Virtual Academic Program

February 9 – March 3, 2021

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Information Note
Schedule
Syllabus
Biographies
Africa Center Overview
Executive Summary

Pre-Program Content

An Introduction to Coordination of Security and Justice Responses to Countering Transnational Organized Crime

Presented by:

Dr. Catherine Lena Kelly

Recommended Reading:

• “Executive Summary,” Organised Crime Index Africa 2019, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
  • To find the report on your country, visit: Data Analysis Portal for Organised Crime Index Africa 2019.
• UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto.
  Convention des Nations Unies Contre la Criminalité Transnationale Organisée et Protocoles s’y Rapportant.
• Mark Shaw, “Africa’s Changing Place in the Global Criminal Economy,” ENACT Continental Report 1, September 2017.
  « L’évolution de la place de l’Afrique dans l’économie criminelle mondiale, » ENACT Continental Report 1, septembre 2017.
• B. Guy Peters, “The Challenge of Policy Coordination,” Policy Design and Practice 1:1, 2018, -1-11

Session 1  |  February 9, 2021

Using Regional and Cross-Border Coordination to Counter Transnational Organized Crime

Presented by:

1. Mr. Martin Ewi

2. Dr. Abdourahmane Dieng
   • Political and legal instruments in ECOWAS
   • Regional Coordination with ECOWAS & WAPCCO in CTO
   • The types of inter-regional coordination ongoing in West Africa, Central Africa

Recommended Reading:

• “Coordination and Regional Cooperation,” in Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Persons: Lessons from the SADC Region, Southern African Development Community Secretariat, 2017, pp. 25-28.
  “Coordenação e Cooperação Regional,” dentro Prevenção e Combate ao Tráfico de Pessoas: Lições da Região da SADC, Secretariado da Comunidade de Desenvolvimento da África Austral (SADC), 2017, pp. 27-31.
• West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors against Organized Crime, “Cooperating Across Border to Effectively Tackle Transnational Organized Crime,” UNODC & WACAP, January 2020.
  Réseau des Autorités Centrales et Procureurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest contre le crime organisé, « La coopération transfrontalière pour lutter efficacement contre la criminalité transnationale organisée, » ONUDC et WACAP, janvier 2020
• Thierry Vircoulon & Violette Tournier, « Sécurité dans le golfe de Guinée : un combat régional, » Politique Etrangère 3, 2015.
• “Innovating Security Solutions in the Seychelles,” Africa Center for Strategic Studies, May 25, 2018.

Session 2  |  February 16, 2021

Fostering National-Level Interagency Coordination to Counter Transnational Organized Crime

Presented by:

1. BG (ret.) Gaisekaangwe Ace Peke

2. Mrs. Biola Shotunde

3. Mr. Serigne Assane Dramé

Recommended Reading:

• B. Guy Peters, “The Challenge of Policy Coordination,” Policy Design and Practice 1:1, 2018, -1-11.
• “Gendarmeries and constabulary-type police: Roles and responsibilities of police with mixed military and civilian characteristics,” SSR Backgrounder, DCAF, 2019.
  « Les gendarmeries et la police de type constabulaire : Rôles et responsabilités de la police présentant des caractéristiques mixtes militaires et civiles, » Série de documents d’information sur la RSS, DCAF, 2019
• Junko Nozawa & Melissa Lefas and Hassane Djibo, “Coordination Between Military Action and the Judiciary” and “The Experience of Niger in Military and Judicial Cooperation” in When the Dust Settles: Judicial Responses to Terrorism in the Sahel, Global Center on Cooperative Security, October 2018, pp. 25-35.
  “La coordination de l’action militaire et l’action judiciaire” et “L’expérience du Niger en matière de coopération judiciaire,” dans Quand la poussière retombe: La justice face au terrorisme au Sahel, octobre 2018, Global Center on Cooperative Security, pp. 25-34.
• “Illicit Flows of Money and Assets,” in Overview of Serious and Organized Crime in Africa, ENACT Analytical Report, October 29, 2018, pp. 33-34.
  “Flux illicites de fonds,” dans Evaluation stratégique de la criminalité organisée en Afrique 2018, pp. 44-45, ENACT Rapport analytique, 29 octobre 2018, pp. 44-45

Session 3  |  February 23, 2021

Facilitating Security-Justice Coordination in Urban and Rural Areas

Presented by:

1. Mr. Charles Togarepi Goredema

2. Dr. Marcel Ayité Baglo

Recommended Reading:

• Stephen Commins, “From Urban Fragility to Urban Stability,” Africa Security Brief 35, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, June 2018.
  « De la fragilité urbaine à la stabilité urbaine, » Bulletin de la Sécurité Africaine 35, Centre d’Etudes Stratégiques d’Afrique, juin 2018.
  « Da fragilidade urbana à estabilidade urbana, » Resumo de Segurança em África 35, Centro de Estudos Estratégicos de África.
• Laurent Touchard, « Policiers, soldats, douaniers : les hommes de la frontière, » dans Des murs et des hommes : sécuriser les frontières africaines au XXIème siècle, Institut français des relations internationales, novembre 2018, pp. 34-39.
  “Police Officers, Soldiers, and Customs Officers : the Men at the Border,” in Of Walls and Men : Securing African Borders in the 21st Century, November 2018, pp. 31-36.
• Simone Haysom, “From the Maskani to the Mayor : The Political Economy of Heroin Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa,” ENACT Research Paper, March 2020.
• “Consumo de heroína “perigoso” na África do Sul e Moçambique,” Notícias ao Minuto, August 20, 2020.

Session 4  |  March 3, 2021

Making Coordination Inclusive of Citizens and Communities

Presented by:

1. Ms. ‘Kemi Okenyodo

2. Dr. Martha Mutisi

Recommended Reading:

• Augustin Loada & Ornella Moderan, “Why Should Civil Society Contribute to Addressing Security Issues?” in Tool 6: Civil Society Involvement in Security Sector Reform and Governance, DCAF, 2015, pp. 21-28.
  “Pourquoi la société civile doit-elle contribuer à la gestion des questions de sécurité ?” dans Outil 6: Le rôle de la société civile dans la réforme et la gouvernance du secteur de la sécurité, Centre de Contrôle démocratique des forces armées, 2015, pp. 23-30.
  “Por que deve a sociedade civil contribuir para a gestão das questôes de seguarança ?” Envolvimento da Sociedade Civil na Governação e Reforma do Sector de Segurança, Centro de Genebra para o Controlo Democraático das Forças Armadas, 2015, pp. 23-30.
• Mark Shaw & Tuesday Reitano, “People’s Perspectives of Organized Crime in West Africa and the Sahel,” Institute for Security Studies – Africa Paper 254, 2014.
  “Points de vue de la population sur la criminalité organisée dans l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel,” Institut d’Etudes de Sécurité Rapport 254, 2014.
  “A perspectiva da populacão em relacão ao crime organizado na África Ocidental e no Sahel,” Institute for Security Studies – Africa Paper 254, 2014.
• Francis Massé, Alan Gardiner, Rodgers Lubilo & Martha Themba, “Inclusive Anti-Poaching? Exploring the Potential and Challenges of Community-Based Anti-Poaching,” South African Crime Quarterly 60, 2017.