Austria: ESDC Core Course on Security Sector Reform (SSR)

The course is co-organized by the ASPR and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports in the framework of the Academic Programme of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and conducted in cooperation with the International Security Sector Advisory Team of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF/ISSAT).

The course is open to national and international participants from civilian, military, police and correction services structures and especially designed for SSR practitioners and experts already working in the field or about to engage in SSR.

It is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of experts already involved or about to be involved in the assessment, design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SSR processes.

This course gives participants an in-depth understanding of SSR, approaches to SSR by various organizations and provides insights into related reform processes, such as DDR, defence, police, intelligence, prosecution, justice/courts, integrity and fight against corruption as well as border management.

Participants will improve their capacity to analyse and connect with various actors in the field of SSR, undertake assessments and apply skills regarding the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SSR activities. Successful participants will be provided with the ESDC Certificate for attendance of the SSR Core Course.

For more detailed information on the course, kindly refer to the attached reference materials. KINDLY NOTE THAT THE ASPR DOES NOT HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THIS COURSE.

Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply for participation over the attached application form which will be submitted to our Admission Board.

Participants are selected by a set of criteria based on their subject matter Expertise and professional Background.

All further Details are laid out in the attached Information materials.