About Us
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The Association for Security Sector Reform Education and Training (ASSET) is an open and voluntary association of organisations and institutions engaged in Security Sector Reform (SSR) education and training. It was founded in March 2008 and currently includes close to forty members. Click on Members to see a full list of members, and their profile. |
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Aims of ASSET: |
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ASSET aims to support
the development and delivery of education and training courses
and teaching materials in order to meet the increasing need for
highly qualified SSR practitioners, planners, trainers and
policymakers. This shall be achieved through encouraging
coordination, building coherence and strengthening the capacity
of member institutions and organisations to provide quality,
skills-based training and education. |
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Security Sector Reform
(SSR) Capacity: |
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Through encouraging
the delivery of high quality SSR education and training, ASSET
supports the development of SSR capacity within governments,
donors, security sector institutions, parliaments,
non-governmental organisations and international/regional
organisations. Through this support ASSET aims to drive up the
standards, coverage and availability of SSR training, as well as
increasing the effectiveness of SSR policymaking and
programming. |
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SSR Norms and
Standards: |
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ASSET members provide
SSR training in line with international norms and standards. The
core principles of ASSET are based upon the United Nations
Secretary-General Report on “Securing peace and development: the
role of the United Nations in supporting security sector reform”
(2008). For more information please see the ASSET Cooperation
Agreement. |
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Core ASSET
Activities: |
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Establishing
and maintaining a webportal through which the
international community can identify and gain access to
SSR education and training institutions. |
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Sharing
education and training modules and best practices,
through training-of-trainers courses and pilot projects. |
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Facilitating
peer exchange or mentoring programmes to help members to
develop their curricula quality and encourage a coherent
approach in line with international norms and standards. |
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Coordinating,
developing and maintaining a broad range of SSR
education and training courses. |
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Supporting
members in identifying and accessing funding |
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| Coordination Committee (2011-2012) |
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Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden |
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Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland (2012 co-host) |
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Teaching Institute for Sustainable Development (IEPADES), Guatemala (2011 host) |
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Global Consortium for Security Transformation (GCST), Chile |
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Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Sri Lanka |
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Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Philippines |
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African Security Sector Network (ASSN), Ghana |
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Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Ghana |
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International Security Sector Advisory Team, (DCAF-ISSAT), Switzerland (Secretariat) |
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For more information
on ASSET please contact: info@asset-ssr.org |
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