Local Ownership of Security Sector Reform
Local ownership is essential for successful security sector reform (SSR), but donor countries often determine priorities and programs. What practical steps can policymakers and practitioners take to encourage local ownership of reform efforts? USIP's SSR Working Group hosted an expert panel to discuss this issue.
"Local ownership" is essential for successful security sector reform (SSR), but donor countries often determine priorities and programs. The resulting programs are too often unsustainable in local contexts, and ultimately fail. What practical steps can policymakers and practitioners take to encourage local ownership of reform efforts? A panel of distinguished experts addressed this question at a meeting of USIP's SSR Working Group.
Speakers
- Adedeji Ebo
Chief, Security Sector Reform Unit, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations - Timothy Donais
Assistant Professor, Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Editor of "Local Ownership and Security Sector Reform" (LIT Verlag, 2008) - Marc Cohen
Senior Researcher, Humanitarian Policy, Oxfam International
Co-author of "Protect and Serve or Train and Equip? U.S. Security Assistance and Protection of Civilians" (Oxfam, 2009) - Aleisha Arnusch
Lead Researcher, Security Sector Reform, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
- Robert Perito, Moderator
Director, Security Sector Governance Initiative, U.S. Institute of Peace
