Peace keeping

Samba Diallo est un jeune chercheur indépendant et analyste sénégalais spécialisé en gouvernance, droits humains et politiques publiques. Titulaire d’une Licence en science politique de l’Université Gaston Berger (UGB), il a poursuivi un Master en Paix et Sécurité et suit actuellement un Master professionnel en Droits de l’Homme, Action Humanitaire, Mines et Énergies à l’UCAD. Président du Club de Science Politique de l’UGB (2024–2025), il a initié et coordonné la première compétition interuniversitaire sur les politiques publiques au Sénégal, mobilisant huit universités, des ministères et des partenaires internationaux. Ambassadeur International Youth Change Maker (2025–2026) et Champion National Jeunesse AfCFTA, il s’illustre par son engagement pour l’intégration africaine, la participation citoyenne et l’autonomisation des jeunes. Cofondateur d’Impactus Afrika, il promeut le leadership et l’innovation sociale des jeunes Africains.

I am a programme and project manager for EU and UN funded projects in the security sector, specialised in capacity building actions, police and military training, institutional advising, with specific focus on counter-terrorism, asymmetric threats, organised crime, technology innovation and research.

I directly participated in about 60 projects over 17 years in Europe, South East Asia, MENA, Sahel, Horn of Africa regions, as project manager, team member or short term expert.
I hold a Degree in Law and Master Degrees in “Theories and Methods in criminal investigation” and in "Strategic Information and Information Security", as well as specialization courses in CBRNe intelligence, crisis management, civil-military cooperation, law enforcement.

Italian Carabinieri military officer (reserve) specialised in international cooperation, I work as Senior Expert in EU funding at Eutalia (public company), dealing with operational as well as administrative and contractual duties.
Member of the Management Board at the Observatory on Security and CBRNe Defence – OSDIFE, Italy and co-founder at Il Caffè Geopolitico, cultural association and magazine on geopolitics.

International lawyer and Rule of Law senior expert specialised in development and evaluation of EU funded external actions and other cooperations programmes supporting justice and security sector reform, human rights, gender equality, democratic governance, peacebuilding, civil society and assistance to vulnerable groups, namely in crisis, transition and post conflict countries, in MENA and Africa.

I am an Italian lawyer focusing on human rights advocacy and litigation.

Dr. Guilain Mathe is a political scientist with more than 18 years of professional experience in policy-oriented research, as well as in the management of international cooperation programmes. He holds a PhD in Peace and Security Studies and has specific competencies as a Strategic Planning and Result Based Management Expert, having extensively provided his expertise to numerous monitoring and evaluation of peace and security programmes implemented in African countries. Dr Mathe has very solid skills in project monitoring and evaluation aimed at strengthening capabilities of public authorities and security institutions. His areas of expertise relate to: Transnational Organised Crime (illicit trafficking in arms, persons, drugs, falsified medical products, and natural resources); Security Sector Reform (SSR), Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE), Human Rights, Stabilization & Recovery, and Institutional development & Capacity-building. Additionally, he is used to working on sensitive issues and in politically, economically, and culturally fragmented societies, having conducted missions in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Central and West African countries. He has overseen the monitoring of the project "Enhancing National Institutions for setting-up the indicators system on firearms control » in Niger and Mauritania. Furthermore, Dr. Mathe has developed training modules and provided technical advice to high-level public officials and international donors for improving the efficiency of development cooperation projects, besides being a multilingual expert proficient in English, French, Swahili, and Lingala. For example, he has led numerous Result-Oriented Monitoring missions (ROM review) for assessing large-scale projects funded by the EU in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the EU interventions aimed at strengthening the capacity of the G5 Sahel Joint Force to fight against terrorism and other related forms of transnational organized crime in the Sahel.