Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Centre de Genève pour la gouvernance du secteur de la sécurité
Centro de Ginebra para la Gobernanza del Sector de la Seguridad
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.dcaf.ch/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcaf_geneva
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEXN-7zoqxM8l5kRuI71Wjw
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dcaf/
Founded
2000-10-27 Geneva Switzerland
Aims
Make people and the states they live in more secure through better security sector governance; contribute to improved security within a framework of democratic governance, the rule of law and human rights; assist partner states and international actors in improving governance of security sectors through inclusive and participatory reforms, based on international norms and good practices and in response to specific local contexts and challenges.
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- Cooperates with: Southeast Europe Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA)
- Supports: Police Cooperation Convention for Southeast Europe Secretariat (PCC SEE Secretariat)
- Links with: Council of Europe (CE)
- Links with: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Links with: Euro Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
- Links with: European Commission (EC)
- Links with: European Parliament (EP)
- Links with: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Links with: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Links with: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Links with: OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR)
- Links with: Partnership for Peace (PfP)
- Links with: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
- Links with: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Links with: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Links with: UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
- Links with: United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations;
- Links with: United Nations Disarmament Commission
- Links with: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
- Links with: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- Links with: United Nations Inter-Agency Security Sector Reform Task Force (ISSRTF)
- Links with: United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)
- Links with: United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
- Links with: United Nations (UN)
- Links with: UN Women
- Links indicated by: Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
- Cooperates with: International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA)
- Links with: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
- Links with: Centre for European Security Studies (CESS)
- Links with: Collège européen de sécurité et de défense (CESD)
- Links with: European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS)
- Links with: International Association of Women Police (IAWP)
- Links with: International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Links with: NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA)
- Links with: Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina Internacional (RESDAL Internacional)
- Links with: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF)
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE4425
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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