SECRETARIAT:
Centre for Defence & Security Management
P.O. Box 601
Wits 2050
South Africa
+27(11) 717 3506
Email

Network partners

The network comprises nine tertiary partner institutions which implement the programme in the 14 SADC member states. These network partners are described below.

ANGOLA

Centro de Estudos Estratégicos de Angola (CEEA)

CEEA is an independent, non-profit research institute based in Luanda. Established in 2001, it studies issues surrounding peace and security, social development and human rights, particularly in southern and central Africa.

It has developed a good working relationship with government institutions as well as non-state actors in Angola, particularly in respect of consultancy work on the electoral process. Among other things, CEEA is providing the state with a new system for voter registration.

Contacts

Director: General João Baptista de Matos
Av. Comte. Valódia, 5 – Apt. 61
Tel (244) 222447389 / 222449375
Fax (244) 222449214
Luanda, Angola
Website: www.ceea.angoladigital.net

BOTSWANA

Centre for Strategic Studies, Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana

The Centre for Strategic Studies was established in 2001 to participate in the SADSEM network as its sixth partner, and to present appropriate courses. It is housed in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Botswana, which has a long track record of dealing with security and related issues.

The centre has delivered a number of executive courses in defence and security management, civil-military relations, the parliamentary oversight of defence and security, and the management of multinational peace missions. Its core mandate is the enhancement of the democratic control and management of defence and security in Botswana. It strives towards this goal by delivering at least three short executive courses a year, and conducting research in the same field.

Contacts

Centre for Strategic Studies
Department of Political and Administrative Studies
University of Botswana
Director: Prof Mpho G Molomo
Mailing address: Private Bag 00705
Gaborone, Botswana

Email: molomomg@mopipi.ub.bw
Telelephone: (267) 355-2729 / 59
Fax: (267) 335-2463
Website: www.ub.bw

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)

Southern African Defence and Security Management Project, Chaire UNESCO, University of Kinshasa

UNESCO established the Chaire UNESCO pour la culture de la paix, le reglement des conflicts, les droits humains, la democratie et la bonne gouvernance (UNESCO Chair in Peace, Security and Good Governance) at the University of Kinshasa in November 2000 with the aim of improving the participation of Congolese academics and policy-makers in peace processes in SADC and Central Africa.

It has involved several academics in the DRC in research, policy analysis, and teaching related to peace and security, and has hosted and facilitated numerous workshops and conferences on these topics well as two SADSEM executive sourses. The staff of the Chair have an extensive network of contacts in Central and southern Africa. The Chair also has a subcentre at the University of Bukavu in eastern DRC.

Contacts

Southern African Defence and Security Management Project
Chaire Unesco, University of Kinshasa
Director: Prof Assindie Mungala
Mailing address: BP 15030
Kinshasa 1, Democratic Republic of Congo
Email: chaireunescounikin@yahoo.fr
Telephone: (243 81) 508-0704
Fax: (243 1) 398-411 / (917 75) 416-2998

MALAWI

Defence and Security Management Project, Centre for Security Studies, Mzuzu University, Malawi

The Centre was established in response to the need for well-educated and informed personnel in the Malawi Defence Force as well as other security organs in the country. It seeks to contribute to peace and security in the country by building the capacity of policy-makers, security personnel, and civil society leaders.

In particular, it seeks to produce excellent officers for the defence force. Mzuzu University currently offers short courses in security management, but intends to develop longer academic programmes as well. Its membership of the SADSEM network is helping it to achieve this goal, and the university has presented a number of SADSEM courses.

Contacts

Defence and Security Management Project
Centre for Strategic Studies
Mzuzu University
Mailing address: Private Bag 201, Luwinga, Mzuzu 2, Malawi

Email: joeluhanga@mzuni.ac.mw
Telephone: (265 1) 333-987
Fax: (265 1) 333-692

MOZAMBIQUE

Defence and Security Management Project, Centre for African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

The Project has developed and delivered several executive courses, including one on managing peace missions. Its current research activities include HIV and the military, security aspects of the Southern African Indian Ocean Region, and public safety issues and co-operation. The project has produced several publications, including a thematic issue of CEA's journal Estudos Moçambicanos on the Mozambican peace process.

Contacts

Defence and Security Management Project
Centre for African Studies
Eduardo Mondlane University
Director: Prof Joao-Paulo Coelho
Mailing address: Centro de Estudos Africanos
Av Julius Nyerere Campus
Universitario, C P 1993
Maputo, Mozambique

Email: pgdefesa@zebra.uem.mz
Telelephone: (258 1) 499-447
Fax: (258 1) 499-447

NAMIBIA

Defence and Security Management Project, Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Namibia

The Department of Political and Administrative Studies has developed capacity for research and training in defence issues especially through its participation in the SADSEM network, for which purpose it has established a Defence and Security Management Project.

It has sought to integrate its work on defence and security with its wider public management programmes, and has developed a programme of research on these issues.

