International Cooperation and Assistance –Small Arms and Light Weapons
Mat Kimberley
Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation and Recovery Group Manager
Australian Aid Program - What we do
• Poverty reduction and sustainable development
• International Aid Policy – major milestones
Millennium Declaration 2000
Doha Round 2001
Monterrey Consensus 2002
Rome Declaration on Harmonisation 2003
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness 2005
Accra Agenda for Action 2008
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Australian Aid Program - Who we work with
• Australian Government partners
• Non-government organisations
• Multilateral organisations
• Other donors
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Australian Aid Program - How we work
• Partner countries lead development process
• Priorities jointly agreed
Country Strategies
Pacific Partnerships for Development
Program-based approaches
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Australian Aid Program - How we work
• Using and strengthening local systems
build on what works
formal and traditional systems
• Different ways to build capacity
technical advice
institutional linkages and partnerships
operational funding and budget support
training and scholarships
regional networks and forums
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Justice & community safety - a ninth MDG?
INCREASE ACCESSTO JUSTICE ANDCOMMUNITY SAFETY
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Why justice and security matter to development
• Justice-security-development nexus
• Key elements of state-building and stability
• Critical challenges
- Justice systems are integrated
- State systems have limitations
- Non-state justice systems matter
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Australia’s law and justice assistance
•A number of Australian Government Departmentsand Agencies provide assistance:
• AusAID justice sector programs
- variation in scale and scope
- formal and informal (non-state) systems
• AusAID policing and security programs
- policing, transnational crime, counter-terrorism
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Australia’s small arms and light weapons assistance
•Centred on practical implementation of the UN POA
•Support for applied research
- UNIDIR Pacific needs matching analysis
-Armed Violence Reduction baseline survey in Timor-Leste.
•Support for catalytic programming
-training for marines in Mindanao, Philippines
-Support for former children associated with armed forces and armedgroups to reintegrate into society in Nepal
•Support for international SALW mechanisms
- development of International Small Arms Control Standards
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Case Study: Timor-Leste
•Austcare and Small Arms Survey: Armed ViolenceBaseline Assessment
-comprehensive surveys on security sector issues.
-policy focused research connecting civil society andcommunities with government bodies.
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Case Study: Solomon Islands
•Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands
-Broad support aimed to ensure law and order, strengthengovernment institutions, and promote economic reform.
•Programs included:
-Firearms Amnesty
-Support for the RSIPF
-Capacity building within Government
-Support to community reconciliation processes.
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Case Study: UNIDIR Pacific research
•Aim of the Project:
-to identify with states what their needs are in terms ofinternational SALW assistance and inform donors.
•Who and where?
-The project focused on Government officials, donors, andcivil society representatives from Fiji, PNG, Vanuatu, Tongaand the Solomon Islands.
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UNIDIR: Key needs identified by States
National Coordinating Agency or Body to address SALW
Laws, regulations and administrative procedures
Stockpile management and security, including inventorymanagement
Law enforcement
Customs and borders
National registries and licensing
Security and development
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UNIDIR: Future engagement
-strengthening and building partnerships;
-awareness-raising;
-action-oriented research for greater awareness andunderstanding of the nature and scope of the problem;
-sustainable development;
-cultural issues; and
-conflict prevention.
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UNIDIR: Next Steps
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Conclusion
• Development is complex
• Understand and respect local context
• Focus on affordable home-grown solutions
• Be realistic and strategic about donor role
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What we have learned: