Peace and Security in Africa and TICAD 8 (evaluation of TICAD 8 outcomes)
Hybrid | Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa | ZoomDownload: Concept Note To Register - Click Here The 10th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa has taken place in 2022 in Bahir Dar in hybrid format under the theme, “Managing Security Threats: Building Resilience for the Africa We Want”. Following this, the secretariat holds multi-stakeholders dialogue on a selected theme […]
APSA’s Strategic Partnerships for Peace Beyond Funding
Download: Concept Note Registration Link The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) and the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) will convene a seminar on Thursday 16 February 2023 at the sideline of the African Union (AU) Assembly. The theme of the seminar is “APSA’s Strategic Partnerships for Peace Beyond Funding”. The seminar will […]
Africa’s Place in a Multipolar World: Moving from Strategy to Action
Bayerischer Hof, Yellow ParlourDownload: Concept Note Global competition for spheres of influence, technological supremacy, and raw materials is heating up. States increasingly use their economic power to shape the global order according to their national interests without due diligence to how these actions impact others. Increasing tensions between USA and China, the Russian war in Ukraine, and regional […]
36th AU summit: confronting Africa’s security challenges?
Hybrid Conference (Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa)Download: Concept Note | Register to attend online As African leaders prepare for deliberations at the Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, from 18 to 19 February 2023, a number of issues compete for their attention. The first comprise of global matters with enormous impacts on Africa’s well-being […]
Book Launch on State-building South Sudan. International Intervention and the Formation of a Fragmented State
IPSS New Building HallClick here to Register | Download Poster The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) cordially invites you to a book launch session. The session will be held on 28 February 2023 from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at IPSS New Conference Hall, Addis Ababa University, FBE Campus
MPSA Alumni Event 2023
Download: Concept Note | Agenda The MPSA programme provides state-of-the-art executive training for professionals working on African peace and security issues. The objective of the programme is to enhance the professional competencies of senior and mid-level officials from the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) working as part of the […]
IWD 2023 – Forging women’s equality through Embracing Equity
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Embassy of the Netherlands, Addis Ababa, Addis AbabaDownload: Concept Note International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually to highlight the achievements of women, raise awareness about existing gender inequalities, and challenge and act towards gender equality. This year’s theme of IWD is #EmbraceEquity. This theme highlights the fact that we do not all start from the same place, and as such, we […]
Post-Tana Regional Multi-Stakeholders Forum: Enhancing Regional Responses to Political Transitions
Johnwood Hotel, Abuja, NigeriaDownload: Concept Note The 10th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa was held from 14-16th October 2022, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, under the theme, “Managing Security Threats: Building Resilience for the Africa We Want”. In line with the tradition of the Tana Forum, the Secretariat is mandated to organize multi-stakeholders forum […]
Strategic Planning Civil Society Engagements with the African Union (RECS/RMs, Special Envoys, High Representatives and AU Liaison Offices)
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDownload: Concept Note Over the last 20 years the African Union (AU) has established itself as the principal continental policy maker on governance, peace, and security. In the last year, the AU has operationalized an institutional reform which has seen a merger of the former Peace and Security and Political Affairs (PSD, DPA) departments into […]
Second Annual Strategic Retreat between Civil Society and the Political Affairs Peace and Security (PAPS) Commissioner
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDownload: Concept Note Over the last 20 years the African Union (AU) has established itself as the principal continental policy maker on governance, peace, and security. In the last year, the AU has operationalized an institutional reform which has seen a merger of the former Peace and Security and Political Affairs (PSD, DPA) departments into […]
Current Ethiopian Crisis Inquiries into Fundaments
IPSS New Conference HallDownload: Concept Note | To Register: Click Here (In-person participation is by invitation only) The Institute for Peace and Security Studies and the College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, in collaboration with Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University, Uganda, are organizing a two days conference on the theme “Current Ethiopian Crisis: Inquiries into […]
A Human Security Approach for AU PSOs: Lessons from AMISOM
IPSS old Conference room(In-person participation is by invitation only) Background to the Research Programme Through United Nations Security Council Resolution 2628 the UN authorized the African Union Peace and Security Council to reconfigure AMISOM and replaced it with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), with effect from 1 April 2022. AMISOM was a central pillar in […]