ISS/TfP participates in the 5th Expert Meeting on Security Cooperation in Southern Africa
16 Dec 2014

- Miguel de Brito from EISA with a presentation on “Overview on elections and its outcomes in the SADC states”;
- Mpho Molomo of the University of Botswana with “SADC Election management”;
- Motlamelle Kapa, University of Lesotho: “The Lesotho governance crisis: perspectives for stability”;
- Blessings Chinsinga, University of Malawi: “The Malawi elections: prospects for stability and democracy”; and
- lle Kapa, University of Lesotho: “The Lesotho governance crisis: perspectives for stability”.
- Trends in SADC 2014 election behaviour
- How were emerging conflicts managed by the respective states and by SADC?
- What are the main challenges for managing elections?
- New trends of potential conflicts visible
- Andre Roux, ISS Pretoria: “Interventions in Africa – overview of current affairs”; and
- Gavin Gawthra: “Violent Extremism and Interventions in Africa”.
- Peace Operations trends
- Key lessons in Peace Support Operations (PSOs)
- African and the peacekeeping agenda
- Asymetrical warfare in PSOs
- Case study: FIB in MONUSCO – force enablers
- SADC capabilities for Peace Enforcement / Intervention
- Catherine Moat, CDSM: “The State of Organized Crime in SADC”;
- Marc Shaw, The Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime: “Unholy alliances: trends of TOC in Southern Africa”; and
- Khalil Goga, Research Consultant: “The impact of trans-national crime networks on governance in Africa’s coastal cities”.
- What are the main areas of Organised Crime in the region (human trafficking, arms, money laundering etc)?
- What are emerging trends of transnational Organised Crime effecting Southern Africa (i.e. increase of drug routes from Latin America to the Southern African costal states)?
- What are the impacts of Organised Crime on the democratic development of the region?
- What are possible fields of intervention to contain the problem?
- João Paulo Coelho, CESAB : “SADC Initiative on Maritime Security”; and
- Francis Kornegay, IGD: “IBSAMAR, BRICs and global maritime governance options.
- Identifying challenges and a way forward to regional and continental as well as global approaches to Maritime Security and to develop policy making;
- The challenges for policy making on the micro (coastal communities) and macro level to enhance the maritime security policy framework?; and
- How can policy making be improved?