The OECD launches Security System Reform (SSR) in-country consultations

The 2005 publication Security System Reform and Governance (DAC Guidelines and Reference Series) and the recently published DAC Handbook on Security System Reform (SSR) are widely regarded as international reference points for SSR.  Although the guidance and handbook have both strongly influenced policy debate within the UN, EU, donor capitals and other organisations, impact and results on the ground have been more difficult to achieve.

In response, SSR country consultations were conceived in 2007 and are now being run on behalf of the OECD by Rory Keane, project manager for the CPDC.  According to Keane, the goal is to “take SSR best practice out of the OECD library and put it into the hands of programmers and civil servants working on these issues in places like Burundi, the Central African Republic, Bolivia and Haiti.

The Central African Republic national SSR committee pose for photo after two days of intensive dialogue with OECD.

Recent Consultations:

• Guinea Bissau
• Bangui, Central African Republic
• Burundi