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Latest News

Reframing Security Sector Reform for Counterinsurgency – Getting the Politics Right

Libra Principal, Dr Andrew Rathmell writes for NDC’s 14th Forum Paper ‘Complex Operations: NATO at War and on the Margins of War’, reframing SSR for Counterinsurgency.

Operationalising the Comprehensive Approach

In this Chatham House publication, Libra Principal Dr Andrew Rathmell, along with Professor Julian Lindley-French and Professor Paul Cornish, discuss how NATO can make a reality of its aspirations to apply a Comprehensive Approach to complex operations.

Security Sector Evolution: Understanding & Influencing How Security Sector Institutions Change

Peter Wilson & Volha Piotukh analyse improved design, implementation and review of SSR programmes. Borrowing theory from economic and strategic management, they consider the implications of these insights for a new “evolutionary” approach to SSR

Training

Libra Advisory Group delivers high-quality bespoke training programmes which aim to develop the skills necessary to increase the effectiveness and accountability of security and justice sector and stabilisation policymaking, programming and implementation.  Libra develops targeted training programmes and materials according to requirements, utilising participatory and interactive training methodologies which build the practical skills of participants.

A core element of our approach is building local, indigenous training capacity to ensure long-term, sustainable improvement. Curriculum development with local stakeholders and Training of the Trainers (ToT) are a central part of all our training strategies.

Project examples:

• Libra designed and implemented a human rights training programme for Lebanese Internal Security Forces.
• Libra designed and implemented a training programme for the Royal Thai Police ‘Capacity building for counter-terrorism and policing in conflict situations – policing in a multi-cultural society’.
• Libra designed a multi-tier Leadership Development structure for the Iraqi Police Service to train officers in Iraq’s police training centres in security force management.
• Libra lectures and facilitates at the regular SSR Practitioners Courses in the UK and Africa under the auspices of the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GNF-SSR).

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