Bishoftu (Ethiopia), 23 September 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) convened a five days regional training workshop on Integrated Border Management (IBM) from 22nd to 26th September 2014 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.  The meeting was officially opened by Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP.   Commander Tuemay Aregawi and Mr. Khalid Abdelrahman, the Pillar Heads of Transnational Organized Crime and Security Institutions Capacity Building, respectively, chaired the meeting. 

Addis Ababa, 17 September 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) concluded a two days high level regional workshop to promote and sensitize the IGAD Conventions on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Extradition on 16-17 September 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  The meeting was officially opened by Ambassador Tewolde Gebremeskel, the Director of Peace & Security Division of IGAD and was co-presided by Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP.   Mr. Khalid Abdelrahman, the Head of Security Institutions Capacity Building Pillar at ISSP, chaired the meeting. 

Khartoum, 14 September 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) conducted two national workshops for Senior Officials of Sudan from 8-10 September 2014 in Khartoum, Sudan.  The first workshop was on the Legal Instruments of Counter Terrorism.  The second workshop was a validation of the “Border Security and Management on the Sudan-Libya Border Research: Recommendations for Enhanced Border Control and Management.”

Bishoftu, 10 September 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) conducted a three days regional workshop to validate the IGAD Maritime Security training Manual commissioned by the Office from 2-4 September 2014 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.  The meeting was officially opened by Ambassador Tewolde Gebremeskel, the Director of Peace & Security Division of IGAD and was co-presided by Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP.   Mr. Daoud A. Alwan, the Head of Maritime Security Pillar at ISSP, chaired the meeting.

Kampala, 31 August 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP), in collaboration with the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF), held a three days regional workshop on “Advanced Techniques for Interrogation, Investigation and Prosecution as Good Practices for Effective Counter Terrorism in the Greater Horn of Africa (HoA) Region” from 26-28 August 2014 in Kampala, Uganda.  The meeting was officially opened by the Honorable justice Moses Mkiibi, the head of the International Crimes division of the High Court of Uganda and was co-presided by Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP.   Dr. Simon Nyambura, the Head of Counter Terrorism Pillar at ISSP, chaired the meeting.