The university has good technical facilities for organising and hosting training courses. The department also has good relations with key domestic actors in defence and security. The project has delivered several executive courses on defence and security management, including one specifically tailored for parliamentarians and NGO personnel.

Contacts

Defence and Security Management Project
Department of Political and Administrative Studies
University of Namibia
Director: Prof Andre du Pisani
Mailing address: Private Bag 133301
Windhoek, Namibia

Email: adupisani@unam.na
Telephone: (264 61) 206-3770
Fax: (264 61) 206-3914

SOUTH AFRICA

Centre for Defence and Security Management (CDSM), University of the Witwatersrand

CDSM co-ordinates the SADSEM network, and provides it with management and administrative support. Headed by the Chair of Defence and Security Management of the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM) of the University of the Witwatersrand, the Centre has more than ten years of experience in training for defence and security governance and management, and is a leader in its field.

CDSM has provided the South African government with extensive policy support, notably by helping to develop its White Paper on Defence, the Defence Review, the White Paper on Peace Missions, and the White Paper on Defence-Related Industries.

It has also contributed to broader policy analysis via papers delivered at SADC and international conferences. Given its relatively small staff, it has an impressive research and publications record.

Contacts

Centre for Defence and Security Management
Graduate School of Public & Development Management
University of the Witwatersrand
Director: Prof Gavin Cawthra
Mailing address: P O Box 601, Wits 2050, South Africa

Email: magano.s@pdm.wits.ac.za
Telephone: (2711) 717-3506 / 3519
Fax: (2711) 717-3695

TANZANIA

Defence and Security Management Subcentre, Centre for Foreign Relations, Tanzania

The Centre for Foreign Relations (CFR) has made a sustained contribution to peace and security studies in southern Africa . It was established in 1978 by the governments of Tanzania and Mozambique to provide training and research in international relations and diplomacy. It is still nominally owned by both countries. Besides training Tanzania 's foreign affairs officials, it has expanded its training programmes, and offers courses to the public as well.

The CFR is very well-connected, and has strong links with key ministries, other stakeholders, particularly in the security sector. It is headed by a director who is accountable to a governing council.

The CFR offers regular and non-regular diplomas in international relations and diplomacy, and postgraduate diplomas in the management of foreign relations and economic diplomacy. Non-regular programmes include short courses in protocol and public relations, and orientation and induction programmes for senior and foreign service officers as well as newly appointed ambassadors.

The CFR's student count has grown to more than 300 a year, and training comprises the bulk of its activities. During the 1980s the CFR organised the annual conferences on peace and security in Southern Africa that brought together key stakeholders from all SADC countries and elsewhere to discuss liberation and security issues in the region.

As a participant in the SADSEM network the CFR has run several executive courses and seminars, including seminars specifically tailored for the National Parks security environment and personnel in the President's Office, and has developed a research programme and training for policy support. The defence and security activities are co-ordinated by a subcentre with high-level representation from the defence and security services.

Contacts

Defence and Security Management Sub-Centre
Centre for Foreign Relations
Director: Prof Abillah Omari
Mailing address: P O Box 2824
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Email: cdsm@intafrica.com
Telephone: (255 22) 285-0071
Fax: (255 22) 285-1534
cdsm@intafrica.com

ZAMBIA

Defence and Security Project, Department of History, University of Zambia

Since 2000, the Project has presented four executive SADSEM courses in association with the Centre for Foreign Relations in Tanzania. The University of Zambia became a full member of the SADSEM network in December 2003.

The Project enjoys the support of the university administration as well as the Ministry of Defence. The latter are the key stakeholders, since the executive courses presented thus far have been aimed at equipping officials in the ministries of Defence, Home Affairs, and Foreign Affairs with skills and knowledge in the area of defence and security.

The Project now has enough resources to manage executive courses with a minimum of regional support.

Contacts

Defence and Security Management Project
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Zambia
Director: Prof Bizeck Phiri
Mailing address: P O Box 32379
Lusaka, Zambia

Email: jube56@yahoo.com/bphiri@hss.unza.zm
Telephone: (260 97) 804-459
Fax: (260 1) 253-952

ZIMBABWE

Defence and Security Management Project, Centre for Defence Studies, Department of History, University of Zimbabwe

The University of Zimbabwe has achieved a high level of expertise in the academic teaching of security studies, and has links with the national defence force as well as other government departments, which provide many of its students.

The Centre's War and Strategic Studies Unit provides education in this field at four levels: a diploma, a batchelor's degree, a master's degree, and a doctorate. More than 200 people have obtained one of these qualifications.

Contacts

Defence and Security Management Project
Centre for Defence Studies
Department of History
University of Zimbabwe
Director: Lt-Col Bassie Bangidza
Mailing address: P O Box MP 167
Mount Pleasant
Harare, Zimbabwe

Email: blbangidza@yahoo.com
Tel / Fax: (263 4) 744-488