Background

Sub-Saharan Africa

Who we are

African knowledge and experience have contributed a great deal to the evolution of the concept of SSR. DCAF’s Sub-Saharan Africa Division (SSAD) provides medium- to long-term support to local, national and regional stakeholders in sub-Saharan Africa for the development of effective security institutions that are accountable to the state and its citizens.

Main areas of work include:

  • support to the development and implementation of regional norms
  • strategic and operational advice to governments to ensure well-coordinated and holistic reforms
  • strengthening of internal accountability and control mechanisms in security institutions
  • support to external oversight actors, including parliaments, independent bodies and civil society

 

 
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Sahel newsletters

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Our Programmes

Supporting African states and people to build effective and accountable security institutions.

Civil Society Participation and Public Oversight

Defence Reform

Independent Oversight

Parliamentary Oversight

Police Reform

Policy Frameworks

Prevention of Violent Extremism

Strategic SSR/G Advice

Resources

Security Sector Reform and Governance Processes in West Africa: From Concepts to Reality

Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in Liberia

Tool 8: Integrating Gender in Security Sector Reform and Governance

Tool 2: Security Sector Reform Programming

SSR in the Gambia

Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: ECOWAS Parliament-DCAF Guide for West African Parliamentarians

Sahel newsletters - enhancing security sector governance in Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger

Gender and the Security Sector: A Survey of the Security Services of The Gambia

Tool 1: Political Leadership and National Ownership of Security Sector Reform Processes

Applying human rights principles to the Liberian security sector

SSR for Safer Cities: Cape Town, South Africa

Tool 6: Civil Society Involvement in Security Sector Reform and Governance

Tool 4: Effective Management of External Support to Security Sector Reform

Partners