Peace Support Operation Training and Institutional Capacity Enhancement at the International Peace Support Training

Centre (IPSTC) - Phase II Project

January - December 2012 Report

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

INTERNATIONAL PEACE SUPPORT TRAINING CENTRE (IPSTC)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Table of contents ....................................................................................................................................................2

General Guidance for the Report Template ......................................................................................................... 3

Project summary .................................................................................................................................................... 4

Description of the project ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Project results and achievements ......................................................................................................................... 5

Overall guidance: ................................................................................................................................................... 5

The target audience ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Lessons learned and implementation challenges ............................................................................................... 16

Next steps ............................................................................................................................................................. 18

Financial summary ................................................................................................................................................ 19

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GENERAL GUIDANCE FOR THE REPORT TEMPLATE

This is a report template that provides an overview of the most relevant components and responds directly to the need for a common standardized reporting for all PeackeepingCentresprojects funded by the Government of Japan (GoJ) through UNDP’s Thematic Trust Fund for Crisis Prevention and Recovery. The following guidance is essential for optimal application of the report template:

The report should be consistent with, and reflect the strategic and specific objectives as detailed in the Project Proposal;

The report should be written in a user-friendly, clear and concise manner;

The report should indicate both tangible outputs (products) and outcome (impact) of interventions;

The report should reflect on challenges;

The report should profile the visibility of the Government of Japan support to the project beginning with the conceptualization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project (e.g. project-related documents such as brochures, conference banners, and promotional materials should display Japan’s logo). These should be profiled in the project report;

When applicable, other donors’ contributions can be mentioned in the report. When doing so, activities

funded by the Japanese funding and other activities funded by other donors need to be clearly

separated.

The report should include photos demonstrating the activities/processes of the project; and

Next steps should be clearly stipulated in the report.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Project title: Peace Support Operation Training and Institutional Capacity Enhancement at the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) - Phase II

Award ID and project number: 7KEN09701-00069158

Project duration: 1 January–31December 2012

Extension(s) (if applicable): -

Executive agency: UNDP

Implementing partner(s): International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC)

Total budget: USD 900,000

Contribution from Japan: USD 800,000

Contribution from UNDP USD 100,000

Related CPR outcome(s): The project outcome will strengthen institutional and human capacity in

Peace Support Operations in Eastern Africa in order to effectively prevent,

respond to and mitigate conflict and maintain peace and security in the

region

Expected project outputs: 1. Enhanced Institutional capacity for applied research, conflict analysis, training design, that address regional PSO needs as well as peace and security policy development at regional level.

2. Improved regional multinational and multidimensional PSO capability

of military, police and civilian personnel to address the evolving

peace and security situations.

3. Increased capacity of regional police deployed in PSO in Eastern

Africa or wider Africa.

4. Enhanced regional standby capacity of civilian experts for

peacekeeping missions and peace building elements of the EASF.

Country Office focal point(s): Alfredo Teixeira, Roba Sharamo and Martha Mathenge

PKO Center focal point(s): Brigadier Robert Kabage

Report prepared by: Judy Wakahiu and Martha Mathenge

Date of report: May 2013

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT Overall guidance: Provide a general overview (bird’s eye view) of the project. What was the situation that triggered the need for the intervention? What is the aim of the project, what change did it seek to achieve and to what extent has this change been achieved? What is the gap between what was set out to be achieved and what has been achieved so far?

The aim of the project is to enhance regional capability in African Union/United Nations peacekeeping and peace building, through institutional and human resource capacity building. This will be done by addressig critical training gaps within peace operations of the African Union and United Nations and with a priority on South Sudan and thus, increasing the quantity and quality of trained military, police and civilian personnel capable of performing within an integrated Peace Support Operation (PSO) environment. The project also aims at contributing to Eastern Africa Stand by Force (EASF) goal of attaining full operating capability by 2015, by supportingthe civilian and police dimensions of EASF. The project has progressively addressed the lack of capacity at IPSTC, of training and applied research programmes addressing the whole spectrum of conflict and peace including conflict prevention, management and post conflict reconstruction and peace building. Through the project, courses such as conflict analysis and prevention, preventive diplomacy and early warning, regional security studies, rule of law, security sector reform and human rights to mention a few, have been introduced to IPSTC, through a process of curriculum development, training delivery, and development of harmonized training resources in line with the doctrines of UN and AU as they relate to peace support operations and peacekeeping. PROJECT RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Overall guidance: a. Project results - Indicators and evidence of achievement: These are specified by objectives as stated in project proposal.

What are the identifiable and measurable results from the project implementation? There should be a direct linkage between the achievement of each objective and the intervention of the project. Dedicate narrative to each objective. Be as specific as possible. When training has been carried out by the fund of the GoJ, please specify the number of persons trained, in what areas/subjects and who they are (ex: military officer, police, civilian, etc.). Also, please try to figure out and describe the activities of the trainees thereafter. How many persons have joined PKO mission after the training? Any good practices based on the knowledge gained through the training funded by the GoJ?

b. Project impact – This is specified by strategic objective(s) as was stated in project proposal. This section captures the impact of achievements on the previous situation. How has the situation improved, relative to the previous situation? How? Be reminded that ‘pictures tell a thousand stories’: therefore, be sure to include photographs in demonstrating the extent to which the broad desirable outcome has been (is being) achieved. Give an overall and clear sense of the ‘before-and-after’ of the project intervention.

