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Towards Developing a Common Continental Force for Greater Towards developing a common continental force for greater effi ciency in a multinational environment ISS Head Offi ce Block D, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street New Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa Fourth African Conference of Commandants Tel: +27 12 346 9500 Fax: +27 12 346 9570 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Addis Ababa Offi ce 5th Floor, Get House Building, Africa Avenue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 515 6320/24/67/98 Fax: +251 11 515 6449 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Cape Town Offi ce 2nd Floor, The Armoury Building, Buchanan Square 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, South Africa Tel: +27 21 461 7211 Fax: +27 21 461 7213 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Dakar Offi ce Stèle Mermoz, 100x Elhadji, Ibrahima Niasse MZ83, Senegal Tel: +221 33 824 0918/21 Fax: +221 33 824 2246 E-mail: [email protected] ISS Nairobi Offi ce Braeside Gardens, Off Muthangari Road, Lavington, Nairobi, Kenya Conference Report Tel: +254 20 386 1625 Fax: +254 20 386 1639 E-mail: [email protected] ISBN 978-1920422-50-9 ISS Pretoria Offi ce Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street New Muckleneuk, Pretoria Tel: +27 12 346 9500 Fax: +27 12 460 0998 E-mail: [email protected] 9 781920 422509 www.issafrica.org This seminar report was made possible by the British Peace Support Team South Africa (BPSTA) . Report by Sandra Oder, Irene Ndung’u and Emmanuel Nibishaka In addition, general Institute funding is provided by the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. 1–3 November 2010, Jinja, Uganda As a leading African human security research institution, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) works towards a stable and peaceful Africa characterised by sustainable development, human rights, the rule of law, democracy, collaborative security and gender mainstreaming. The ISS realises this vision by: ■ Undertaking applied research, training and capacity building ■ Working collaboratively with others ■ Facilitating and supporting policy formulation ■ Monitoring trends and policy implementation ■ Collecting, interpreting and disseminating information ■ Networking on national, regional and international levels © 2011, Institute for Security Studies Copyright in the volume as a whole is vested in the Institute for Security Studies, and no part may be reproduced in whole or in part without the express permission, in writing, of both the authors and the publishers. The opinions expressed do not necessarily refl ect those of the Institute, its trustees, members of the Council or donors. Authors contribute to ISS publications in their personal capacity. ISBN 978-1920422-50-9 First published by the Institute for Security Studies, P O Box 1787, Brooklyn Square 0075 Pretoria, South Africa www.issafrica.org Design, Typesetting and Printing Marketing Support Services +27 12 346-2168 Towards developing a common continental force for greater effi ciency in a multinational environment Fourth African Conference of Commandants Report by Sandra Oder, Irene Ndung’u and Emmanuel Nibishaka 1–3 November 2010, Jinja, Uganda Contents Acknowledgements . iii Abbreviations and acronyms . .iv Executive summary . v Introduction . .vi DAY ONE . 1 Welcome and opening remarks . 3 Major General Andrew Gutti Address by the guest of honour . 4 Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta Remarks by the outgoing ACoC chair . 5 Major General Ahmed Abdallah Review of previous ACoC . 6 Ms Sandra Oder Operationalisation of ACoC . 7 The challenges of funding Ms Sandra Oder NATO briefi ng . 9 Rear Admiral Svend-Erik Estellon DAY TWO . 11 The role of civilians in peace support operations . 13 Ms Amanda Magambo Politics and coherent peacekeeping . 15 Mr David Mwaniki The role of police in peacekeeping . 18 Major General (ret.) Mike Fryer Briefi ng on the ECOWAS Combined Joint African Exercise . 20 Colonel Christopher A O Nutakor SADC Combined Joint African Exercise . 21 Lessons learned Colonel Sean Stratford Combined Joint African Exercise expansion and future funding of ACoC by the United Kingdom . .22 Lt Col. R M Alex Murray Group discussions and feedback . 24 Conference Report i Towards developing a common continental force for greater efficiency in a multinational environment DAY THREE . 27 AMISOM briefi ng . 29 Lt Gen. Katumba Wamala Closing remarks . 31 The Honourable JJ Odongo APPENDICES . 33 Appendix A Programme . 35 Appendix B List of participants . 37 Appendix C Decisions of the Fourth ACoC meeting . 40 ii Institute for Security Studies Acknowledgements Th e chair of the Fourth African Conference of the United Kingdom and other partners for the fi nancial Commandants (ACoC) would like to thank all member assistance to host the conference. He would also like to Staff Colleges and participants for attending the thank the ACoC secretariat, in particular Sandra Oder, conference and contributing towards its success. He Emmanuel Nibishaka and Irene Ndung’u, for compiling would like to express his gratitude to the Government of this report. Conference Report iii Abbreviations and acronyms ACoC African Conference of Commandants IDP Internally displaced person AMISOM African Union Mission in Somalia IMPP Integrated Mission Planning Process APSA African Peace and Security Architecture IT Information technology ASF African Standby Force ISS Institute for Security Studies AU African Union LRA Lord’s Resistance Army CAO Chief administrative offi cer MOD Ministry of Defence CDF Commander of the Defence Force MONUSCO UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC CEMAC Central African Economic and Monetary Community MoU Memorandum of understanding CEPGL Economic Community of Great Lakes NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation CEWS Continental Early Warning System NDC NATO Defence College CinC Commander-in-chief NGO Non-governmental organisation CJAX Combined Joint African Exercise PC Police commissioner CoC Conference of Commandants PSC Peace and Security Council C4 Command, control, communication and PSO Peace support operation computers REC Regional economic community DDR Disarmament, demobilisation and SADC Southern African Development Community reintegration SANWC South African National War College DRC Democratic Republic of Congo SCSC Senior Command and Staff College EASBRIG Eastern Africa Standby Brigade SMLT Senior Mission Leaders Team ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States TCC Troop-contributing country ECOWAS Economic Community of West African TFG Transitional Federal Government States UPDF Uganda Peoples Defence Forces EX UHURU Exercise Uhuru UK United Kingdom FC Force commander UN United Nations FPU Formed police unit UNAMID African Union/United Nations Hybrid GBV Gender-based violence Operation in Darfur HoCC Head of civilian component UNDP United Nations Development Programme HoM Head of mission ZAR South African rand iv Institute for Security Studies Executive summary Th e African Conference of Commandants (ACoC) is functions in order to enhance the effi ciency and ef- committed to contributing to African security through the fectiveness of African PSOs development and transformation of the education and train- ■ Deliberate on best practice to enhance effi ciency in ing of the military in support of multidimensional peace PSOs support operations (PSOs), and to improving coordination ■ Propose initiatives to enhance ACoC’s eff ectiveness in among African Staff Colleges in order to contribute towards consolidating its peace support activities promoting cooperation and standardisation among them as a contribution to the African Standby Force (ASF) and PSOs. Th e conference was attended by 41 delegates, including ACoC held a three-day conference on developing facilitators and rapporteurs. Participants were provided a common continental force for better effi ciency in a with thought-provoking presentations on the status multinational environment. Th is conference took place at of multidimensionality in PSOs, the eff ectiveness and Jinja Nile Resort Hotel, Jinja, Uganda over the period 1–3 challenges of existing national and regional frameworks, November 2010. the mechanisms of and responses to multidimensional PSOs, an overview of the African Union (AU) Mission in CONFERENCE GOAL: Somalia, and the current status of multidimensionality in peacekeeping. Th e goal of the conference was to develop a framework Delegates deliberated on what has worked and what for a common continental force for better effi ciency in a has not worked in relation to the activities of ACoC and.
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