Johannesburg

In Africa, as you know, “Peace-building” efforts include a range of challenges such as, assisting with elections, setting up a legal system, disarmament of former soldiers, reforming police and military forces and other efforts. The main point is to, through conflict resolution, support the country’s reconstruction and prevent it from falling back into violence. This seems easy enough but, when you take into account the logistical nightmares that these tasks involve it becomes awfully overwhelming. Without the most up-to-date knowledge and information about lessons learned and successes achieved without which this becomes almost impossible. To ensure that you are not caught in the dark – attend the 3rd Annual Peacekeeping Africa – 2008. The event now offers more case studies, international participation, panel discussions and networking opportunities. With more than 200 delegates, Peacekeeping Africa also includes specialised streams – allowing you to select the session with the correct level of maturity for you – building on 2007’s event. This event will enable increased peace building capacity in Africa by bringing together various military experts, think tanks, humanitarians, policymakers and other professionals. At Peacekeeping Africa we have recruited those that are the leaders in peacekeeping, reconstruction and rehabilitation from all over Africa addressing the subjects that you need to know more about. This year’s programme will focus upon: • Evaluating the current state of peacekeeping, security and terrorism in Africa • Maintaining the balance between ordinary policing and conventional warfare when conducting operations of counter insurgency • Lessons learnt during peacekeeping operations in Africa • Establishing the role of non-government organisations in peacekeeping operations in Africa • Implementing successful post conflict rehabilitation strategies • Managing your peacekeeping operations through effective project management and logistics planning • Overcoming challenges of interoperability Last year Peacekeeping Africa delivered essential information to over 120 professionals. Take a look at www.peacekeepingafrica.com to see a summary of the event in 2007 and reports from all of the key-note presentations.