The outcomes of programs for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) are affected by the way in which they are implemented. More participatory approaches, where ex-combatants feel they have had more say and greater ownership, lead to better results. This is important for how DDR can contribute to the wider peace process and to peacebuilding itself. 
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Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: Does ownership actually matter?
By: Walt Kilroy | Friday, December 4th, 2015A sub-national approach to statebuilding and security: the role of municipal institutions in Colombia’s DDR process
By: Francy Carranza Franco | Monday, September 7th, 2015The Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) process in Colombia was built nationally, but it was consolidated at the sub-national level: the Mayoral Offices of Bogota and Medellin developed programmes for the reintegration of ex-combatants that played a crucial role in both sustaining and contesting the national policy of reintegration The analysis of these policies contributes
Publication Announcement - SSR 2.0 Brief No. 3, “The Role of Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration in Countering Violent Extremism”
By: SSR Resource Centre | Thursday, July 9th, 2015The Centre for Security Governance (CSG) has just published its third SSR 2.0 Brief. This brief, written by Dean Piedmont, director for the Peacebuilding, Reintegration and Stabilization Group, examines the DDR-CVE nexus. As this brief shows, there is a need for a new, innovative policy framework for DDR that better equips the concept to address the DDR-CVE challenge.
Reading List: DDR, De-radicalization and Countering Violent Extremism
By: Dean Piedmont | Thursday, June 25th, 2015Over the last 25 years Disarmament, Demobilization & Reintegration (DDR) has been utilized as a post-conflict tool in over 60 peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts globally. Supporting efforts ranging from post Cold War statebuilding in southern Africa and Central America, to nation building across Asia, Europe and Africa, DDR remains integral in linking security and development
DDR in Darfur: Progress, Challenges and Outlook
By: Zurab Elzarov | Thursday, May 7th, 2015After a long delay, the DDR process in Darfur has seen some progress over the past several months with disarmament and demobilization of ex-combatants from former rebel movements who decided to join the peace process, surrender their weapons and return to civilian life
SSR, DDR and SALW Tools for Peacebuilding Practitioners
By: Margarita Yakovenko | Wednesday, February 4th, 2015The Peacebuilding Centre is a Canadian non-government organization that consolidates good practice for peacebuilding and human security, and focuses on assembling operational tools compiled over many years by contributions from multiple peacebuilding experts and practitioners. Its purpose is to make it easier for peacebuilding practitioners to find practical approaches to: 1. engage with fragile states, 2. conduct Early Warning – Early Response assessments to address root causes
A Window of Opportunity for Reforms in the Congo’s Security Sector?
By: Nina Wilen | Wednesday, January 7th, 2015Please see Nina Wilén’s SSR 2.0 Brief for a more detailed treatment of this topic. Articles and reports about security sector reform (SSR) and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are nowadays often ignored or shrugged off by analysts and researchers alike for several reasons. Firstly, because SSR-DDR
Roadblocks to a Professional Security Sector in South Sudan
By: Margarita Yakovenko | Wednesday, August 13th, 2014South Sudan’s security sector faces a multitude of issues, including lack of funds, lack of equipment, low institutional capacity, as well as poor training and education. Thus far, the government has made certain improvements in policy formation and in the provision of resources, equipment, and training for its forces. However, they have yet to successfully address
Making DDR a Post-Election Priority in Colombia
By: Matt Ince | Tuesday, June 24th, 2014President Juan Manuel Santos’ recent victory in Colombia’s 2014 presidential election has guaranteed the continuation of the ongoing peace process between his government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Despite cautious optimism, however, a number of obstacles could still hinder Colombia’s ability to bring an end to its armed conflict against left-wing guerrilla
Reforming Libya’s Post-Revolution Security Sector: The Militia Problem
By: David McDonough | Wednesday, May 21st, 2014Libya’s post-revolution government has experienced growing political instability in recent months, first with the kidnapping and then ouster of Libya’s first post-Gaddafi prime minister Ali Zeidan, followed by the abrupt resignation of his interim replacement Abdullah al-Thani after an attack on him and his family. Incoming Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq was only appointed following a
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