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Project

Promotion of an inclusive approach to security in West Africa
 

Guinea
Ivory Coast
Senegal
Project ID
107296
Total Funding
CAD 466,700.00
IDRC Officer
Ramata Thioune
Project Status
Completed
End Date
Duration
24 months

Programs and partnerships

Governance and Justice

Lead institution(s)

Project leader:
Adjaratou AIDARA
Senegal

Project leader:
Oury Traore
Senegal

Summary

Despite the transition to democracy and institutional reconstruction underway in most West African countries, many still experience high incidences of violence and crime. These often lead to recurring, violent clashes with local security forces, thus perpetuating new cycles of violence.Read more

Despite the transition to democracy and institutional reconstruction underway in most West African countries, many still experience high incidences of violence and crime. These often lead to recurring, violent clashes with local security forces, thus perpetuating new cycles of violence. Research has shown that an inclusive approach to community security may be effective in preventing this violence. In West Africa, however, there is little knowledge of the most appropriate strategies for ensuring an inclusive approach to community security. This project will help identify the factors required to develop and implement this approach to security. Under the direction of Partners Senegal, research will be conducted by multidisciplinary teams in the Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Senegal. Following a participatory approach that takes into account gender, researchers will propose strategies and governance structures for an inclusive community security sector. They will also develop tools and models that contribute to the effective prevention of insecurity and criminal behaviour at the local level. Their work will contribute to research on how to integrate and manage security problems in West Africa.

Research outputs

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Études
Language:

French

Summary

L’étude objective des sources et des données ethnographiques montre que la culture dominante dans la zone Ouest africaine, se définit en termes de dialogue, de compromis, de coexistence et de paix. Dans cette zone dont l’écosystème savane-sahel est propice à l’ouverture, aux échanges et à l’acculturation, les aspirations à la paix ont permis de développer des mécanismes dont la finalité est d’éviter ou de réfréner les conflits armés et la violence. Le problème qui se pose à nous est de savoir comment replacer le concept de sécurité inclusive dans des dimensions socio-culturelle et historique. L’exercice consiste à identifier, d’une part, les coutumes et croyances existantes, susceptibles de favoriser une gestion inclusive de la sécurité, et d’autre part, les facteurs qui constituent des entraves. Pour ce faire, les données sont issues des enquêtes de terrain, des « focus groups » et des interviews. Elles ont été conduites par les équipes, complétées par des recherches complémentaires, sociologiques, historiques et anthropologiques. C’est cette double approche heuristique qui a permis de procéder à cette recension. Le préalable à cette étude a été une bonne compréhension des deux concepts : coutumes et croyances. La coutume est un cadre englobant une logique qui s’exerce à travers la parenté et l’ethnie, domaine de prédilection de ’anthropologie. Plus précisément, c’est une pratique qui s’applique à travers les générations, afin de reproduire et de conserver les habitudes et les « manières de faire des ancêtres », grâce à un système de transmission fondé sur l’oralité.

Author(s)
Drame, Mamadou
Dossiers
Language:

French

Summary
Author(s)
Aïdara Ndiaye, Adjaratou Wakha
Dossiers
Language:

French

Summary
Author(s)
Aïdara Ndiaye, Adjaratou Wakha
Brief
Language:

English

Summary

From 1998 to 2000, General Lamine Cissé was the Senegalese Minister of lnterior. As such, he organized the Parliamentary elections in 1998, the senatorial elections in 1999 and the presidential ones in 2000, which established the first democratic transition in Senegal. He is a member of the 'International Security Sector Advisory Team' (ISSAT) which is a branch of the Democratic Contrai of Armed Forces (DCAF) in Geneva. He is also a member of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN). This brief offers an overview of his life work and numerous international diplomatic awards.

Author(s)
Aïdara Ndiaye, Adjaratou Wakha
Dossiers
Language:

French

Summary
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