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This new publication in the DAC Guidelines and Reference focuses on Security System Reform http://www.oecd.org/dac/conflict/ssr (SSR), an area of increasing international engagement in developing countries where security from violence and fear is coming to be seen as a public policy and governance issue. SSR promotes an accountable and efficient security system, operating under civilian control within a democratic context, to create a stable environment for poverty reduction.
Part one contains the policy statement and paper on Security System Reform (SSR), endorsed by DAC Ministers and the OECD council in 2004. It emphasises the positive role that the integrated reform of a country’s security system can play in stabilising fragile or conflict affected states. It outlines the fundamental principles for SSR and recommends approaches and good practice examples in key aspects of this emerging policy area.
Part two and the annex were contributed by external consultants and are based on regional surveys commissioned to assess SSR-related activities in 110 partner countries across four regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Baltics, south east Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The analysis hopes to improve donor understanding of how non-OECD countries view the SSR policy agenda. By suggesting ways to engage with partner countries, it aims to strengthen the impact and relevance of assistance programmes in the area of security.
The publication as a whole forms part of DAC efforts (through its subsidiary Network on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation) to improve policies and practices to prevent violent conflict and build peace. It complements the DAC Guidelines on Helping Prevent Violent Conflict.
For further information on work carried out by the DAC Network on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation see http://www.oecd.org/dac/conflict.
Further reference point for development co-operation in this field is available at http://www.oecd.org/dac/conflict/preventionguidelines.
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