This blog post provides an overview of a new SSR 2.0 Brief – Security Sector Reform, Legitimate Politics and SDG 16 - published by the Centre for Security Governance. It also highlights the main policy recommendations discussed by the author, CSG Senior Fellow Geoff Burt.
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SSR 2.0 Brief No. 5 - Security Sector Reform, Legitimate Politics and SDG 16
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, July 21st, 2016Security Sector Reform and the Paradoxical Tension between Local Ownership and Gender Equality
By: Eleanor Gordon | Thursday, December 10th, 2015Based on research published in Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, this blog contribution analyzes the tension that can exist between the principles of local ownership and gender equality that guide Security Sector Reform (SSR) programmes when gender discrimination and patriarchal values characterize the local environment.
Publication Announcement - CSG Insight No.8: Programming Tools: Another Way of Keeping External Control of the SSR Process?
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Wednesday, August 26th, 2015The Centre for Security Governance has just published its latest CSG Insight, “Programming Tools: Another Way of Keeping External Control of the SSR Process?” written by Dr. Anthony Welch. This article analyzes new tools available for more effective security sector reform programming. The author argues that such SSR programming tools might however be another way of keeping the decision making in external hands and away 
Programming Tools: Another Way of Keeping External Control of the SSR Process?
By: Anthony Welch | Thursday, June 11th, 2015In May 2015 the Geneva-based International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT), published a document entitled “Top 10 Programming Tools for Security Sector Reform”. The work explains the methodology and benefits of their favorite ten tools: PESTLES Analysis, RBM, Stakeholder Analysis, Power/Interest Matrix, Conflict Mapping, the CIS Framework, Effects Estimate, SWOT Analysis, Organization Mapping and Gap
SSR, Local Ownership, and Community Engagement
By: Eleanor Gordon | Thursday, August 14th, 2014Local ownership is widely considered to be one of the core principles of successful security sector reform (SSR) programmes. Nonetheless, a gap remains between policy and practice. Reasons for this gap include concerns regarding limited capacity and lack of expertise, time and cost constraints, the allure of quantifiable results and quick wins, and the need
Security Sector Reform and Gender Equality
By: Anthony Welch | Tuesday, July 15th, 2014It is broadly agreed that local ownership is one of the core principles of successful security sector reform (SSR) programmes. SSR projects that are not locally owned tend to result in security and justice sector institutions unaccountable or unresponsive to the needs of the people, and therefore lacking in public trust and confidence. This undermines the
SSR expert video: What is the greatest conceptual challenge to security sector reform?
By: Brandon Currie | Friday, April 30th, 2010At a CIGI-sponsored event in Ottawa, Resource Centre staff asked security sector reform (SSR) experts what they thought was the greatest conceptual challenge to SSR as it moves forward. From local ownership to political will, this video edits the responses of four experts together: Tim Donais, Jennifer Salahub, Ann Fitz-Gerald and Louis-Alexandre Berg.
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