Virtual Academic Program
October 19 – November 10, 2021
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Information Note
Schedule
Syllabus
Biographies
Executive Summary from West/Southern Regional Program
Pre-Program Content
An Introduction to Coordination of Security and Justice Responses to Countering Transnational Organized Crime
Presented by:
Dr. Catherine Lena Kelly
Session 1 | October 19, 2021
Building Resilience to Transnational Organized Crime through Security-Justice Coordination
Presented by:
- Mr. Martin Ewi
- Dr. Catherine Lena Kelly
Objectives:
- Engage with a snapshot of what TOC actors, markets, and resilience look like, based on political economy approaches and the ENACT Organized Crime Index Africa 2019
- Understand why and how security-justice coordination is an important element of African states’ resilience to TOC, as well as why coordination must be linked to a broader strategy of addressing the security, development, and governance factors driving TOC
- Review the three strategic aspects of security-justice coordination that the seminar will cover: cross-border coordination, interagency coordination, and inclusive citizen and community approaches to coordination
Session 2 | October 26, 2021
Fostering National-Level Interagency Coordination to Counter Transnational Organized Crime
Presented by:
- Ms. Samira Gaid
- Mr. Brice Severin Pongui
- Senior Captain Jamel Ben Omrane
Objectives
- Understand why national-level interagency coordination – both within and outside of the security sector– is important to countering TOC
- Compare and contrast the perspectives of defense/security, intelligence, and justice actors on the benefits and limits of coordination to counter TOC
- Identify key strategy, policy, and technical elements of interagency coordination that have an influence on African states’ resilience to multiple types of TOC
Session 3 | November 2, 2021
Using Regional and Cross-Border Coordination to Counter TOC
Presented by:
- Dr. Tarek Sharif
- Dr. Mutoy Mubiala
- Commander Abebe Muluneh
Objectives:
- Understand why regional and cross-border coordination is important to countering TOC, and how it affects state resilience to TOC actors and markets in Eastern, Northern, and Central Africa
- Assess the current strengths and weaknesses of such coordination, whether between neighboring countries or on the REC level, through engagement with examples of cross-border coordination
- Identify key strategy, policy, and technical elements of cross-border coordination that have an influence on African states’ resilience to multiple types of TOC
Session 4 | November 9, 2021
Making Coordination Inclusive of Citizens and Communities
Presented by:
- Dr. Martha Mutisi
- Mr. Raouf Farrah
Objectives:
- Consider the security, development, and governance dimensions shaping how TOC affects citizens (including along the lines of gender, youth, and other relevant identity-based distinctions)
- Analyze how community and citizen relationships with state security and justice officials affects their trust in these actors to implement coordinated counter TOC efforts locally
- Analyze the preconditions that must be in place to make security-justice coordination effective, especially grassroots elements of rule of law that are frequently overlooked
- Identify various community-based and people-centered coordination approaches to counter TOC from urban and rural areas