17 Nov 2008: First Joint EAPCCO/SARPCCO Regional Police Peacekeeping Seminar, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 November 2008

First Joint EAPCCO/SARPCCO Regional Police Peacekeeping Seminar
Dar es Salaam, 17-19 November 2008

Facilitated by the ISS Training for Peace Programme

The first joint regional seminar for the Eastern and Southern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisations will be held at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from 17-19 November 2008.

The seminar will bring together senior leaders and managers of the two regional organisations in the fields of operations and training, the two Sub-Regional Bureaus of Interpol, the Planning Elements of SADC Brigade (SADCBRIG) and the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASBRIG), regional centres of excellence, UN peacekeeping practitioners from MONUC and UNAMID, and policy practitioners from the AU Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD).

The main purpose of the seminar is to create a forum for interaction amongst key institutions and member states of EAPCCO and SARPCCO, two of the leading contributors to peace missions within Africa, and their UN and AU stakeholders. It is expected that such an interaction will help to deepen understanding and appreciation of the demands and challenges of peacekeeping deployments within Africa, and the need for quality pre-mission capacity building training, ultimately enhancing greater harmonisation and collaborations among training providers within the two regions.

The seminar will be under the auspices of the Inspector General of the Tanzania Police Force, Mr Said Ally Mwema, facilitated by the Training for Peace Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and funded by the Royal Norwegian Government.

Enquiries: Festus Aboagye, Head, Training for Peace Programme, Tel: +27 (0)12 346 9500; Email: [email protected]