IPSTC Courses in 2012 - Peace and Conflict Studies School (PCSS) and Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS)

PARTICIPANTS COMPONENT GENDER REGION

COURSE NAME AND DATES TOTAL CIVILIAN MILITARY POLICE FEMALE MALE EASF REGION

OUTSIDE AFRICA

REST OF AFRICA

Rule of Law in PCSS, 14-25 May 2012

24 15 0 9 3 21 24 0 0

Security Sector Reform (SSR) in PCSS, 23 July -3 Aug 2012

19 3 8 8 4 15 19 0 0

Operational Management of Prisons in PCSS, 1-12 Oct 2012

20 3 0 17 4 16 20 0 0

Human Rights in PCSS, 5-16 November 2012

23 13 7 3 7 16 23 0 0

Opportunities and Challenges of Peace and Security in South Sudan Symposium in PCSS, 1 November 2012

34 32 2 0 5 29 31 3 0

Peace Operation Planning Course (POPC) in HPSS,16-27 January 2012

31 6 18 7 5 26 29 0 2

UN Police Officer course in HPSS, 16- 27 April 2012

30 0 0 30 18 12 28 2 0

Disaster Response and Management in HPSS, 30 July-10 August 2012

30 20 7 3 2 28 30 0 0

211 92 42 77 48 163 204 5 2

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Key highlights from the above table:

The gender representation stands at 23% female participation

from an initial baseline of 5% when the first phase of the project

began. Over the last three years, the average female

participation at IPSTC has been 24%. Despite the requirement to

have female participants expressed in the calling notices, IPSTC

cannot interfere with EASF member states sovereignty. In order

to increase numbers, EASFCOM would need to lobby member

states while requesting female participants to enhance their

participation and contribute to the global best practices on

women empowerment.

The improved gender representation over the years can be

attributed to the greater appreciation of gender issues in peace

and conflict and a realization of the importance of ensuring

women and men participate at all levels. There is more

awareness of gender and women issues in PSO missions as a

result of the trainings by IPSTC. IPSTC duty and priority target is

to train participants from Eastern Africa region (accounting for

70-75%), and currently the centre is reaching this target. When a

sponsor requires slots to be given to other countries, including

the rest of Africa and internationally, that is provided for.

Output one: Enhanced institutional capacity for applied research, training design and management that address regional PSO needs, peace and security policy development.

Recruitment of one Training Coordinator and two researchers for a period of 1 year was completed at the

IPSTC.

The following curricula were developed/customized for South Sudan training a) Rule of Law, b) Security

Sector Reform c) Human Rights d) Prisons Operation Management. In addition, a generic Disaster

Management and Response Curriculum was also was designed. IPSTC and Japan Centre for Conflict

Prevention (JCCP) worked jointly in these initiatives.

International subject-matter-experts were sourced through JCCP.

The IPSTC research agenda was formulated focusing on South Sudan with the following key research areas:

a) From Liberation Movements to national Defence and Security. b) Role of Resources in Conflicts

Management in South Sudan c) Reintegration and post conflict reconstruction in South Sudan. d) Security

and organized crime: challenges and dynamics in South Sudan. e) Organized crime and vulnerable

population: Implementing Responsibility to

Protect in remote areas. f) Integration in

South Sudan and centrifugal forces induced

by criminality: the case of the illegal transfers

along the sourthern border. g) The impact of

inter-communal conflicts on state-building in

South Sudan. h) The impact of international

presence on the evolution of traditional

societies in South Sudan.

A research symposium on Opportunities and

Challenges of Peace and Security in South

Sudan was conducted on 1st November 2012,

bringing together distinguished

Questionnaire feed back (June 2012-

February 2013) from some alumni from

Operational Management of Prisons,

Human Rights, Security Sector Reform, UN

Police Officer, Rule of Law courses:

Course fulfilled expectations.

Course provides useful addition for the

Alumni current activities.

Course was important for promotion

and professional development: “It gave

me an in-depth understanding of peace

opertaions withing the mandate of the

UN, this has given me a strong edge in

my daily work”

Will recommend attendance to the

courses to other colleagues and/or

partners.

Some have been deployed in UN or AU

Missions.

Courses should be opened to Civil

Society organizations.

Proposal to add economic, social and

cultural rights in the course content of

Human Rights course.

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Feedback on IPSTC publications

Ambassador of Belgium: “I acknowledge receipt of the publications for which I thank you very much. I have shared this information with my colleague in Kampala. The information provided is very interesting and useful”.

Director of EASFCOM: “The publications will enlighten EASFCOM staff. We encourage IPSTC to continue exploring issues affecting peace and security and are looking forward to more publications”.

Commandant National Defence College (NDC): “These publications will be useful for NDC participants and library users”

JCCP: “thank you for sharing the documents, the research was well done”.

representatives from different Ministries, Institutions of Higher Learning, Regional Economic Communities,

Regional Mechanisms, Regional Think-Tanks, and NGOs. The symposium provided IPSTC’s researchers an

opportunity to present their findings and to analyse them with a selected panel of participants through

plenary discussions. The objectives of the symposium were to discuss the findings and eventually publish

four occasional papers; serve as a platform for sharing the lessons learnt and dissemination of the research

products conducted in 2012; as well as an opportunity for consolidating views from stakeholders, including

practitioners and academia in peace and security.The following thematic areas formed the central topics of

discussion based on regional field research findings by the IPSTC researchers:

o Role of Resources in Conflict

Management in South Sudan

o Transition and Transformation of

the South Sudan National Defence

and Security Services

o Security and Organized Crime

Challenges and Dynamics in South

Sudan

The research symposium was dedicated to the

prospects for peace and stability for South

Sudan and its impact on regional security. It

reflected the interest of the international

community and of the Government of Japan,

which was the main sponsor of this event.

The symposium was attended by subject

matter experts mainly academia from the local Kenyan Universities, APSTA, Centre for Peace and

Development. This group of experts was to gave inputs into research work done by IPSTC before the

publication of occasional papers.

