19-12-2018: Mombasa, Kenya. At the conclusion of the recently held 4-day meeting between IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) and IGAD Member States that was held in Mombasa, Kenya where the member states called on IGAD to facilitate and expedite the establishment of a regional criminal information system to strengthen criminal information exchange and effectively prevent, counter, and swiftly respond to transnational criminal threats such as terrorism, human trafficking and smuggling, and money laundering that require a comprehensive response with high-level cooperation and coordination.

14-12-2018: Juba, South Sudan: The IGAD Mediation Support Unit (MSU) from December 11-12, 2018 held a two day meeting in Juba, South Sudan with an aim to update the IGAD Committee of Ambassadors (CoA) on the various initiatives undertaken in 2018 by the Mediation Unit.

Attachments:

Resolution of the CoA Juba 2018.pdf

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12-12-2018: Mombasa, Kenya: The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) together with IGAD Member States are holding a workshop in Mombasa, Kenya to review, evaluate, improve and validate findings and recommendations of IGAD Member State national assessment reports of national Criminal Information System (CIS) and infrastructures aimed at establishing a regional mechanism for law enforcement and criminal justice system cross border cooperation to address the evolving, emerging and existing transnational security threats (EEE-TSTs), an initiative of IGAD SSP.

29-11-2018, Kampala, Uganda: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations (UN) this morning kick-started a two-day high level meeting to review events in the Horn of Africa, within the context of recent political and diplomatic developments in the region. 

26-11-2018, Entebbe, Uganda: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) will from November 26-29 November 2018 hold a joint meeting with senior participants from security agencies, Foreign Affairs ministries, Immigration and other related offices within the IGAD Member States to revitalize, devise modalities and chart ways forward on how to instrumentalize the Regional Task Force recommendations of 2014 and recognize the ongoing efforts towards the realization of the regional cooperation and coordination platform on transnational security threats in Entebbe, Uganda.

The expectations from the 4-day forum is to draft a Protocol/Agreement on the establishment of the regional Criminal Investigation Services (CIS) and/or the platform roadmap providing a plan of action towards its implementation through coordination and information sharing against Trans Security Threats (TSTs).

During the 4 day meeting, the team will also revisit the findings and recommendations of the Task Force report; review draft report on the assessment of national criminal information system (NCIS) – Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda as well as share regional and international instruments of the AU, UN and IGAD on cooperation, coordination and share information on mechanisms on Trans Security Threats (TSTs).

The discussions will also include how IGAD can strengthen regional cooperation, coordination and information sharing as well as give the status on its conventions on mutual legal assistance and extradition and revitalized efforts towards ratification of the treaties.

Through plenary discussions, good practices and lessons learned of selected existing regional and international platforms such as; WAPIS, CARICC, Interpol, Europol, Afripol, CISSA and ACSRT will be considered with different representatives from the different institutions highlighting the process of the establishment, legal frameworks, mandates and services, methods of information sharing, policies and procedures, organizational staffing, success stories/good practices and challenges.

About Regional Task Force

In 2014, IGAD SSP established a Regional Task Force (TF) composed of senior security officials from all Member States (MSs) guided by a consultant. The TF was established and commissioned in line with the decision of the Khartoum forum of experts on December 2013.

IGAD SSP has continued to promote and realize the recommendations of the Task Force and was commissioned the review of national criminal information systems (NCIS) of MSs in view of assessing the technical feasibility of establishing regional criminal information system.

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Attachments:

Statement of the CIS - ISSP Validation Meeting in Entebbe, Uganda.pdf

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