Partners and Partnerships

INTERPOL’s mandate in promoting the compatibility of their systems for data exchange is a priority with a view to giving frontline users integrated options for searches of certain databases for example, provide access to their I-24/7 communications system or seek interoperability solutions.

This is a regional programme, funded by the European Union’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). The aim of this programme is to improve the coordination and investigation methods used against cross-border criminal organizations that profit from irregular migration, human trafficking and other types of organized crime; with an aim to disrupt these criminal activities.

The National Crime Agency’s mission aims to protect the public from serious and organized crime. The NCA officers work at the forefront of law enforcement, building the best possible intelligence picture of serious and organized crime threats, relentlessly pursuing the most serious and dangerous offenders and developing and delivering specialist capabilities on behalf of law enforcement and their partners.

Lusaka Agreement Task Force aims to provide support to the member states and collaborating partners in reducing and ultimately eliminating illegal trade in wild fauna and flora through the facilitation of cooperative activities in undertaking law enforcement operations, investigations on violations of national wildlife laws, dissemination and exchange of information on illegal trade activities, and Capacity building including promotion of awareness.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mandate is based on ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law.

The International Organization for Migration works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, be they refugees, displaced persons or other uprooted people.

The Eastern Africa Standby Force is a regional organization whose mandate is to enhance peace and security in the Eastern Africa region.  EASF was established as a regional mechanism to provide capability for rapid deployment of forces to carry out preventive deployment, rapid intervention, peace support/stability operations and peace enforcement.

AFRIPOL is an independent mechanism of the African Union (AU) and a key stakeholder in the area of international police cooperation and in the fight against transnational crime. As a regional police organization, AFRIPOL provides a framework for police cooperation at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels in all African states.

The EAC Secretariat, through funding from the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) Support Programme, is tasked to undertake training that will introduce investigators to the new investigative skills, crime trends, and investigative technologies and also take stock of the existing investigative challenges as compiled from the previous benchmark visits within the EAC Region.

UN Women Kenya has been working closely with EAPCCO in order to provide technical support on gender mainstreaming within their regional programs and interventions through the development of the Gender Training Manual that would contribute to the dismantling of barriers that prevent women’s full and meaningful participation in the security sector across the East African region.

The African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) is a None Profit Trust working on issues of police accountability and governance in Africa by promoting the values which the establishment of civilian oversight seeks to achieve; namely by assist in restoring public confidence, developing a culture of human rights, promoting integrity and transparency within the police, and nurturing good working relationships between the police and the community.

RECSA is an internationally recognized inter-governmental organization within Africa whose sole mandate is to address the proliferation of illicit SALW to provide a conducive environment for sustainable development.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in partnership with the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) Regional Counter-Terrorism Centre of Excellence (CTCoE) continues to conduct a comprehensive project that seeks to fully operationalize the Centre by strengthening its research and analysis capacity and output, and continues to offer support in the provision of bilateral and regional capacity building to EAPCCO Member States.

ISS is Africa’s leading multidisciplinary human security organization, with a unique operational model that combines research, policy analysis, technical assistance and training through upholding their mandate on African futures, transnational crimes, climate change, migration, maritime security and development, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, crime prevention and criminal justice, and the analysis of conflict and governance.