Research products have been completed - four (4) issue briefs and four (4) occasional papers.

o The occasional papers include: Natural Resource Management and Conflict Mitigation in South Sudan

– implaications for National Reconstruction and Development; Security and organized crime

dynamics and challenges in South Sudan; Transition and Tranformation of the South Sudan National

Defence and Security Services;Reintegration and reconstruction in post-war South Sudan.

o The issue briefs include: Effects of international presence on development in South Sudan in the

aftermath of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2005-

2012;Centrifugal Forces and Integration in South Sudan – the case

of parallel cross border economies; Organised Crime and

Vulnerable Population – implementing the Responsibility to

Protect (R2P) in the Remote Areas of South Sudan; State and

Nation Building in South Sudan after the Comprehensive Peace

Agreement

o The IPSTC website – www.ipstc.org profiles the entire Centre’s

activities including the Japan/ UNDP courses and research

activities. The publications (issue briefs and occasional papers) are

available for download on the IPSTC website. Besides, IPSTC

publishes a Newsletter every quarter which is distributed to

partners, institutions and embassies, where the impact of the

activities is highlighted. Media are invited for important events,

such as the Research Symposia which are part of Japan/ UNDP

project.

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September 2012)

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Impact/Outcome

The process of desk review/literature review and data collection in the conduct of the research work

contributed to the development of the Project Documents for Phase III (ordinary budget) and Somalia

(supplementary budget).

The research papers were relevant during the conduct of courses targeting South Sudanese such as the Rule

of Law and Security Sector Reform Courses. Ultimatley, the published papers have a potential to inform

policy discourse relating to peace and security matters in South Sudan, especially if the findings are

disseminated through security and rule of law personnel, from South Sudan who have been trained at IPSTC.

The research products provided critical input to the research products in a bid to improve substantive output

and strengthened networks of collaboration with different regional organisations, institutions and partners

in peace and security.

The process of upgrading Training Management System (TMS) software to include students tracking capacity commenced with introduction of a wiki platform.This platform allows for continuous interaction between IPSTC and alumnae and thus constantly provides feedback on training courses and their impacts. The TMS has not been shared with other regional centers, as it is still being improved to make it as relevant as possible. Once this is achieved, IPSTC may be in position to share it, if there is request from other centres and approval from Japan.

Feedback from a course participant:

Paul Nyulaku-Centre for Ethnic and Conflict Studies, University of Port Harcourt

When I was looking for a suitable place to attend a conflict analysis and prevention course in early 2010, IPSTC was the first Training Centre that came to my mind. This was on account of the Centre’s reputation. I knew it was important to be in Civil/Military environment where I was provided with the right tools, facilities, and atmosphere and last but not the least, facilitator expertise. Being in an enabling environment where I exchanged ideas with fellow participants, facilitators and staff from diverse backgrounds during the two weeks of the course made it easy for me to learn new skills. The outcome of this course has expanded my professional opportunities in peace research and practice and advanced my career tremendously.

Paul facilitating a session at Development Diplomacy for Peace and Security, Regional Trainers Forum, Busua, Accra-Ghana

After the course I returned to my Centre to help in designing the curriculum of our planned Post Graduate Diploma Course in Peace and Conflict Studies. The course made it easier to get comfortable in my field of duty, since I had the chance to learn both the principles and practical aspects of Conflict Prevention. Most Centers put all emphasis on practical but IPSTC integrates some theoretical aspects to deepen learning. This makes a whole lot of difference. A scholar/practitioner would find IPSTC equal to none in understanding the principles behind Conflict Prevention. Shortly after helping to design the curriculum, I was appointed to coordinate the Centers Professional Courses. Conflict Analysis and Prevention is one of the courses being conducted by my Centre. The knowledge and skills I acquired during the Conflict Prevention Course at IPSTC increased my productivity on my job. Since attending the course at IPSTC, I had a stint with the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (Community Level Conflict Management Mechanisms) of the British Council. Part of the requirement for being on this programme was to have conflict analysis and prevention skills acquired from a credible institution. I conducted extensive research and made useful recommendations on ways of preventing and managing community conflict in the troubled Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. In 2011, the Goree Institute in Dakar, Senegal accepted my application to be part of a training of trainers course in conflict

prevention. I have been equipped to teach a pack of modules on different

subjects designed to explain aspects of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention

Framework. I have facilitated several courses and forums requiring

knowledge of conflict analysis and prevention afterwards at the Kofi Annan

International Peace Keeping Training Centre, Nigerian Army Peace Keeping

Training Centre, Command and Staff College, Jaji-Kaduna and the

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Feedback from a participant - Rule of Law, September 2012

The course gave me an in-depth understanding of peace

opertaions withing the mandate of the UN; this has given me

a strong edge in my daily work”

Development Diplomacy for Peace and Security, Regional Trainers Forum with theme; Natural Resource Induced Conflict in

Africa in November, 2011.

I often pause to reflect upon the good times I had at IPSTC, how much I learned while I was there and how well it prepared me

for future professional work. It was an excellent choice for me and I look back very fondly on my time there.

Output 2: Improved regional multinational and multidimensional PSO capability of military, police and civilian personnel to address the evolving peace and security situations

The Peace Operation Planning Course is one of the flagship courses of IPSTC which aims at enhancing participants’ understanding of strategic/operational level planning processes and to equip them with analytical tools and planning skills to produce an integrated mission plan for an African Union peacekeeping operation.

The course focuses on AU level of strategic planning in

an recognition that planning processes may occur at

the sub-regional level.Since this is a generic course the

target audience for this course was comprised of

“planning practitioners” who are working with peace

and security related organizations in general and

“Planning Elements” more specifically. Given the

multidimensional planning environment,the course

attracted participants from 12 countries and from military, police and civilian and thus provided a rich

atmosphere for learning through sharing of ideas, experiences and best practices.

