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INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION IN SSR AND DEVELOPMENT. Dr Anthony Cleland Welch OBE. SSG EVOLUTION – HOLISTIC SSR. SECURITY SECTOR GOVERNANCE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Dr Anthony Cleland Welch OBEDr Anthony Cleland Welch OBE
“…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)
3rd
Generation SSR :
Provision of adequate capability / capacity and improvement of cooperation among security sector actors
2nd
Generation SSR:
Efficiency and effectiveness of reform activities
1st Generation SSR:
Delineation of the powers of security sector actors
44thth GENERATION SSR 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
CORE SECURITY ACTORS
Armed forces; police; gendarmeries; paramilitary forces; presidential guards, intelligence and security services (both military and civilian); coast guards; border guards; customs authorities; reserve or local security units (civil defence forces, national guards, militias).
SECURITY MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT BODIES
The Executive; national security advisory bodies; legislature and legislative select committees; ministries of defence, internal affairs, foreign affairs; customary and traditional authorities; financial management bodies (finance ministries, budget offices, financial audit and planning units); and civil society organisations (civil review boards and public complaints commissions).
JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS
Judiciary; justice ministries; prisons; criminal investigation and prosecution services; human rights commissions and ombudsmen; customary and traditional justice systems.
NON-STATUTORY SECURITY FORCES
Liberation armies; guerrilla armies; private body-guard units; private security companies; political party militias.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFIED BY THE
POPULATION AS RELEVANT TO SECURITY
Ministries of Health, Education, Social Welfare, Trade and Industry, Minority Affairs. Civil Service. Municipal Authorities. Non-Government Organisations.
CAPACITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT
Supply Driven Demand Driven
Input-based Outcome-based
(Transformative)
Facilitating access to knowledge
Capacity DevelopmentTechnical
Assistance
Facilitating multi-stake-holder engagementParticipatory
policy dialogue & advocacy
Creating space for learning by doing
Facilitating coaching and mentoring
Agency Roles
Successful capacity development requires not only skills & organisational procedures, but also incentives & democratic
governance
Deepening effective and accountable state-citizen engagement
Enabling Environment
Organisational Level
Individual Level
CO-OPERATIONCO-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.
Network of Agencies in Sierra LeoneNetwork of Agencies in Sierra Leone
Domain SimilarityDomain Similarity Inter- Organisation RivalryInter- Organisation Rivalry Intra- Organisational Intra- Organisational
CompetitionCompetition Inter-Personal RivalryInter-Personal Rivalry ‘‘Not Invented Here’ Not Invented Here’
Syndrome Syndrome
Rivalry presupposes a Rivalry presupposes a state of domain similarity, state of domain similarity, which implies a shared which implies a shared issue area with related issue area with related overlaps of competency overlaps of competency
(Van de Ven & Walker: 1984: 601)
COMPETITION AND RIVALRY
GROUPS
EXAMPLES
System System East-West bloc rivalries.
Regional Regional The Balkans or Middle East conflicts.
Organisational Organisational IGO /IO rivalries.
State State Inter-state conflict.
Bureaucratic Bureaucratic Rivalries among departments, services or sectors
Group Group Ethnic, class or religious conflicts.
Interpersonal Interpersonal Competition between individual people.
(Adapted from Biermann, 2007: 12)
STRATEGY TACTICS EXAMPLESDEFENSIVEDEFENSIVE a. Ignore other IGOs.
b. Gather intelligence on other IGOs.c. Privilege declaratory cooperation
with IGOs.
NATO, EU and OSCE strategies during and just after the Cold War in relation to each other.
ENHANCIVEENHANCIVE a. Compensate for a lack of policy tools, resources and relevance.
b. Secure legitimacy for international interventions.
c. Build alliances with like-minded actors.
d. Create inter-institutional synergies.e. Provide services for other IGOs
a. All IGOs in relation to the UN.b. The OECD relationship with other
IGOs through OECD-DAC.c. EU and NATO through Berlin Plus.d. The COE through support to EU
enlargement strategies.
TRANSFORMATIVETRANSFORMATIVE a. Colonise other IGO functions.b. Merge with or absorb another IGO.
a. The approach of some EU member states to NATO.
b. EEC to EU. WEU to ESDP.(Adapted from Table 3.3 in Law, 2008: 59).
“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)
STYLES ACTION AND CONCLUSION
AVOIDING ACTIONS A retreat from the conflict but typically results in nothing being resolved.
SMOOTHING ACTIONS Focuses on accepting the situation as it stands and emphasising areas of agreement; this is likely to only provide a short-term solution.
COMPROMISING ACTIONS Compromising is bargaining; if both sides agree a definitive solution can be achieved.
FORCING ACTIONS Forcing is an authoritarian style that results in the promotion of one viewpoint at the expense of all others and the lack of consensus will typically result in the prolonging of the dispute.
COLLABORATING ACTIONS Collaborating reflects a long term strategy; once everyone comes to agreement, a long-term solution is possible.
CONFRONTING ACTIONS The confronting mechanism seeks to define and addresses the core problem, looks for alternatives through dialogue and provides a solution.
(Adapted from Burnette & Forsyth, 2003: 7-13; Forsyth, 2006: 64-67).
The “Not-Invented-The “Not-Invented-Here Syndrome” is Here Syndrome” is
considered a considered a classic classic
management management pathology, in pathology, in which a team which a team
refuses to use a refuses to use a technology that technology that
they didn't create they didn't create themselves.themselves.
(J. Spolsky)
LOCAL ENGAGEMENTLOCAL ENGAGEMENTLOCAL ENGAGEMENTLOCAL 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 ActorsLocal Actors
SSR
Objective
Ways EndsMeansMEANS WAYS ENDS
One would have ling’ring wars One would have ling’ring wars with little cost;with little cost;Another would fly swift but Another would fly swift but want the wings.want the wings.A third think, without expense A third think, without expense at all,at all,By guileful fair words peace By guileful fair words peace may be obtain’dmay be obtain’d.
Shakespeare. Henry VI, Part I
Mitrovica, North Kosovo. Mitrovica, North Kosovo. June 1999.June 1999.