This research focuses on the governance of security sector reform (SSR) in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and its links with other security processes. The report develops a comparative analysis of the security policies of the three...
This paper reflects on the future of the EU’s role in working with foreign security actors. It does so in the context of debates on how to better equip EU external action to deal with conflict and instability, including through a...
SPOTIFY Link What works? Effective security sector reform in conflict situations State violence and repression can be a particular problem in conflict and post-conflict societies. Constructing democratic and legitimate public...
The ideas behind security sector reform (SSR) have been evolving since the early 1990s. The number of international missions and programmes with an SSR mandate has increased in the past ten years, as SSR has emerged at the heart...
SPOTIFY link: Security Sector Reform and Organized Crime in Libya This podcast dives into the challenges of conducting security sector reform in an environment where organized crime is embedded into formal and informal power...
Since 2018, DCAF has been supporting the SSR process in The Gambia through two projects, funded respectively by the EU (through the IcSP instrument) and France (focusing on police reform), with an overarching goal to support a...
This guide serves as an introduction to SSR and suggests some key sources for further reading. It is available as a downloadable document from www.ssrnetwork.net along with a database of key UK and international actors in SSR and...
The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform: Supporting Security and Justice provides guidance to operationalise the 2005 DAC Guidelines, Security System Reform and Governance, and closes the gap between policy and practice...