Learning Outcomes focused on helping participants to understand the context of the multidimensional

planning environment, and how the necessary linkages can be achieved with other actors to ensure a

comprehensive approach, in which the peacekeeping objectives are clearly set within the broader context of

post conflict reconstruction. The participants were

able to understand the fundamental principles of

planning and thus build their capacity participate in the

African Union peace operations planning process.

The Rule of Law was on the other hand of the courses customized for South Sudan with the aim of harmonizing understanding of South Sudan rule of law institutions and enable participants to train according to the international laws, human rights and standards.

The target audience for the courses comprised of

participants who should be Potential trainers from

training branches/units consisting of; Uniformed

personnel-SSP, SPLA, Wildlife, Fire brigade Corrections,

Unified Police Force Ministry of interior, Legal units,

UNDP training unit And internal organizations Civil

The Ambasssdor of Japan in Kenya, Toshiba Takata,

presenting certificates during the closing ceremony of the Rule

of law course.

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(1 July -30 September 2012)

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Feedback from participant – Disaster Response and

Management course

This course has helped me appreciate the need to plan comprehensively so that important aspect of disaster response are not forgotten, thus putting human beings and properties at further risks.”

society (NGOs, churches elders and academics). The course attracted 24 participants. The course curricular

and content recognized that customary law plays a major role in the South Sudan legal system. This poses

significant challenges as to how to incorporate customary law, given the diversity of various non state

systems of justice (customary law systems), with conflicting value sets alongside a state legal system.

With a prolonged period of conflict, use of force becomes a norm for claiming rights and settling disputes.

For law enforcement and the criminal justice system to function effectively, and for any process of reform of

criminal law and procedure to occur, it is crucial that the relevant laws, regulations, and jurisprudence from

both the formal and customary justice systems be accessible to and inform those engaged in these functions

to develop better understandings between actors in the various systems of justice, and to begin to lay the

groundwork for improved communication and cooperation in the implementation of rule of law in a new

state in a post conflict context.

The learning outcomes were therefore aimed at demonstrating an enhanced understanding of the

institutional structures and dimensions in South Sudan; demonstrate an understanding of the laws and

Principles governing rule of law and how the the customary laws challenges and how they relate to the

national laws to identify alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.The course was therefore conducted by

reinforcing theoretical and doctrinal aspects with practical sessions which consisted of role playing exercise,

case study as well as lectures. A subject matter expert from UNDP Somalia and JCCP brought in practical

aspects by sharing their experiences working in Somalia and supporting rule of law in a society in conflict and

emerging from conflict.

Disaster Response and Management course aimed to enhance participant’s knowledge, skills and attitude in order to effectively contribute to disaster management programmes in various disaster situations and interventions.

The target audience were individuals serving or will be serving in positions with EASF, Regional Organizations, and Peacekeeping Missions within the Eastern Africa region and coming from institutions such asLocal government,Ministry of Health,Internal security/homeland security, Provincial

administration,UN Agencies, NGOs/INGOs, National organizations, Religious Institutions/CBOs. The course did not however achieve a regional balance in terms of target, but managed to focus on the desired institutions from within Kenya such as the Kenya Red Cross, St Johns’s Ambulance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Forestry, Kenya Airports Authority, among others. The course facilitators were drawn

from different institutions with mandate for disaster prevention and response. A Colonel from the Japan Self Defence Forces, Col Katsunobi Ishibashi was one of the subject matter experts who and share experience on case study of Government of Japan involvement in disaster relief in Haiti and Indonesia.

At the end of the course the participants were able to demonstrate an understanding of concepts and disaster management working frameworks; identify and discuss the phases of disaster management cycle and their relationship; appreciate the importance and demonstrate the ability to develop and implement disaster management plan. Feedback from participants during the training led to a conclusion that a good number of participants had a good grasp of the concept note and thus capacity to replicate the knowledge.

Security Sector Reform course was a tailor-made course for South Sudan.All participants were therefore from South Sudan and especially from the police department, ministry of defence, senior civil servants, peace commission and civil society.The aim of the course was to enhance participants understanding of security sector reform process and equip them with the necessary instructional skills to train and contribute to SSR initatives in the South Sudan. The faciliators for this course were especially drawn from UN system in South Sudan and UNDP in Somalia. JCCP (MS Yukiko Ishii) and some Kenyan experts in Security reforms also participated in this training. Feedback from participants during the course evaluation indicated that was excellently facilitated. The participants however felt that more senior officers should have been invited for the course. As well, a similar course should be organized in Juba to target a bigger number.They appreciated the fact that the Embassy of

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South Sudan officiated the opening of the course which was termed at morale booster, and a sign of Government of South Sudan commitment to reforming the security wide sector. Operational Management of Prisons course was conducted from 1-12 October 2012 with an aim to provide an enhanced application of good prisons management practices to enable trainers, train according to the International Human Rights Standards that govern the management of prisons and treatment of prisoners and detainees. Specifically, the course aimed at an enhanced understanding of the concepts and principles related to prisons ‘management; prisons’ legal frameworks, related Human Rights approaches and challenges; prisons’ administrative skills and practices; prisons security, related risks and challenges; as well as an understanding of the coordination and cooperation mechanisms related to prisons management. 20 participants from South Sudan comprising of 16 male and 4 female from civilian (3) and police (17) components. The corrections course tested the applicability of the 20/40/80 rule as highlighted in the next article.For the Operational Management of Prisons and Human Rights courses, participants were drawn from various South Sudan government agencies, including the National Prisons Service, UNMISS, Human rights commission, legislative assembly, Ministry of Justice, and few from the military.

