Support to National Governments and Security Institutions

Liberia

The ASSN worked with the Governance Commission in Liberia through our Security Sector Transformation Advisory Group to design a National Security Policy Framework and SSR Strategy for the Government of Liberia. The ASSN also funded or otherwise facilitated the Liberia Security Sector Review by the Governance Commission (this covered a review of the National Bureau of Immigration; development of an Integrated Border Management Strategy; and a workshop on Integration of Veterans).

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

In partnership with Development Associates International (DAI), the ASSN was responsible for designing and implementing the ‘External Accountability’ component in the DFID-funded ‘Security Sector Accountability and Police Reform Programme (SSAPR)’ in the DRC. The ASSN also had a role in the ‘Internal Accountability’ component managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

South Sudan

In February 2012, the ASSN signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Sudan Ministry of National Security to provide support for Security and Justice Reform. ASSN helped to forge a strategic partnership between the Government of South Sudan and the African Union in the area of SSR, and facilitated the State-level consultations for the new National Security Policy. ASSN (together with its Horn of Africa affiliate, the Centre for Policy Research & Dialogue/CPRD) was a member of the consortium implementing the UK-funded Security and Defence Transformation Programme (SDTP).

Guyana

The ASSN conducted three missions in 2006-8 to advise the Government of Guyana, South America, on an SSR Implementation Action Plan and the Strategic Defence Review of the Guyana Defence Force.

Other

In July and September 2012, ASSN assisted Burundi to develop Strategic Force Options as part of its Defence Review. ASSN affiliates have supported the Defence White Paper process and the drafting of the National Security Policy framework in South Sudan (CPRD); Police Reforms in Kenya (SRIC), Ghana (ASDR), and Nigeria (CLEEN Foundation); Prison Reform in Nigeria (PRAWA); the Performance Improvement Programme (PIP) of the Ministry of Defence in Ghana (ASDR); and the documentation of the Defence Review process in Uganda (led by King’s College London).

As part of our work with Francophone States and parliaments, the ASSN held a Francophone SSR Experts workshop in Lomé, Togo, on 28-29 May 2009 with funding from the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). The workshop addressed the peculiarities of the Francophone security system and the particular challenges posed by SSR. The workshop also inaugurated a Francophone component within the ASSN network.