Managing Security Resources in Africa

Professional Development Symposium

10–12 December 2019
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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Overview

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Session 1: Security-Development-Governance Nexus: Resources, Strategy, and Leadership

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Session 2: Trends in Resources Availability and Security Sector Spending

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Session 3: Budgeting and Resource Mobilization

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Session 4: Introduction to Public Expenditure Management in the Security Sector

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Session 5: Building External Partnerships

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Concurent Sessions: Tools for Budgeting in Africa’s Security Sector

The concurrent sessions are designed to provide participants practical tools to address specific challenges associated with the management of security sector resources in Africa. In particular there are three sessions focus on security sector budgeting processes and practice. During each concurrent session, participants will be invited to choose two sessions. Each 40-minute session will feature a speaker who will share recent scholarship, sound practice and relevant case studies (20 minutes) and will moderate a question and answer session (20 minutes). The objective is to equip participants with practical insights and strategies to enhance their effectiveness.

1. Participatory Budgeting Processes

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2. Leakages and Waste

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  • Amb. Phillip Carter

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3. Domestic and External Debt

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