Human Rights Course: The two week course was conducted

from 5 to 16 November2012aimed at enhancing participants

understanding of the various Human Rights issues and their centrality in planning, analysis and conduct of peace

operations/interventions. The course main objectives were to demonstrate an understanding of the historical

background of Human Rights and define and examine the key concepts informing rights issues in situations of

conflict; examine Human Rights within the international legal framework and to enable participants to engage

different stakeholders to respect, protect, promote and fulfill Human Rights; demonstrate an understanding of

the International Humanitarian Law, its interaction with other areas of international law and its applicability in

PSOs; equip participants with knowledge of humanitarianism and humanitarian assistance, challenges and

factors in humanitarian planning; demonstrate an understanding of gender roles and relations and how they are

impacted in situations of conflict; equip participants with knowledge of violations of women rights, strategies

and mechanisms for equitable and appropriate response to women’s rights violations; equip participants with

the knowledge and skills to improve the protection of children in situations of armed conflict as they respond to

violations of children’s rights; illustrate an enhanced understanding of Human Rights issues and their centrality in

planning, analysis and conduct of PSO/interventions in response to emerging issues/situations. A total of 23

participants from South Sudan were trained, comprising 16 male and 7 female drawn from Civilian (13), Police (3)

and Military (7) components.

Feedback from a course participant:

Joseph Ekwale – UNAMID: I attended the DDR Course at IPSTC from 6 – 17 December 2012 where I had good interactions with people from different works of life, professions and nationalities. Some of the participants are either currently working on the DDR process in one form or the other or on their way to implement one while others are simply from the UN or AU mission where DDR is an integral part of the peace process and their core mandate. So the selection of participants is something to commend the institute about aside the effort for sourcing the caliber of facilitators on the course.

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The administration and other arrangements for participants’ convenience and comfort on the courseincluding feeding,

accommodation, weekend recreational city tour, closing dinner and other packages for the course made the learning environment

quite appreciable and moments unforgettable. The training sessions are mostly in groups and encompass a participatory process. This

method, coupled with relating field experiences from those in the field missions and those from other organizations working on DDR or

something similar together with the theoretical aspects of the DDR taught by the crop of seasoned and dedicated staff of the IPSTC re-

enforces learning and makes assimilation easy and retainable. I received at different times follow up notice and impact generation

information request from the centre. This was to ensure participants keep up to date with the learning from the course and from this,

one can imagine the reliability and consistency of the programme managers of the centre.

Prior to attending the course, I have had over 18 years of military experience and a senior officer in my countries’ military where I had

cause to attend professional training at home and abroad. I also joined the course from the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) where I

had served over a year as a DDR Officer. This is in addition to my earlier one year previous work in the field of DDR/DDRRR in the UN

Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). From this background, I could see how much the course had impacted positively on

me. After the course, I began to support the implementation of DDR in UNAMID with renewed vigour, scope and work plan as well as

enhanced integration and collaborative process that underscore the importance of DDR in Darfur. Facilitation of key DDR activities with

notable changes in the field operation and process were evident, drawing supervisors’ attention and the centre’s commendation. As a

sequel, I was appointed the DDR training and RBB focal points for the unit. In this way, I contributed to enhancement of the sections

reporting and have facilitated a number of other mission staff and DDR partners’ attendance at later DDR and other related trainings at

the IPSTC. Though, I will refrain from mentioning names, but suffice to mention that a good number of my section staff has benefitted

from the IPSTC DDR and SSR training, returning with wonderful testimonies and appreciating my recommending the centre to them.

Even though there seems to be limit to excellence, but in reality there is none, there is always room for improvement. So, I can only

wish IPTSC all the best and encourage them to keep up the good work and maintain the high standard and quality training and the

follow up withtheir alumni on the training impact. Long live IPSTC and greater excellence to IPSTC Training Courses.

Output 3: Increased capacity of regional police deployed in PSO in Eastern Africa or wider Africa

Next is a breakdown of police officers trained in April 2012. The project was expected to train 30 female police

officers only; however, to get value for money from the training, 60 participants were trained with additional

funding from African Union to make a complete class as required by IPSTC. The complete number of female

participation was not reached as there are fewer women involved in police operations, compared to men in the

member states.

s/no Country Male Female Total

1 Kenya 9 5 14

2 Rwanda 8 2 10

3 Tanzania 6 4 10

4 Uganda 4 2 6

5 Norway - 2 2

6 South Sudan - 2 2

7 Sudan 2 - 2

8 Ethiopia 6 - 6

10 Seychelles - 2 2

11 Burundi 6 - 6

Total 41 19 60

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Output 4: Enhanced regional standby capacity of civilian experts for peacekeeping missions and peace building elements of the EASF and African Union Security Architecture

The roster manager coordinated training and roster activities within EASF. As a result 286 civilian personnel

have been trained and registered in the roster. The roster manager has in addition completed discussions

with IPSTC to include a further 115 civilian personnel from IPSTC training data base into the EASF roster

database.

There was review of the actual roster against all personnel in the roster. This entailed contacting all persons

on the roster to ensure that their data is up to date. As a result, the roster has updated and reliable

information.

A two days technical workshop was held in April with seven member states to discuss ways of establishing

civilian national focal points. The outcome of the workshop was an agreement to establish a civilian focal

point at national level and to that effect the EASF civilian component was tasked to prepare a memorandum

to petition the Policy Organ (highest decision making organ of EASF) on the civilian’s participation in

technical meetings at policy organs meetings, as well as to hold an integrated workshop with other

components (police and military) with a view to

creating a common understanding and shared

vision with regard to national focal points. The

Ambassador of Japan in Kenya presided over the

opening ceremony of the workshop.

Five days focused group discussion with nine (9)

participants from the region and EASFCOM

members, representative of African Union (AU)

and office of the United Nations (UN) in AU was

held in Seychelles in May 2012. The workshop

focused on development of a Mission Staffing policy for EASF and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs). A

result of the workshop was content table for the policy, as well as draft SOPs. In addition, there was

consensus that regional mechanisms (e.g. EASF) to focus on recruitment and training, while the AU would

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concentrate on the deployment and employment of Civilians as this aspect has heavy financial and human

resources responsibilities.

