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    • African Border Dispute Settlement: The User’s Guide 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2016-07)
      Borders, which constitute a core security interest of the State, determine the extent of the geographical area under the exclusive jurisdiction of a State. The absence of clearly defined territorial control and the ill ...
    • African Union Border Programme: Border Day 2018 

      Peace and Security Department (Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division, Peace and Security Department, 2018)
      The Commemoration of African Border Day was decided by the African Ministers in charge of Border Issues in 2010. The aim of African Border day is to sensitize all relevant stakeholders about the role and the importance of ...
    • African Union’s Quick Impact Project Implementation: Lessons Learned From Somalia 

      Peace and Security Department (Crisis Management and Post Conflict Reconstruction Division (CMPCRD), Peace and Security Department, 2018-10)
      An important element of the African Union’s (AU) activities is its ability to deliver tangible peace dividends to address immediate needs of populations affected by conflicts. The AU usually does this through implementation ...
    • AU Youth for Peace Africa (Y4P) Program validates the Continental Framework on Youth, Peace and Security and Study on the Roles and Contributions of Youth to Peace and Security 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Commission, 2019-10-29)
      Press Release: Accra, 29 October 2019: The Youth for Peace Africa (Y4P) Program of the African Union Commission, managed by its Peace and Security Department, reviewed and validated the draft Continental Framework on Youth, ...
    • AU-DDR Newsletter 

      Peace and Security Department (Defense and Security Division (DSD), Peace and Security Department, 2017-06)
      The focus in Phase II was determined following a review of Phase I and the identification of lessons learnt. In this regard, key priority areas of engagement have been identified and these include: (i) Providing operational ...
    • AU-DDR Newsletter 

      Peace and Security Department (Defense and Security Division (DSD), Peace and Security Department, 2016-06)
      In this issue you will find mention of other peace and security initiatives that are intrinsically intertwined with the implementation of DDR activities. We see the role that DDR plays in galvanizing efforts in PSO’s like ...
    • Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division of the AU Peace and Security Department 

      Peace and Security Department (Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division, Peace and Security Department, 2018-02)
      The Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division focuses on the anticipation and prevention of violent conflicts in Africa.
    • Continental Structural Conflict Prevention Framework 

      Peace and Security Department (Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division, Peace and Security Department, 2018)
      The AU’s Continental Structural Conflict Prevention Framework (CSCPF) has been developed to facilitate a Commission-wide coordinated approach to structural conflict prevention. It seeks to identify and address structural ...
    • Creation and Operation of Boundary Commissions in Africa: The User’s Guide 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2014-08)
      Every boundary across Africa – indeed across the world – is unique, with its own distinct history, definition, and human and physical geographical contexts. The aim of this handbook is not to proscribe strict regulations ...
    • Dialogue on the Implementation of China-Africa Peace and Security Initiative, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 February 2019 

      Peace and Security Department; Chergui, Smail Amb. (2019-02-06)
      Speech: Addis Ababa, 6 February 2019: Statement pronounced by the African Union Commissioner for Political affairs on behalf of H.E. Amb. Smail Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security: Dialogue on the ...
    • From Barriers to Bridges: Collection of Official Texts on African Borders from 1963 to 2012 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2013-05)
      Developed for readers and practitioners by the African Union Border Programme, this Volume gathers in Section I all the founding instruments and legal frameworks pertaining to international boundary issues on the African ...
    • Gender Bite Five: Sex-disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators 

      Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-08)
      This is an e-learning initiative by the AU Gender, Peace and Security Programme, (GPSP) aimed at providing policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the concepts of gender and its practical application ...
    • Gender Bite Four: What is Gender Mainstreaming? 

      Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-07)
      This is an e-learning initiative by the AU Gender, Peace and Security Programme, (GPSP) aimed at providing policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the concepts of gender and its practical application ...
    • Gender Bite Six: Conflict-related gender issues 

      Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-09)
      This is an e-learning initiative by the AU Gender, Peace and Security Programme, (GPSP) aimed at providing policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the concepts of gender and its practical application ...
    • Gender Bite Three: Gender Concepts - Part 2: Understanding Gender Equality, Gender Roles and Stereotypes 

      Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-06)
      This is an e-learning initiative by the AU Gender, Peace and Security Programme, (GPSP) aimed at providing policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the concepts of gender and its practical application ...
    • Guidelines Note for the Implementation of The African Union Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy 

      Peace and Security Department (Crisis Management and Post Conflict Reconstruction Division (CMPCRD), Peace and Security Department, 2018-10)
      The African Union (AU) Guidelines Note for the implementation of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy has been developed within the Commission’s framework on peace and security, which includes the ...
    • Incremental Steps towards the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATGs) 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Commission, 2019-06)
      The IATGs set out a series of comprehensive guidelines that help to reduce the potential for UEMS and also increase the security of ammunition. However, it is recognized that the implementation of all of these measures can ...
    • Installation of a Cross-Border Basic Service Infrastructure: The User’s Guide 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2013-05)
      This book, entitled Installation of a Cross-Border Basic Service Infrastructure: The User’s Guide, presents a successful experience of cross-border cooperation arising from a local initiative in the healthcare sector in ...
    • The Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) 

      Peace and Security Department (Peace and Security Department, 2016)
      The African Union Commission’s Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD), alternatively referred to as the African Standby Force Continental Planning Element, was set up pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 of the ...
    • Physical Security and Stockpile Management: Preconditions and Sustainability 

      Peace and Security Department (African Union Commission, 2019-06)
      National and international interventions are often able to improve Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) practices in the short-term. However, these improvements are often not maintained over time. In extreme ...