CIAO DATE: 07/04

Networking the Networks: Supporting Regional Peace and Security Agendas in Africa

Abstract

The Mozambique Security Network Symposium was held in Maputo on 30 June-1 July 2003. The meeting gathered approximately sixty participants from government, regional and sub-regional organisations and civil society. The event was made possible through the support of the UK Government’s African Conflict Prevention Pool and was facilitated by the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR), a project funded by the United Kingdom that seeks to unite all actors and agencies in this field of study. Through the generous support of the United Nations Foundation, a number of representatives from Latin American countries also attended the meeting to draw on lessons learned and shared experiences from another southern region.

The main aim of the symposium was to create a dialogue between different civil society actors and governmental representatives and explore ways in which regional, continental and trans-continental security networks could come together and channel informed and representative research and analysis into regional and sub-regional mechanisms created to develop and respond to the wider peace and security agenda.

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