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INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION IN SSR AND DEVELOPMENT. Dr Anthony Cleland Welch OBE. SSG EVOLUTION – HOLISTIC SSR. SECURITY SECTOR GOVERNANCE.
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INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION IN SSR AND DEVELOPMENT Dr Anthony Cleland Welch OBE
SECURITY SECTOR GOVERNANCE “…A prerequisite for social development and human rights protection is the security and stability that comes through an effective, impartial and humane introduction of law and order, alongside the extension of sound governance to the military sector itself.” (Cooper & Pugh: 2002: 14)
SSR EVOLUTION – HOLISTIC SSR 4th GENERATION SSR A more holistic form of SSR which embraces , not only Security Sector actors and civilian democratic oversight, but also includes other actors that are deemed, by the population, to contribute to their overall human security
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Agency Roles Facilitating access to knowledge Supply Driven Demand Driven Facilitating multi-stake-holder engagement Capacity Development Technical Assistance Participatory policy dialogue & advocacy Facilitating coaching and mentoring Creating space for learning by doing Outcome-based Input-based (Transformative) CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEMICAPPROACH TO CD Enabling Environment Organisational Level Individual Level Deepening effective and accountable state-citizen engagement Successful capacity development requires not only skills & organisational procedures, but also incentives & democratic governance
AREAS FOR CO-OPERATION CO-OPERATION
SSR CO-OPERATION International organisations active in internal security reform projects have come to accept the need for enhanced co-ordination in the field. Nevertheless, the trend towards establishing high-level political agreements on co-ordination has not always led to increased co-ordination on the ground. Although donor co-ordination has moved towards the formalisation of inter-organisational agreements, there remain serious obstacles to effective co-operation in their operational activity. Schroeder, U. (2007). Between Conflict and Cooperation: International Police Reform Efforts in South Eastern Europe. In Law , D. (ed). Intergovernmental Organisations and Security Sector Reform. (pp. 197-218 ) Geneva: DCAF.
AREAS FOR CO-OPERATION Network of Agencies in Sierra Leone
TRIGGERS FOR RIVALRY AND COMPETITION • Domain Similarity • Inter- Organisation Rivalry • Intra- Organisational Competition • Inter-Personal Rivalry • ‘Not Invented Here’ Syndrome
DOMAIN SIMILARITY Rivalry presupposes a state of domain similarity, which implies a shared issue area with related overlaps of competency (Van de Ven & Walker: 1984: 601)
RIVALRY GROUPS (Adapted from Biermann, 2007: 12)
IGO STRATEGIES AND TACTICS (Adapted from Table 3.3 in Law, 2008: 59).
INTER-PERSONAL RIVALRY “False images often come from genuine illusions, errors of judgment, or social defamation, and are not always a rationalisation of pre-existing feelings. Inter-personal misunderstandings do not automatically correct themselves but may become chronic and reciprocal, the persons adjusting their behaviour in various ways to the false images.” (Ichheiser: 1943: 302)
INTER-PERSONAL RIVALRY (Adapted from Burnette & Forsyth, 2003: 7-13; Forsyth, 2006: 64-67).
“NOT INVENTED HERE” The “Not-Invented-Here Syndrome” is considered a classic management pathology, in which a team refuses to use a technology that they didn't create themselves. (J. Spolsky)
LOCALENGAGEMENT LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
LOCAL ENGAGEMENT Ensuring conflict and context sensitivity and redressing historical inequities can only be achieved on the basis of sound and early analysis of local realities. The most effective and sustainable external interventions are rooted in local capacities and interventions. United Nations Development Programme. (2008). Crisis Prevention and Recovery Report 2008; Post-Conflict Economic Recovery, Enabling Local Ingenuity. New York: United Nations Development Programme: Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.
LOCAL ENGAGEMENT Local Actors
CONCLUSIONS One would have ling’ring wars with little cost;Another would fly swift but want the wings.A third think, without expense at all,By guileful fair words peace may be obtain’d. Shakespeare. Henry VI, Part I Mitrovica, North Kosovo. June 1999.