The Roster training which was planned for early November was rescheduled to 17-19 December and

renamed to the “Staffing Concept and Data Base Harmonization Workshop”. The name change was in line

with the AU, and with progress of the work that needed to be done with the roster. This included

harmonizing it with the other two previous workshops to improve on the EASF roster. The workshop

consisted of seven participants from member states: Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Seychelles, Sudan, and

Uganda. Some of the workshop recommendations included:

o Translation of the forms in other EASF languages;

o A new format for capturing academic profiles be adopted in the Review Data Capture Form to

address the missing options in the drop down menus;

o Use of National Focal Points and web chat be stepped up to maintain interest and communication

with roster candidates; Access of Focal Points of the Roster System Software/Database be restricted

to viewing the National Database and making recommendations on any possible updates/changes

to EASF;

o To insulate the recommended updates and changes, the necessary supporting documents should be

forwarded to EASF when such updates and changes are effected;

o Entry of newly identified and qualified candidates to the Roster be done and training in the use of

the software system as applicable;

o Limit and designate the people who should have access and at what level to the EASF Roster;

o The requisite security system be procured for protection from unauthorized intrusion from the Wide

Area Network (WAN); and

o The revised form be approved and adopted for the data capture for the EASF Civilian Roster.

EASF WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOP DETAILS AND DATES PARTICIPANTS COMPONENTS GENDER REGION

Civilian Military Police

Male

Female

EASF Region

3 days technical workshop with participants from the region and EASFCOM members conduced at EASF to explore establishment of Civilian National Focal Points in every Member State, 10-12 April 2012, Nairobi

6 6 N/A N/A 4 2 Yes

EASF Civilian Staffing Concept Workshop on Recruitment, Deployment, and Employment of Civilians, 21-25 May 2012, Victoria Seychelles

9 9 N/A N/A 9 0 Yes

Staffing Concept and Data Base Harmonization Workshop, 17-19 December 2012, Nairobi

7 7 N/A N/A

Yes

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Monitoring and Evaluation

A monitoring mission was organized by the JCCP Project Manager, Ms.Yukiko Ishii, in Juba, South Sudan from 24 November to 2 December 2012. Ms. Atsuko Kashiwaguchi, Political and Protocol Officer/Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Kenya, took part in a couple of interviews with local stakeholders, including UNMISS officials.

Outcome monitoring was done to assess the impact of courses delivered at IPSTC under the peace support capacity enhancement project to determine their effectiveness, describing the changes that resulted in the participants and their organizations as a result of the training undertaken. The monitoring and evaluation (M7E) methodology employed has several steps:

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1st step involves the IPSTC Senior staff, including the Director, attending some lessons in order to assess the quality of the delivery. Officers from the Research Department also attend, in order to check that training matches with the learning plan.

2nd step is evaluation forms are filled by the participants at the end of the courses, which are summarized in the After Action Report sent by the Schools to the Director. All relevant comments are taken into account for improving courses delivery.

3rd step entails a questionnaire being sent to alumni through TMS, six (6) months after the end of the course. The answers are summarized in a report sent to the Director and the relevant or recurrent comments are taken into account for improving courses delivery. The number of answers being quite low (7%), IPSTC is intends to request for the funding of a permanent position, dedicated to the follow up of the questionnaires answers and their synthesis.

In order to complement the information obtained from the Alumni, IPSTC has developed a Mobile Evaluation Team (MET) project, which aims to send a joint IPSTC/EASFCOM team to the field, to interview UN/AU mission staff, Alumni, organizations and Governments and get training impact feedback as well as training needs. The first Mobile Evaluation Team, funded by GIZ, will go to Juba and Mogadishu (AMISOM HQ) from 23-29 June 2013.

Under the Somalia project (supplementary budget from Government of Japan), a team will go to Mogadishu to interview key stakeholders and beneficiaries, including Somali organizations and Government institutions, around September/October 2013. The MET enables the Centre to link with various institutions that send participants, and it is recommended for this activity to become regular.

Partnerships and Coordination with other Regional Centers IPSTC has good relations with other African regional centres, where Commandant, Director and senior staff regularly meet IPSTC Director and senior staff during International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres (IAPTC) annual conference and African Peace Support Trainer’s Association (APSTA) meetings. The Commandant of Ethiopian International Peacekeeping Training Centre (EIPKTC), Major-General Hassan, undertook a 3-days benchmarking visit to IPSTC in 2012, and the Director IPSTC agreed to support as much as possible the development of the Ethiopian centre. In 2012, IPSTC welcomed a delegation from Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) and in turn IPSTC intends to send some senior staff to Ghana in due course. The former and new Directors of Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA) are also friends of IPSTC. The former Director visited the Centre in 2011 and the new Director, Ambassador Ehab Badawy, met IPSTC senior staff during the APSTA offices inauguration in 2012. Feedback from a course participant:

