APSACO Talks 2020 - Atelier 1 : Indice de sécurité humaine en Afrique

September 25, 2020

Cet atelier s'inscrit dans le cadre de la contribution de l'UNECA au thème « Faire taire les armes : créer des conditions propices au développement de l'Afrique ». L'objectif général de l'atelier est de donner un aperçu des principes qui incarnent l'approche de la sécurité humaine et de fournir des précisions sur l'utilisation de la sécurité humaine comme outil pour élaborer des politiques et des programmes efficaces par les gouvernements et les entités non gouvernementales, ainsi que par les institutions intergouvernementales régionales et sous-régionales en vue de la réalisation de l'Agenda 2063 et des ODD. Les objectifs spécifiques de l'atelier sont les suivants : • Explorer les concepts, pratiques et méthodologies de la sécurité humaine; • Déterminer la pertinence et l'importance de développer une perspective africaine sur la sécurité humaine ; • Explorer le lien entre la sécurité économique, la paix et la sécurité humaine; • Tirer parti d'une approche de sécurité humaine UA - CEA alignée sur l'Agenda 2063 de l'UA et l'Agenda 2030 de l'ONU ; • Développer une série de recommandations qui constitueront la voie à suivre dans les efforts de développement d'une méthodologie. ATELIER 1 : Indice de sécurité humaine en Afrique Intervenants: Jalal Abdel-latif, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) Le cadrage de la sécurité humaine en Afrique: Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem, spécialiste des relations internationales, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) Les défis de construction de l’indice de la sécurité humaine en Afrique: Saad Badaoui, Data scientist, Policy Center for the New South Les approches de conception de l’indice de la sécurité humaine en Afrique: Eleanor Keeble, Fellow, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Speakers
Jalal Abdel-Latif
Ethiopia
Senior Fellow
Jalal Abdel-Latif is Senior Fellow at Policy Center for the New South and Senior Social Policy Advisor, Gender and Poverty, Social Policy Division, UNECA. Jalal has over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of corporate social responsibility, civic engagement, grant making, project design and enhancing the capacities of non-profit organizations. He began his career as researcher and capacity analyst at UCLA African studies center, before working as Grants manager for USA for Africa (the We Are the World project) in California. He was also a co-founder and CEO of Inter-Africa Group, a regional think thank.  He was previously appointed by the late Prime Minister of Ethiopia to serve on the Ethiopian Telecommunications Board of Directors to assist in its modernization ...
Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem
Manager - Strategic Monitoring & Analysis Unit
Sara Mokaddem is the Manager of the Strategic Monitoring & Analysis Unit at the Policy Center for the New South. Prior to that, she has worked as a research analyst in charge of specific due-diligence reporting and risk analysis on private placements for a London-based investment fund focused on the mining and energy sectors. She has also worked with firms and individuals on attaining FCA authorization and regulation in the United Kingdom. Her previous professional experience includes a position as a visiting researcher at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in 2011 and 2012 where she has produced research on the post-revolutionary situation in Tunisia and Libya and on the security of the Sahel. Having written modules on corporate forensics and on employee protectio ...

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