RECSA and ISS Sign Agreement
RECSA has signed a
three-year Memorandum of Understanding
with the Institute of Security Studies,
a regional research institute operating
across sub-Saharan Africa with offices
in South Africa, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast
and Kenya.
A ceremony to mark the signing by the RECSA
Executive Secretary, Dr Francis K. SANG,
and the ISS Executive Director, Dr Jakkie
Cilliers, was held at the RECSA offices in
Nairobi and was attended by representatives
from both organisations.
The MOU serves to
formalise a long standing relationship
between the two organisations. Its objective
is to facilitate effective undertaking of
complementary cooperation in small arms
activities, projects and programmes.
Under the joint
agreement, RECSA and ISS will collaborate in
the following key areas:
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Capacity building and
training of national focal points on
small arms and light weapons (and
related personnel);
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Research capacity
building;
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Research on arms
management, armed violence reduction and
human security; and
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Technical issues
relating to arms management, Cattle
rustling, armed violence reduction and
human security, in particular, the
proliferation and management of small
arms, ammunition and man-portable
air-defence systems
-
Information exchange
in areas of mutual interest
The MOU
between the two organisations is in
recognition of RECSA’s mandate to coordinate
action against illicit small arms and light
weapons proliferation in the Great Lakes
Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering
States. This is in line with the Nairobi
Protocol and the Nairobi Declaration.
The
mission of ISS is to conceptualise, inform
and enhance the debate on human security in
Africa in order to support policy
formulation and decision-making at every
level towards the enhancement of human
security for all in Africa.