Peter Mwamachi Between the 1st and the 12th day of March 2012, I attended a course at the International Peace Support Training Center at Karen in Nairobi, Kenya. The course which was titled; Conflict Analysis and Prevention, aimed at enhancing the understanding of conflict situations and equipping the participants with analytical tools and skills to identify and interpret key issues and dynamics of conflict system and to apply the same in a manner appropriate to their respective organization.The was a major eye opener and had real value in my daily work at the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management (NSC). Being the person in charge of the National Conflict Early Warning and Early Response in my organization, the course came in handy in the following main areas: The work around the conflict early warning mechanism involves getting information from divergent sources. This therefore calls for strong analytical skills so as to put meaning to all the information however scant or incoherent. I must admit that the course at IPSTC gave me the requisite knowledge to do this analysis. I have been able to carry out analysis of various conflicts in the country (Pokot – Turkana Conflict, The North Eastern Province Clan conflicts among many more), and determine the key actors, issues, the intervention entry points among others. Conflicts are dynamic and unique so are the responses. Conflict Early Warning and Early Response requires that once an analysis has been done, a response measure should be suggested. This also happens to be part of my work, where in a number of incidences I have recommended the deployment of Emergence Response Funds which aims at facilitating dialogue between the communities experiencing tensions. In the recent past I have made such recommendation to Trans Nzoia, Kuria, Kisumu East, Wareng, Eldoret, Marsabit, Laisamis, among many others. There have also been incidences where there have been recommendations to increase the security patrols for instance in the Nairobi informal settlement areas during the confirmation of the ICC cases at the Hague.

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Understanding the root causes of conflicts is key to analyzing the conflicts appropriately and making the right recommendations. As a member of the Conflict Analysis Group (CAG), I have found the knowledge gained at the institution to be invaluable. The course has been of use as it is now clear to understand the structural causes of conflicts in Kenya which in many instances are the root causes of conflicts for instance, unemployment of the youth, the wide gap between the haves and have nots, competition over limited resources among others. One of the main objectives of the conflict early warning and early response is proactively managing conflicts basically by preventing their occurrence or escalation. Collectively and as an organization we have been able to prevent the occurrence of many conflicts across the country. For instance during the Constitutional referendum period of 2010, the UWIANO Platform initiated initiatives that helped forestall violence in the country as tensions were very high.Courtesy of Peter Mwamachi.

BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNED AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES

Overall guidance: What are the lessons learned that would be useful for future projects? Highlight any implementation challenges. What was the impact on the project? What counter-measures were taken to address any anticipated challenges in the future? Did the project experience any delays? Why? Best practices:

¤ The courses delivered following a learning plan developed by the IPSTC Research Department in partnership with recognized experts and members of concerned countries, are best practices from the project. The curricula are customized in order to match the requirements and specificities of the audience when the participants come from one country (South Sudan, Somalia). The main impact of this process is that courses are adapted to the participants’ needs and context.

¤ The Training Management System (TMS) is a best practice that assists with course management issues such as data collation, report generation, information dissemination, knowledge management, as well as collaboration with participants and sponsors.

Lessons learnt:

¤ The need to conduct training validation at the field level in PSO missions to gauge the impact of the training and validate the application of concepts taught in the courses.

¤ Gender balance remains a big challenge especially in South Sudan where there are less women working in the peace and security field. Gender mainstreaming will need to be entrenched in the course design, participants invitation and training. The response from South Sudan participants to fill all allocated slots was quite commendable. The participants indicated that they would be very much interested in mores courses tailored for their country. Pursuing gender parity is key in contributing to the global best practices on women empowerment.

¤ Lobbying and giving sufficient notice to the EASF member states is critical to enhance participation.This is because securing participants from the EASF region can be political, and also the fact that it is the prerogative of the member states to send the requisite participants.

¤ The need for IPSTC to have resident subject-matter-experts for the various courses it is offering has been highlighted. This is especially important to ensure that there is a link between curriculum design and evaluation, and actual training.

¤ Lack of control over deployment of the trained personnel is still a challenge for training centres such as IPSTC. Closer links between IPSTC and insitutions such as UN, AU and EASF which are responsible for deployment is important to ensure that trained personnel are deployed or included in the roster system for future deployment.

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¤ Lack of national focal points for civilian component continue to be a challenge as often trainees attending courses at IPSTC are not selected based on the competence or availability for deployment. It is important therefore to ensure those trainees selected at member state levels are those that eventually will be deployed.

¤ Lessons have also shown that although not all trainees end up being deployed in PSO, some of them are working in peace and security insitutions at national and regional levels, and thus the need to continue focusing on building capacity for those institutions as they continue to provide vital and necessary services, though not working in PSO arena.

¤ Working with international subject-matter-experts from Japan and elsewhere, is important ininfusing new thinking and sharing of best practices during training. This effort should be continued.

¤ To enhance monitoring and evaluation, joint mobile evaluation teams and training needs assessments should be pursued and budgeted for to complement the Training Management System (TMS). This would help in getting quicker, first hand training impact feedback and training needs from beneficiaries and stakeholders, including UN staff, alumni, organisations, governments. For example, the mobile monitoring mission undertaken in November-December in South Sudan brought vital lessons learned to be taken forward. However, it was not initially planned for, but was eventually organized with the minimum preparation upon a strong request by the Government of Japan. The M&E budget is approximately $3,500 per member of the Mobile Evaluation Team for a one-week mission. Going forward, there is a plan to send at least four persons under the Somalia component, and requisite budgets should be allocated.

¤ A review of the facilitators’costs is recommended in subsequent phases and proposals, as in the current phase there was under-budgeting.

¤ The EASF Roster training/ Staffing Concept and Data Base Harmonization Workshop provided valuable insights and strong recommendations to concretize the presence of the civilian component as part of PSO deployment. However, the workshop was postponed twice, due to lack of understanding among key EASF stakeholders on the way the Civilian Component functions in relation to other components within Planelm.

¤ For future phases, the Programme Management Unit (PMU) numbers and costs should be rationalized based on the project scope and the PMU support needed.

