Continuing a series of Regional Human Security Training Workshops, entitled “Applying the Human Security Concept in Project and Programme Development, Implementation and Monitoring’, which began in Accra, Ghana in June 2009 and was followed by a second workshop in Bangkok, Thailand in October 2009, the Human Security Unit-OCHA (HSU-OCHA) hosted the third Regional Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa from 9 to 12 March 2010.

Hosted in collaboration with the OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa and co-facilitated by Dr. Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh of Science-Po, Paris, and the HSU-OCHA, 19 participants from the Southern Africa Region attended the workshop representing UNHCR, WFP, FAO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP, UNIFEM, various Resident Coordinator Offices and the IOM in addition to participants from OXFAM and World Vision International.

Day 1 of the workshop took the participants through the theoretical background of the human security concept. Participants engaged in discussions on the changing nature of global security threats and the added value of the human security concept. On Day 2, participants identified the most critical and pervasive threats to human security in the Southern Africa region today. Threats identified included: economic insecurity and xenophobic violence in South Africa; food insecurity in Lesotho; environmental concerns in Mozambique and Mauritius; and political violence in Madagascar. In addition, over the course of Day 2 and 3, participants worked in small groups on the following set of human security programming tools:

• The Hybrid Protection and Empowerment Framework
• Human Security Analysis and Mapping
• Needs, Vulnerabilities and Capacity Analysis
• Inter-Sectorality and Externalities Analytical Framework
• Human Security as an Impact Assessment Tool

Day 4 of the workshop gave participants a detailed overview of best practices as well as the review process and criteria for applying to the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS). The day also provided an opportunity for the participant to present and discuss potential human security project that could be considered for funding by the UNTFHS.

To view the complete manual prepared by Dr. Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, in collaboration with Ms. Mehrnaz Mostafavi and Mr. Huw Beynon of HSU-OCHA, and the participants of the Johannesburg workshop, click here.
 

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