Workshop

Security Sector Reform in the Southern Neighbourhood

19 May 2017
Brussels
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    • The European Union Institute for Security Studies, in cooperation with the IEMed and EuroMeSCo, organised a seminar on Security Sector Reform (SSR) in the Middle East and North Africa.


    The seminar gathered practitioners from the field and EU officials to discuss the difficulties presented by the SSR in the Southern Neighbourhood and to propose a more comprehensive and tailored approach to SSR  in the region.

    Agenda

    Opening remarks

    Maciej Popowski Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations European Commission

    session one

    Law enforcement: detention and criminal justice
    chair Security Sector Reform in the Southern Neighbourhood
    Haitham Shibli Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Penal Reform International (PRI)
    Andrea Mancini Programme Officer Regional Section for Europe, West and Central Asia, Division for Operations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
    Ajmi Bel Haj Hamouda Expert Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR)

    session two

    Police force: improving the conditions
    chair Security Sector Reform in the Southern Neighbourhood
    Marc Maouad Operations Director Siren Associates
    Ihab Youssef Secretary General The People and Police for Egypt
    Andrea Matteuzzi EUPOL COPPS Police Expert European External Action Service

    sesison three

    Border control: the challenges
    chair Stéphane Halgand Team Leader – Crisis Reaction and Security Sector Reform, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations European Commission
    Franz Prutsch Senior Regional Immigration and Border Management Specialist International Organization for Migration (IOM)
    Maroun Hitti Brigadier General Lebanese Armed Forces (retired), Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Defense and Military Affairs
    Wolfgang Pusztai Security and Policy Analyst, former Austrian Defence Attaché to Italy, Greece, Libya and Tunisia

    session four

    The art of counter-terrorism
    chair Anna Reece Policy Officer, Centre of Thematic Expertise Crisis Reaction and Security Sector Reform, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations European Commission
    Maroun Hitti Brigadier General Lebanese Armed Forces (retired), Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Defense and Military Affairs,
    Annelies Pauwels Junior Analyst EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
    Youssef Cherif Deputy Director Columbia University Tunis Center
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