Working Paper Series - Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone, 1997-2007

Dr. Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham, and Peter Albrecht, currently a PhD Candidate at CBS and DIIS and previously Senior Programme Officer at International Alert, have over the past year edited a working paper series on Sierra Leone as part of the research programme 'Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone, 1997-2007'.

These working papers present perspectives from both Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom regarding the implementation of activities broadly defined as security sector reform (SSR) in the period towards the end of and following the Sierra Leone war.

This series is both an intermediate stage and an important output of the research project. All papers were written by Sierra Leonean and British participants in security system transformation activities. While the papers vary considerably in style and length, they provide a unique, collective insight into the Sierra Leone security system transformation process.

In addition to the Working Paper Series, a book will be published that tells the story of Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone from 1997-2007. It will be launched in London on 26 February, and subsequently in Freetown, Sierra Leone and in Denmark.

The Working Paper Series and the book are part of a project implemented by the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR) and International Alert. It was supported by the UK Government through the Global Conflict Prevention Pool, coordinated by the Department for International Development (DfID), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

For more information please see: http://www.ssrnetwork.net/publications/sierra_leo.php

For any enquiries, contact: Dr. Paul Jackson, P.B.Jackson@bham.ac.uk or Peter Albrecht, paa@diis.dk

GFN-SSR: www.ssrnetwork.net

International Alert: www.international-alert.org

Papers:
Issues and Themes of the Sierra Leone Security System Transformation Process, 1997-2007
Paul Jackson and Peter Albrecht

Governance and Security Sector Reform
Emmanuel B. Osho Coker

Restructuring the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF)
Major General Alfred Nelson-Williams

The Security and Development Nexus: A Case Study of Sierra Leone, 2004-2006
Mark White

Operation Pebu
Aldo Gaeta

Formulating Sierra Leone's Defence White Paper
Al-Hassan Kharamoh Kondeh

Aiming for Holistic Approaches to Justice Sector Development
Anthony C. Howlett-Bolton

Reforming and Building Capacity of the Sierra Leone Police, 1997-2007
Kadi Fakondo

Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone and the Role of the Office of National Security
Brigadier General (Ret) Kellie Hassan Conteh

National Security and Intelligence Reform in Sierra Leone, 2000-2003
Robert Ashington-Pickett

United Kingdom (UK) Military Intervention and Progress in SIerra Leone, 2001-2006
Brigadier Barry J Le Grys

Civil Society's Role in Sierra Leone's Security Sector Reform Process Experiences from Conciliation Resources' West Africa Programme
Rosalind Hanson-Alp