Cultural and Organizational Awareness Forum

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Join us for the inaugural Cultural and Organizational Awareness Forum, focusing on Africa and the role of the U.S. government in supporting African stability through enhancing partner capacity. General plenary sessions will be complemented by a series of focused breakout sessions on Security Sector Reform (SSR), using SSR to explore larger issues of the U.S. military’s role in supporting a whole of government approach to promoting partner capacity through engagement strategies including private sector development.

Dynamic Track Sessions!

Track One - Working more effectively across the United States Government

• What is the future of military engagement after the Afghanistan experience?
• The Interagency Approach to Security Sector Reform: Putting the Pieces Together
• Policing and the Rule of Law Policing and the Rule of Law
• Defense Sector Programs
• Security Sector Reform as Development

Track Two - Working across the International Community and within Africa

• The View from Within
• Inter-African Initiatives in SSR
• The British Experience: Building Sierra Leone's Security Sector
• Intergovernmental Initiatives
• SSR: Balancing Bilateral and Regional Programs

Track Three - Operational Challenges and Opportunities

• Complex Interactions: How Non-Security Factors Affect SSR
• Educating the Next Generation of African Leaders
• Educating the Next Generation of U.S. Leaders
• Taking Cues from Africa
• SSR: Communication, Technology and Interoperability Issues