Mombasa, 8-10 April 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a three-days regional workshop on the Promotion of Regional and International Regimes/Instruments on Maritime Security and Safety.   The meeting was chaired by Mr. Daoud A. Alwan, the Head of Maritime Security Pillar at ISSP. 

Nairobi, 14 April 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a one day national workshop on Promoting International Instruments to Counter Terrorism for Kenya’s Senior Counter Terrorism Officials.  The meeting was chaired by Dr. Simon Nyambura, the Head of Counter Terrorism Pillar at ISSP. 

Addis Ababa, 20 March 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a one day national workshop on Promoting International Instruments to Counter Terrorism for Ethiopia’s Senior Counter Terrorism Officials.  The meeting was chaired by Ato Tesfaye Yitayih, the Head of IGAD Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was co-presided by Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP and Dr. Simon Nyambura, the Head of Counter Terrorism Pillar at ISSP.

Addis Ababa, 25-02-2014: IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held the first off its bi-annual Steering Committee Meeting of 2014 in Addis Ababa today under the chairmanship of Ato Tesfaye Yitayih as it was co-presided by Ambassador Tewelde Gebremeskel, Director of IGAD Peace and Security Division, and Commander Abebe Muluneh, Head of ISSP.

Addis Ababa, 17-11-2013 - The training on Human & Peoples’ Rights was conducted from 15th – 17th November 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

One of the main responsibilities of the Political Affairs Program (PAP) under the Peace and security Division (PSD) is to facilitate deeper knowledge in IGAD Member States on policies, legal frameworks and provisions pertaining to democracy, governance, elections and human rights.