Peace and Security Activities 2002

Rendered Technical Assistance to the NEPAD Sub-Committee on Peace and Security
SaferAfrica rendered Technical Assistance to the NEPAD Sub-Committee on Peace and Security by acting as facilitator between NEPAD Peace and Security Sub-Committee and the AU Peace and Security Commission by means of the following:
- Availing information on the ongoing processes to the NEPAD Peace and Security Sub-Committee and the AU Peace and Security Commission
- Supporting, assisting and sponsoring the interaction between the NEPAD Peace and Security Sub-Committee members and the AU Peace and Security Commission's Peace and Security Directorate.
Facilitated and sponsored a joint AU-NEPAD Consultations on Peace and Security to align Africa's Peace and Security Agenda (Addis Ababa February)
Facilitated and sponsored a joint AU-NEPAD Consultations on Peace and Security to align Africa's Peace and Security Agenda. (Addis Ababa, February 2002). This workshop brought together the NEPAD Steering Committee, the NEPAD Sub-Committee on Peace and Security, the Troika of the AU Central Organ, the NEPAD Secretariat and the AU Commission's Peace and Security Directorate. The objective of the workshop was to enhance alignment and harmonization between the AU and NEPAD initiatives on Peace and Security, as well as to bring about greater coherence and coordination of programmes undertaken by the AU Commission and the NEPAD Secretariat, especially in the area of peace and security, in response to the 5th NEPAD Heads of State and Governments Implementation Committee Summit Resolution in November 2002 (Abuja).
Planned for and organized the NEPAD Peace, Security and Stability Priorities Development seminar (February-May)
Convened and facilitated the NEPAD Peace, Security and Stability Priorities Development seminar
Convened and facilitated the NEPAD Peace, Security and Stability Priorities Development seminar. This meeting was attended by all members of the NEPAD Sub-Committee on Peace and Security namely, Algeria, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius. Chaired by South Africa, this meeting developed 6 priority areas that were adopted unanimously. These were crystallized into the NEPAD Initial Action Plan (May)
Presenting the policy priorities suggestions developed in the seminar for consideration to the NEPAD HSGIC
Presenting the policy priorities suggestions developed in the seminar for consideration to the NEPAD Heads of States and Governments Implementation Committee (HSGIC) meeting, in Maputo, prior to the G8-NEPAD meeting. The NEPAD Initial Action Plan was tabled at the G-8-NEPAD Heads of States and Governments Implementation Committee Summit in June 2002 and informed The G-8 African Action Plan. It was also presented to the AU Heads of States and Governments Assembly in Durban in July 2002 (May)
Facilitated a consultative brainstorming meeting of the Central Organ of the AU that resulted in The Protocol establishing the PSC
Facilitated a consultative brainstorming meeting of the Central Organ that resulted in The Protocol Relating to the Establishing of the Peace and Security Council. This protocol was adopted at the 1st AU Summit. The Protocol entered ratification stage in December 2003.
Unpacking and facilitating the eight priorities that comprise the AU Peace and Security Agenda
The AU Commission's Peace and Security Directorate requested the AU-NEPAD Programme at SaferAfrica to assist and support in unpacking and facilitating the eight priorities that comprise the AU Peace and Security Agenda, viz:
- Developing mechanisms, institution building processes, and support instruments for achieving peace and security in Africa;
- Improving the capacity for, and coordination of, early warning for conflict prevention, management and resolution, including the strengthening of peace support operations capabilities;
- Improving early warning capacity in Africa through strategic analysis and support;
- Prioritizing strategic security issues as follows:
Assistance to the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The following assistance was rendered to the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Provided advice and expertise in NEPAD's Peace and Security Agenda.
Provided expertise relating to the development of Africa's Peace and Security Agenda
Rendered technical assistance to regional mechanisms for conflict prevention, management and resolution in the formulation of policies and strategies that enhance regional peace and security
Provided analytical, advisory and practical policy guidelines to sub-regional and regional Conflict Mechanisms.

Deepened the understanding of Africa’s sub-regional organisations
Deepened the understanding of the unfolding process through seminars in all of Africa's sub-regional organisations with a view to obtaining inputs to emerging policy (April) through the following:
- Provided analytical, advisory and practical policy guidelines to sub-regional and regional Conflict Mechanisms.
- Assisted in the formulation of an overall AU defence policy, through an analysis and harmonisation of existing defence policies at national, regional and continental levels.
- Facilitated processes that led to the emergence of a strategic and administrative capability for the Organ on Politics Defence and Security within SADC for example).
- During this period, SaferAfrica's AU-NEPAD Programme staff participated in a host of continental and regional Peace and Security policy formulation processes, among them was
- The NEPAD-ECOWAS Summit in the Ivory Coast, The Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa's (CSSDCA) Security and Stability Experts meeting in Ethiopia, The OAU-Civil Society Conference on Developing Partnerships with Civil Society Organisations
Facilitated all meetings between the representatives of the NEPAD Steering Committee and the G-8 Members representatives
Provided technical backup to all meetings of the NEPAD HSGIC (June)
Supported the process towards the establishment of the APRM process including organizing and acting as rapporteur to meetings.