sector Assessment
- 16 February - Haiti Lessons Learned
- 2 February - UNDP Jordan Evaluation
- 19 January - ISSAT Blog: Doubling the Number of Women in Peacekeeping
- 5 January - ISSAT Briefing Note: Forced Displacement and SSR
Country Specials
- 23 November - Burkina Faso
- 12 October - Niger
- 14 September - Colombia
- 17 August - Liberia
- 20 July - Mali
- 22 June - Zimbabwe
- 25 May - Burundi
- 27 April - Ukraine
- 23 March - Somalia
- 23 February - Nigeria
- 26 January - Guatemala
Theme Specials
- 7 December - Migration and JSSR
- 19 October - 2nd Africa Forum on SSR
- 28 September - Gender Equality and Security
- 31 August - Sustainability and SSR
- 3 August - National Security Strategies
- 6 July - Police Reform
- 8 June - Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
- 11 May - Cattle Rustling and SSR
- 13 April- Media and SSR
- 9 March - Prevention and SSR
- 9 February - Forced Displacement and SSR
- 12 January - Human Rights Based Approach to SSR
2017
Digests
- 15 December - Media and SSR
- 1 December - ISSAT Video: Security Capacity Building and the Training of PSO personnel in SSR
- 17 November - DCAF Web Platform on Tunisian Criminal Justice System
- 3 November - DCAF Support to Geneva Peace Week
- 20 October - Cattle Rustling
- 6 October - Re-Design of ISSAT E-Learnings
- 22 September - Sectoral Analysis in the Sahel
- 8 September - Lesson identification Tool for JSSR Programmes
- 25 August - In-Depth Case Study: Justice for All Programme Nigeria
- 11 August - Project with EU DEVCO on SSR in the Sahel
- 28 July - ISSAT Mid Year Infographics: Highlights from the first half of 2017
- 14 July - ISSAT Video: Gender Mainstreaming - Honduras Police Forces
- 30 June - DCAF Annual Report
- 16 June - Key SSR Developments and Trends
- 2 June - UN - World Bank Prevention Study
- 19 May - ISSAT Forum: Viability of Local Ownership
- 5 May - Blog: Operationalisation of the Comprehensive Approach in Peace Support Activities
- 21 April - ISSAT Gender and SSR Report 2016
- 7 April - Integrating Gender in Security Sector Reform and Governance
- 24 March - Balancing Accountability and Effectiveness
- 10 March - Mappings of Donor Support to SSR in Nigeria and Mali
- 24 February - SSR Trends and Challenges
- 10 February - Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces
- 27 January - Supreme Audit Institutions Part II
- 13 January - Supreme Audit Institutions Part I
Country Specials
- 8 December - Mali
- 10 November - Mozambique
- 13 October - Guinea-Bissau
- 15 September - Ukraine
- 18 August - Colombia
- 21 July - Somalia
- 23 June - Burundi
- 26 May - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 28 April - Honduras
- 17 March - Guinea-Bissau
- 17 February - Timor-Leste
- 20 January - Mali
Theme Specials
- 22 December - Defence Sector Reform
- 24 November - Justice Sector Reform
- 27 October - Cross-government and Donor Coordination
- 29 September - Customary Justice
- 1 September - Sustainability
- 4 August - Gender Equality and SSR
- 7 July - Balancing Accountability and Effectiveness
- 9 June - Political Engagement
- 12 May - Local Ownership
- 31 March - Justice Sector Reform
- 3 March - National Security Strategies
- 3 February - Police Reform
- 6 January - Defence Sector Reform
2016
- 23 December - ISSAT Forum - SSR Index and Indicators
- 16 December - Top Ten Tips Series
- 9 December - DCAF: The Military and the Media in Egypt
- 2 December - DDR Blog
- 25 November - Customary Justice
- 18 November - SSR in a Nutshell in Arabic
- 11 November - DCAF- ISSAT : Top Ten Tips for SSR Programming
- 4 November - SSR HRBA Working Paper
- 28 October - SSR in West Africa
- 21 October - State Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies
- 14 October - SSR in practice
- 07 October - Gender in the Military Handbook
- 30 September - What is Governance?
- 23 September - Ten tips for increasing Political engagement in SSR
- 16 September - DCAF: Ukraine Democratic Security Sector Governance Website
- 9 September -ISSAT Forum: Is SSR male dominated?
- 2 September - Blog: Sustainability and the 2nd political dimension
- 26 August - Blog: Sustainability and the 1st political dimension
- 19 August - ISSAT Video: Being an Effective Advisor
- 12 August - ISSAT: Political Engagement
- 05 August - Addressing Security and Human Rights Challenges in Complex Environments
- 29 July - ISSAT Forum: Achieving Impact and Sustainable Results in SSR through a HRBA?
- 22 July - Blog: Sustainability starts with ownership
- 15 July - Blog: Ten Theory of Change Tips for SSR
- 08 July - EU SSR Policy - Country case studies Mali, DRC and Ukraine
- 01 July - DCAF: Civil Society Involvement in SSR & Governance
- 24 June - DCAF: The Public-Private Partnerships Hub
- 17 June - ISSAT Blog: Human Rights-Based Approaches & SSR
- 10 June - Mali SSR Background Note
- 03 June - Blog: SSR and Sustainability Part 2
- 27 May - ISSAT Blog: SSR & Sustainability
- 20 May - DCAF Annual Report 2015
- 13 May - Blog: Improving Security and Justice Programmes
- 06 May - National Security Strategies