At the United Nations Headquarters in New York, within the Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office (PBPSO), the Security Sector Reform Unit coordinates the United Nations system - as well as national and international partners - on security sector reform and governance. The team leads in the development of research, knowledge, guidance, education, training, and advocacy. It supports United Nations country presences with strategic and technical advice, as well as rapidly deployable short-term assistance.
Armed forces, police, border guards: elemental for sustaining peace. 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.
Providing genuine security to any population is a meaningful assignment, central to the United Nations Charter. The United Nations 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.
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Security Sector Reform and Governance Standing Capacity (SSuRGe Team)
The United Nations Standing Capacity for Security Sector Reform and Governance (SSuRGe Team) is a rapid response team that provides on-demand, tailored, flexible and timely expertise to Member States and UN partners on security sector reform & governance (SSR&G) in complex and rapidly evolving political and security environments, supporting nationally led efforts to develop effective, accountable, inclusive, and people-centered security institutions. Through targeted interventions, to enhance efforts in developing accountable, professional, and inclusive security institutions, the SSuRGe Team based at the UN Global Service Centre (UNGSC) assists partners to sustaining peaceful societies, preventing relapses into conflict, and promoting stability in crisis affected regions.
Areas of Expertise
The SSuRGe Team provides support across a broad range of SSR&G priorities, including:
- Police and defence reform
- Border security
- Climate security
- Public financial management
- Gender and youth inclusion
- SSR assessments
- SSR planning and coordination
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Resource mobilization
- Policy and strategy development
- Process facilitation
- Capacity building and training
Securing States and Societes through Security Sector Reform
