High Level Advocacy

and Policy Dialogue

Developing Policy
Recommendations

This project is in collaboration with Club De Madrid, Isis Womenʼs

International Cross cultural Exchange and the Institute of Security
Women’s Leadership Studies
for Peace
knowledge networking and and Security in the Horn of Africa

gathering information Women’s Leadership

Strategic Planning Meeting for Peace
andWomen’s
Security inLeadership
the Horn of for
Kampala, June 1-3, 2009
Peace
Africa
and Security in the Horn of Africa
Strategic Planning
Background Documents Meeting
Kampala,
This project is supported June
by the 1-3, 2009of Germany, Norway,
governments
Strategic Planning Meeting
Belgium and Iceland and the Hunt Alternatives Fund
Kampala, June 1-3, 2009
Women’s Leadership for Peace and Security in the Greater Horn of Africa
PROJECT OBJECTIVES High-level missions have been held
in Addis Ababa (African Peace and
WHO?
1) Learning security fluency: Security Structure - October 2009),
A coalition of 40 women
building women’s knowledge of and Kampala (Peace and Recovery Plan
leaders from across the
capacity to address peace and for northern Uganda - November
Greater Horn of Africa.
security issues 2009), Djibouti (Human security of
Also known as the G40
women in Djibouti and IGAD’s
WHAT? 2) S e c u r i n g a s e a t a t t h e peace and security architecture -
Increased participation decision-making table: December 2009), Nairobi on Somalia
and impact on peace and advancing women’s participation (Internationally assisted plans for
security decision-making, in and influence on security policy
at national, sub-regional and practice.
(IGAD), regional (African
Union) and international
levels (EU, UN, etc.)

Somalia and constitutional

The design of this project is based on
two essential premises:
HOW?
The first, that decisions about local
15 Club of Madrid
security problems should be made,
high-level missions
as much as possible, by people close
to the problem.The second, is that
WHEN? a large group of diverse individuals
Over the course of will come up with better and more
the next three years robust forecasts and make more
(2009-2012) intelligent decisions than the most
skilled “decision-maker”
development processes and policy
making - February 2010) and Nairobi
on Sudan (First Multiparty
elections since 1984 and
promoting good practices ahead
of the 2011 referendum May 2010)
under the leadership of Club of Madrid
Members Mary Robinson, Kim
Campbell, Valdis Birkavs and Kjell
Magne Bondevik, engaging top
leadership at continental, sub-regional
and national levels on pressing issues
of peace and security.