Platform’s 4th Annual Conference – Hard Contexts, Hard Choices
A South Africa Event on 2016-04-07 08:30:00
4th Annual Conference 7 April 2016 – Hard Context, Hard Choices – #srolconf #hardchoices This year’s Annual Conference aims to draw on your experience and expertise in setting the Platform’s programmatic and research priorities and seeks to foster innovative approaches to Security & Rule of Law policy, programming and knowledge exchange. As a member of our network, we welcome your contribution to the set up and program of the conference day. This can be an innovative approach, interesting substantive area of focus or simply a concrete idea or topic to explore further. Confirmed speakers & moderators Cheryl Frank, Head of the Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), in Pretoria, South Africa George Wachira Mukundi, Head of the African Governance Architecture Secretariat (AGA), Department of Political Affairs, African Union Commission, in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia & Steering Group member of the Platform Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou, Head of International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Secretariat of the Organization for Economic Co-opreation and Development (OECD) Rob Sijstermans, Training & Research Fellow at The Clingendael Institute Katy Thompson, Rule of Law, Justice & Security Specialist at United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Willemijn Verkoren, Head of the Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management (CICAM), and Associate Professor Peace and Conflict Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands & Steering Group member of the Platform Thematic focus Current global trends such as transnational organized crime, radicalization, unprecedented forced displacement, persistent injustices and pervasive gender-inequalities mark the evolving nature of violent conflict. However, the international community faces difficulties in adjusting its tools for intervention and support accordingly. Goal 16 of the new Sustainable Development Goals ambitiously seeks to ‘Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels’. However, the meaning of the SDGs for policy frameworks and programming still remains to be defined to realize their transformative potential. The complexity of violence entrenched in contemporary conflict asks for a critical assessment and, possibly, revision of priorities in security and rule of law policy and programming so as to reach its ambitions. Faced with extremely hard contexts, hard choices need to be made. The Platform's Conference aims to bring to the surface the key features of today’s hard contexts and explore the policy choices that such contexts implicate. More specifically, under the banner of “Hard Contexts, Hard Choices”, the following three main themes will guide the agenda of the Annual Conference. Addressing emerging transnational security challenges: a balancing act; Towards more politically transformative rule of law support: working through informal justice systems and challenging state-led injustices; Innovation for impactful Security and Rule of Law programming. Participants can choose from a menu of in-depth, creative and exploratory sessions to discuss issues on the horizon and recent research results, as well as to test existing or experimental methodologies. A marketplace will allow you to present and discover on-going (research) projects, and plenty of room for networking will be available. We will end the day with informal drinks from 6:00 PM onwards. For more information about the thematic focus of the day please consult our website. You can also follow us on Twitter via @SRoLPlatform #srolconf #hardchoices to remain updated on the conference. Mark your calendar, we hope you’ll join us in The Hague! Annual Conference 2015 – Click here for an impression and outcomes of the previous Annual Conference
at Club PIP Den Haag (BINK36)
Binckhorstlaan 36
Den Haag, Netherlands
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