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Border management training in the Gambia Graduates of a two-day training workshop for senior officers of the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) in how to address the challenges of information sharing, cooperation, and coordination to achieve more integrated border management. Twenty-four senior officers attended, including the GID Commissioner of Operations, Commissioner of Migration Management, Regional Commissioners, and Operations Commanders. We’ve been supporting the Gambian government on SSG/R since 2017, thanks to funding from the European Union, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. 18 Jul 2022
Border management training in the Gambia
Graduates of a two-day training workshop for senior officers of the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) in how to address the challenges of information sharing, cooperation, and coordination to achieve more integrated border management. Twenty-four senior officers attended, including the GID Commissioner of Operations, Commissioner of Migration Management, Regional Commissioners, and Operations Commanders. We’ve been supporting the Gambian government on SSG/R since 2017, thanks to funding from the European Union, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
18 Jul 2022
Supporting due diligence and responsible business Along with our partners the ICRC and the Geneva Centre for Business and Human Rights we have launched the new updated edition of the Security and Human Rights Toolkit. This interactive Toolkit is based on best practices and designed to support companies overcome challenges with public and private security, engage with concerned communities, and develop security arrangements with host States that meet or exceed due diligence requirements. 14 Jul 2022
Supporting due diligence and responsible business
Along with our partners the ICRC and the Geneva Centre for Business and Human Rights we have launched the new updated edition of the Security and Human Rights Toolkit. This interactive Toolkit is based on best practices and designed to support companies overcome challenges with public and private security, engage with concerned communities, and develop security arrangements with host States that meet or exceed due diligence requirements.
14 Jul 2022
NATO Partnership 360 Symposium 2022 Victoria Walker, head of our International Security Sector Advisory Team, facilitating a break-out session on capacity building at the Symposium this week at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva. The Symposium brought together partner nations, NATO Allies, the NATO Command Structure, and International Organisations to reflect on the Madrid Summit outcomes and NATO’s Strategic Concept. DCAF has been supporting NATO for many years, including publishing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Resolutions and Recommendations which provide insight into the currents of political debate on key topics within the Alliance. 14 Jul 2022
NATO Partnership 360 Symposium 2022
Victoria Walker, head of our International Security Sector Advisory Team, facilitating a break-out session on capacity building at the Symposium this week at the Maison de la Paix in Geneva. The Symposium brought together partner nations, NATO Allies, the NATO Command Structure, and International Organisations to reflect on the Madrid Summit outcomes and NATO’s Strategic Concept. DCAF has been supporting NATO for many years, including publishing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Resolutions and Recommendations which provide insight into the currents of political debate on key topics within the Alliance.
14 Jul 2022
DCAF is praised as the centre of global excellence on SSG/R In the recently released external evaluation of the three Geneva Centres, DCAF was cited for our unique breadth and width of engagement on SSG/R worldwide. “No other SSG/R organisation can be credited with DCAF’s complementary levels of intervention in the field and at policy level, its gender expertise, focus on knowledge, convening power and neutrality,” according to the evaluation, which was conducted for our main donor the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. 08 Jul 2022
DCAF is praised as the centre of global excellence on SSG/R
In the recently released external evaluation of the three Geneva Centres, DCAF was cited for our unique breadth and width of engagement on SSG/R worldwide. “No other SSG/R organisation can be credited with DCAF’s complementary levels of intervention in the field and at policy level, its gender expertise, focus on knowledge, convening power and neutrality,” according to the evaluation, which was conducted for our main donor the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
08 Jul 2022
Not necessarily more money, but better control Oswald Padonou, DCAF’s expert on financial oversight in the Sahel, was in Geneva this week to present our new publication, “Financial control of the security sector in the Sahel”. This practical guide proposes concrete solutions to improve the management and oversight of spending and budgetary allocations to defense and security forces. It’s also the perfect tool to train and build the capacity of organizations responsible for financial oversight of the security sector. 07 Jul 2022
Not necessarily more money, but better control
Oswald Padonou, DCAF’s expert on financial oversight in the Sahel, was in Geneva this week to present our new publication, “Financial control of the security sector in the Sahel”. This practical guide proposes concrete solutions to improve the management and oversight of spending and budgetary allocations to defense and security forces. It’s also the perfect tool to train and build the capacity of organizations responsible for financial oversight of the security sector.
07 Jul 2022
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