Geneva Centre for Security Policy Where knowledge meets experience
TRAINING COURSE
19 - 29 OCTOBER 2014
DELIVERING EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY IN TRANSITION Course Director
9-day programme
5th Baku Course for Afghan Officials This course develops capacity in the Afghan government and civil society by training selected Afghan participants dealing with or implementing key aspects of security sector reform (SSR) as part of postconflict reconstruction and stabilisation in a delicate transition phase. It builds on the experience of other states or regions that have emerged from war, insurgency, ethnic conflict, invasion or occupation.
Mr Marc Finaud Senior Programme Advisor, Emerging Security Challenges Programme, GCSP; former French Diplomat; Senior Resident Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR); Master’s degrees in International Law and Political Science.
GCSP The Geneva Centre for Security Policy is an international foundation with 45 member states from across the globe that provides forwardthinking and innovative solutions for leaders and policymakers concerned with international affairs and security in today’s complex, globalised world.
Key benefits for you
Faculty profiles
The course will enable you to: • Understand how security sector reform (SSR) can be one of the keys to improve national and human security; • Ensure that the key elements of the security sector are accountable, placed under the rule of law and respect of human rights; • Analyse the damage that corruption in government, the security sector, justice and society can cause in terms of political, economic and social development; • Explore examples of initiatives that may lead to sustainable human security, gender mainstreaming, social justice, and consensual mechanisms for the fair and non-violent expression of social diversity.
The course teaching staff includes GCSP’s international faculty composed of academics and practitioners with broad experience in international affairs, security policy, diplomacy and military affairs, as well as high-level international guest speakers from civil society, government, academic and international organisations.