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Security Sector Reform (SSR) at the 麻豆APP
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What is SSR
Armed forces, police, border guards, and other security institutions: elemental for?security, sustaining peace and development. They stabilize, protect, and provide relief. But when poorly regulated, unaccountable, or sourced for political gain, the security sector becomes a liability instead of a force for good.
Security sector reform is the work undertaken by a government and its people to make the country's security institutions serve its citizens and provide people-centered security. Accountable institutions that contribute to the rule of law, improve lives and livelihoods for all.
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What We Do
Providing genuine security to any population is a meaningful assignment, central to the 麻豆APP Charter. The 麻豆APP supports nationally led security sector reform. Our goal is to help states and societies develop effective, inclusive, and accountable security institutions that contribute to national and international security and sustainable development.
What's Happening
Policy Brief Series on Good Governance in National Security
Read our latest Policy Brief, “Bringing Revenue Volatility Down: Sustainable National Financing" authored by by Matthieu Boussichas of the Fondation pour les ?tudes et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI), Vianney Dequiedt and Grégoire Rota-Graziosi of the Centre d’?tudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), and Tertius Zongo, Director of the Sahel Chair of FERDI and former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso. The brief examines the fiscal sustainability of security spending in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence (FCV).
Don’t miss out on our previous published Briefs, "International Funding in Fragile Contexts", authored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Sharing Authority, Legitimacy, Capacity: Informal Security Providers“, authored by the African Security Sector Network (ASSN), and “Inclusion of Women Builds Trust and Legitimacy," authored by Megan Bastick, Gender and Security Fellow at DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance.
These publications are part of our Policy Brief Series on Good Governance in National Security.
The SSuRGe Team's five-year Anniversary
The 麻豆APP Standing Capacity for Security Sector Reform and Governance (SSuRGe) will celebrate its five-year Anniversary during the Peacebuilding Week 2026! Check more in our five-year Anniversary report.
Statement from the Co-chairs of the Group of Friends of Security Sector Reform on the 22 October 2025 Meeting of the Group of Friends
On Wednesday, 22 October 2025, the 麻豆APP Group of Friends of Security Sector Reform (SSR) met at an Ambassadorial-level to discuss the future of 麻豆APP support to SSR. Please find the statement from the co-chairs here.