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SUMMARY:Making African Centered Solutions Work for The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DAM (GERD): Equitable Development and Peaceful Coexistence
DESCRIPTION:Click here to download  Concept Note |  Agenda  | Webinar Guidelines \nVenue: Online via Google Meet\, Register here \nGrand Renaissance Dam construction\, believed to be a slingshot for Ethiopia’s economy in various ways\, began in 2011 on the Blue Nile or Abay tributary in the northern Ethiopia highlands\, from where 86% of the Nile’s waters flow. When complete\, it will be not only Ethiopia’s but Africa’s biggest hydroelectric power plant.  However\, its construction has caused a row between Egypt and Ethiopia\, with Sudan caught in between. At the center of the dispute are plans to fill up the mega-dam as Egypt fears the project will allow Ethiopia to control the flow of Africa’s longest river. Hydroelectric power stations do not consume water\, but the speed with which Ethiopia fills up the dam’s reservoir will affect the flow downstream. Besides being a matter of national sovereignty\, the $4bn (£3bn) dam is at the heart of Ethiopia’s manufacturing and industrial dreams. \nWhen completed it is expected to be able to generate a massive 6\,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity enabling the country to address the acute shortage of electricity where over 65% of the total population is not connected to the grid. The energy generated will be enough to have its citizens connected and sell the surplus power to neighboring countries. Egypt on the other hand has proposed a longer period 12 to 21 years ensuring the level of the river does not dramatically drop. With the July deadline coming to end for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to become functional\, the disagreement has escalated into a diplomatic stand-off. Some International Law experts have gone as far as predicting breakdown of political and diplomatic negotiations giving way to military means while others find such a notion as utterly unreasonable. \nThe United Nations Development Programme expressed concern that conflict over water resources could expand into “water wars”. This calls for African solutions for African problems – a commitment and determination by African leaders\, the AU and RECs\, to be in the driving seat in tackling the dilemmas facing the continent and ensure equitable development and peaceful coexistence as envisaged in Agenda 2063 the SDGs and other key regional and international instruments. \nWelcome\, Address: \n\nMrs. Lettie Tembo Longwe\, Interim Director\, African Peace and Security Programme\, Head\, Tana Secretariat\, Institute for Peace and Security Studies(IPSS)\n\nSpeakers : \n\nH.E Amb Bugason Mike\, Coordinator\, AU Mediation Support Union\, Peace and Security Department\, AU Commission\nMr. Abdul Mohammed\, Chief of Staff\, High Implementation Panel for the Horn of Africa\, African Union.\nDr. Sidi Omar\, Representative of the Frente POLISARIO at the UnitedNations\, New York\, Visiting Researcher at the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace\, Universitat Jaume I\, Castellón\, Spain\, Member of the Interuniversity Institute of Social Development and Peace (IUDESP)\, Universitat Jaume I\, Castellón\, Spain\nMS. Elissa Jobson\, Director\, Director\, Africa Regional Advocacy\, International Crisis Group\nDr. Yacob Arsano\, An Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Addis Ababa University.\n\nModerator : \nDr. Yonas Adaye Adeto\, Director\,  Institute for Peace and Security Studies\, Addis Ababa University\, Assistant Professor of African Security Governance and Peacebuilding
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/ipss-virtual-policy-dialogues-making-african-centered-solutions-work-for-the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-gerd-equitable-development-and-peaceful-coexistence/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Briefing Session
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SUMMARY:The African Union's Engagement in the Sahel Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Online via Google Meet\,  \nClick here to download the Webinar Guidelines \nThe Sahel region has been wrecked by governance\, conflict\, and insecurity for years. The response of the African Union has been criticized for being inadequate and inordinately focused on a militaristic response. In this context\, Crisis Action and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies plan to organize a virtual seminar on the African Union’s engagement with the Sahel crisis.  The seminar will explore the AU’s political engagement in relation to the ongoing conflict in the Sahel\, with a focus on Mali\, Niger\, and Burkina Faso. \nKeynote speaker:-​ Prof. Anouar Boukhars\, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at McDaniel College\, Maryland\, USA.
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/ipss-virtual-policy-dialogues-the-african-unions-engagement-in-the-sahel-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Briefing Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20200609T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20200609T120000
DTSTAMP:20210426T075217Z
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SUMMARY:Local Governments and the Sustainable Integration of Refugees in Ethiopia
DESCRIPTION:Click here to download the  Summery | Agenda  | Webinar Guidelines \nVenue: Online via Google Meet\, Register here \nThis presentation summarises intermediary results of a collaborative research project between researchers from Ethiopia and Germany. In February and March 2020\, the project team studied the implementation in Ethiopia of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) at the local level with case studies in the Somali region. The project investigated the practical challenges for regional and local government entities to sustainably integrate refugees into local communities and aimed at identifying examples of good practice. Further\, the project looked into the role of international support in this context.  Special attention was given to the actual or presumed consequences of refugee integration in such important issue areas as education\, registration & documentation\, livelihoods\, access to land\, as well as the peaceful coexistence of refugees and local residents. \nSpeakers include: \n\nAbdirahman Ahmed Mahumed\, Jigjiga University (JJU)\nDr Jörn Grävingholt\, German Development Institute (DIE)\nDr. Jana Kuhnt\, German Development Institute (DIE)\n\nModerator​:-​Dr. Mesfin GebreMichael\, Assistant Professor and ARUA Director\, Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) \nThe project “Local governments and the sustainable integration of refugees” is a joint research project between the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS)\, Jigjiga University (JJU)\, and the German Development Institute (DIE).
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/ipss-virtual-policy-dialogues-local-governments-and-the-sustainable-integration-of-refugees-in-ethiopia/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Briefing Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20200521T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20200521T120000
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SUMMARY:How Will COVID-19 Impact Peace and Security in Africa?
DESCRIPTION:Click here to download the full Concept Note | Agenda  | Webinar Guidelines \nVenue: Online via Google Meet\, Register here \nIPSS and Amani Africa are pleased to organize a virtual policy dialogue that aims to discuss the gravity of the peace and security consequences of COVID-19 and the various ways it will impact existing conflicts\, post-conflict processes and political transitions. \nCOVID-19 has upended the social\, economic and institutional systems across the world in unexpected ways. An increasing concern in Africa is how far COVID-19 will go in worsening already difficult conflict situations\, unravelling peace and transitional processes\, and pushing fragile systems. \nThe panel will seek to address the following questions: \n\nHow will COVID-19 affect security and insecurity at national and regional levels?\nWhich conflict situations should be closely monitored and why?\nWhat is the impact of COVID-19 on the African Peace and Security Architecture?\nHow will COVID-19 affect the AU reform process?\nHow should we prepare and respond to the peace and security challenges arising from COVID-19?\nWhat sources of resilience can societies use to cope with the insecurity caused by COVID-19? How should AU\, RECs/RMs and other peace and security actors including the UN tap into and support such sources of resilience?\n\nWelcome and introduction: Dr. Yonas Adaye Adeto\, Director\, Institute for Peace and Security Studies \nModerator: Dr. Solomon A. Dersso\, Founding Director\, Amani Africa \nPanellists: \n\nMrs. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh\, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)\nDr. Comfort Ero\, Director\, Africa Program\, International Crisis Group\n\nDiscussant:\nMrs. Michelle Ndiaye\, Outgoing Director\, Africa Peace and Security Programme / Head of Secretariat\, Tana Forum\, IPSS\n 
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/ipss-virtual-policy-dialogues-how-will-covid-19-impact-peace-and-security-in-africa/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Briefing Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20200430T100000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The AfCFTA\, Peace and Security: Implications of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:Despite its late entry into\, and relatively slow spread in Africa\, Corona virus has over 17\,247 Africans infected with almost 910 of those succumbing to the disease. \nTo register\, email registration@ipss-addis.org \nClick here to download the full Webinar Concept Note and Webinar Agenda \n 
URL:https://ipss-addis.org/event/webinar-the-afcfta-peace-and-security-implications-of-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Briefing Session
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