Short Courses in SSR related subjects in Africa

SADSEM: The Southern African Defence & Security Management Network

SADSEM offers certificated training courses lasting three to five weeks and executive (non-assessed) courses lasting two to ten days in Defence and Security Management; Management of Multinational Peace Missions; Security Sector Governance, and; Parliamentary Oversight of Defence & Security. The courses are primarily aimed at senior members of the military, police and civil service of southern African countries, as well as civil society leaders. In addition SADSEM is developing a series of Masters Degrees in security sector management to be offered by its network partners.

In addition the following courses are also offered by SADSEM’s network partners:

Centre for Strategic Studies - University of Botswana

The Centre for Strategic Studies run executive courses in defence and security management, civil-military relations, the parliamentary oversight of defence and security, and the management of multinational peace missions, offering at least three short courses per year. For more details of the courses on offer please contact Prof Mpho G Molomo by email, by telephone on (267) 355-2729 / 59, or by fax on (267) 335-2463.

Defence and Security Management Project, Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Namibia

The Defence and Security Management Project was set up for the purpose of participation in the SADSEM network. The university now has good technical facilities for the organisation and hosting of training courses, it has run a number of executive ones on defence and security management. For more information, please contact Prof Andre du Pisani by email, by telephone on (264 61) 206-3770, or by fax on (264 61) 206-3914.

Defence and Security Management Project, Centre for Security Studies, Mzuzu University, Malawi

The centre currently runs short courses in security management aimed at officers in the Malawi Defence Force as well as other security organs. While it only operates short courses at the moment, it hopes to develop longer academic programmes in the future. For more information, please contact Joel Luhanga by email, by telephone on (265 1) 333-987, or by fax on (265 1) 333-692.

Defence and Security Management Project, Centre for Defence Studies, Department of History, University of Zimbabwe

The University of Zimbabwe run academic programmes in security on undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Many students come from the national defence force and other government departments, with which the university is closely linked. For more information, please contact Lt-Col Bassie Bangidza by email, or by telephone or fax on (263 4) 744-488.