Security Sector Reform Practitioners’ Course

16-18 June 2008

June's course was well attended with participants from the three HMG departments of the FCO, DFID and the MOD being joined by representatives from The British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC), NATO, Conciliation Resources, The United Nations, Nigerian Prisons, Saferworld, Midland Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, The Folke Bernadotte Academy, and the European University Institute.

The course aimed to:

1. Consolidate participants understanding of security sector reform and its various components;
2. Update participants on UK Government SSR policy and the resources available to support them;
3. Develop participants understanding of the complexities of translating SSR policy in practice through the use of case studies and practical examples;
4. Discuss lessons learned and best/worst practice from previous and ongoing SSR programmes;
5. Enable participants to hear from colleagues in other government departments and institutions on their perspectives on SSR, defining policy priorities, programming and practice.

Course Details: Programme Speakers' Biographies

Presentations:

• SSR: Concepts and Linkages
• Case Study: Southern Sudan - the realities of SSR
• Integrating Gender into SSR Programming
• Democratic police reform in Moldova
  • Context for Police Reform in Moldova
  • Saferworld's / IPP's programme, outcomes and lessons
• SSR in a post-conflict context: Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration
• SSR from a Whitehall perspective
• Prison reconstruction and reform
• The role of the Private Sector in SSR
• The Rule of Law and Justice Reform
• Case Study: Uganda Defence Reform
• Case Study: Developing the capacity of the Ministry of Security in Bosnia and Herzegovina

For further information, please email enquiries@ssrnetwork.net