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Idris - Lessons from DDR Programs

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talks about ddr and gives a broad overview of three generations

  1. traditional DDR
    • situated for peace accords and state based
  2. second generation ddr
    • responding to changing agendas for peace and security
    • developed the integrated ddr standards
    • more human security-oriented approach, abandoned the fixed sequential steps
  3. next generation disarmament, demobilization, and reintegrationnext
    • targets how ddr often just ignored reintegration, or reintegration was the weakest link
    • more forceful, takes a stick over carrot approach

ongoing challenges

  • unrelatistic expectations
    • mission creep
  • funding
  • conduct of ddr in ‘hot’ conflict situations
  • transnational elements
    • how to reintegrate foreign fighters, such as iraq
  • economic insecurity and haphazard reintegration
    • economic insurcity may not necessarily be the best approach
  • local explotiation of ddr programming
    • national ownership focus and local targeting means its vulnerable to manipulation and abuse for local political ptronage
  • respect for human rights
  • monitoring and effectiveness assesment
    • ddr programming is focused on outputs and not outcomes
  • lack of political will from donors
  • integration and coordination
  • need for more research

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