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NEXT STEPS

Overall guidance: What are the follow-up activities to the current project interventions? Is there a second phase of the project? Is there a need to adjust project objective and methodologies? How? Make recommendations on how the project can be improved for better and more sustainable impact. Provide a sequence of events that would follow the end of the current project. From 19 to 25 May 2013 there will be the EASF Field Training Exercise (FTX) Mashariki Salam 2013 in Jinja, Uganda. A substantial part of the Training and Rostering role would be developing civilian materials and other preparations in relation to the exercise, preparing and identifying civilian staffing from the roster for the FTX. Exercise Mashariki Salam aims at addressing gaps identified during previous exercises and trainings, while consolidating gains made to ensure EASF region enhances capability of the African Standby Force (ASF) in achieving the Full Operational Capability by the end of 2015. A third phase of the project is anticipated to the tune on US$500,000. The focus of the third phase will be to continue with the consolidation of the gains made during the first and the current phase and especially focusing on South Sudan which still has a lot training training gaps. Further the IPSTC applied research sub department will be supported to ensure it is fully entrenched within the training and research frameworks. This will guarantee thatcontious research will be conducted to make thetraining and regional peace and security policy realistic and is responsive. The project will also complete the ongoing work on supporting the civilian dimension/component of EASF to complete the ongoing

work on devopment of concepts/policy guidelines on establishment of national civilian focal points as well as policy on mission staffing. The methodology employed has worked well and no major changes will be expected. Support of US $1,500,000 is anticipated towards building institutional and human capacity to respond to peacebuilding and conflict prevention in Somalia. This will help in addressing the urgent need for capacity building of the region with a priority on Somalia, in areas that will lead to protection of civilians, enhance rule of law, address the problems of small arms and light weapons and reduce incidents of sex and gender based violence as well abuse and exploitation of children, including recruitment of children in to fighting forces.

Photos of some key IPSTC events and visits in 2012. Courtesy

IPSTC Peace Builders News, Volume 5, Issue (1 July - 31

October 2012)

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Overall guidance: Indicate the total amount provided by the GoJand provide breakdown of programmable amount and the GMS amount. Provide detailed financial

expenditures by outputs and activities andcomplete the Financial Summary Table (as indicated in Annex A). Ensure that the figures provided match with those in Atlas.

Annex A

Financial Summary Table: (January - December 2012)

Outputs

Planned

Actual (Achievements)

Variations outstanding

Reasons

Recommendations/comments

Activities

Budget US$

Activities

Disbursed

Output 1: Enhanced institutional capacity for applied research, training design and management that address regional PSO needs, peace and security policy development.

2 researchers and training coordinator recruited, Disaster management course and Correctional management courses designed. Rule of Law, Human rights and SSR course customized. Research agenda formulated and research conducted, Subject Matter

214,647 Recruitment completed (1 Training Coordinator and 2 Researchers)

curriculum design completed

research agenda formulated

JCCP continously provided subject matter experts (SME)

TMS updated

$223,632 (8,985) Provided under request for re-allocation of untilised funds – letters dated 11 Dec 2012 &10 Jan 2013 Additional accomplishments: Disaster

Response and

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Experts sourced through JCCP, training management system upgraded, regional symposium

regional symposium conducted (34 participants)

research products published - 4 issue briefs and 4 occasional papers

Management curriculum developed

Election Monitoring and Management curriculum developed

1 Facilitator guide on Rule of Law

1 Facilitator Guide on Corrections Management

1 Facilitator Guide on CIMIC

Output 2: Improved regional multinational and multidimensional PSO capability of military, police and civilian personnel to address the evolving peace and security situations

Peace Operation Planning courses (POPC), Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform (SSR), and Disaster management and response courses conducted.

$370,000 Courses conducted:

Human rights (23 participants)

Prisons correctional course (20 participants)

SSR (19 participants)

Disaster Response and Management (30 participants)

$352,975 $17,025 Provided under request for re-allocation of untilised funds

Output 3: Increased capacity of regional police deployed in PSO in Eastern Africa or wider Africa

30 female participants trained in UN/AU police predeployment course

$70,000 60 police officers trained $70,730 (730) Activity completed. 30 additional officers were conducted through funding from AU.

A small over expenditure of $730 incurred as a result of increased flight costs.

Output 4: Enhanced regional standby capacity of civilian experts for

Coordination of training and roster managemen,

$93,017 Coordination of the roster system during the 1 year

$93,017 -

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peacekeeping missions and peace building elements of the EASF and African Union Security Architecture

Workshop on Civilian national focal points, and

Focused group discussion on civilian standard operating guidelines and policy developed.

3 days technical workshop conducted (6 participants)

EASF Civilian Staffing Concept Workshop on Recruitment, Deployment, and Employment of Civilians held (9 participants)

Staffing concept and database harmonization workshopconducted (7 participants)

Project Management Unit (PMU)

Quarterly and annual work plans and reports prepared on a timely basis and approved. Project steering committee meetings and technical meetings held at least 3 times during the project life.Funds disbursed to partners on a timely basis.

Staff recruited and deployed at IPSTC by 1st quarter.

Annual Audit carried out.

Monitoring at the project sites conducted regularly and issues arising resolved. Strategic and operational advice provided to the project implementers and documented. Issue and risks reported, resolved and updated on the issue

$100,000

Annual work plan and quarterly reports prepared

3 project steering committee meetings and 4 technical committees held

Funds advanced to partners on timely basis

Spot checks and monitoring visits conducted

Technical advise provided to partners, monitoring and feedback from trainees gathered and reported

Project Issues, risks monitored and updated inATLAS

Audit conducted and unqualified

$107,310 (7,310) Service Contract proforma costs were reviewed during the year by the Coutry Office

For future phases, the PMU numbers and costs should be rationalized based on project scope and PMU support needed

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and risk logs in the ATLAS.

Donors updated on project progress regularly.

Project document for Phase III prepared - US $500,000

Concept and project document developed for supplementary budget - US $1,500,000

Project review coordinated

UNDP Adminstration costs (7%)

$52,336 $52,336 -

TOTAL $900,000 $900,000