ISS and NEPAD sign MOU
On 11th March 2010 the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency in Midrand, South Africa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding
On 11th March 2010 the Institute for Security Studies
in Pretoria, South Africa and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency in
Midrand, South Africa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which
represents a statement of intent by parties, to work together, and provides a
structure in which the Parties shall leverage and develop their respective
strengths in the areas of peace and security, with a view to promoting
sustainable socio-economic development in Africa. The areas of
cooperation includes:
a) Post-conflict reconstruction and development,
b) Support for the implementation of the post-African Peer Review Mechanism’s
National Programs of Actions;
c) Capacity Development in fragile
states
d) Technical assistance on policy research projects
e) Research, analysis and policy recommendations on partnership assistance,
knowledge management, monitoring, evaluation and learning in
Africa’s
peace and security architecture
f) Support in the development and
facilitation of national development frameworks
g) Information sharing on issues of peace and security, including through the
alternate monthly magazine of the ISS, The African.org,
h) Exchange of information
Cooperation on regional
collaborative efforts to promote democracy, rule of law, good governance, peace
and security.
