What we do
Police Reform & Security Sector Governance
Building capacity of police institutions and ministries in strategic planning, organizational development, development of legal/regulatory frameworks, and budget planning/execution. Strengthening parliamentary and independent authorities oversight over policing and security services.
Crime Prevention & Community Policing
Development of community-oriented policing doctrines and strategies. Promotion of participatory local security diagnostics and audits. Realization of participatory local safety and crime prevention plans. Strengthening security sector governance by local civilian authorities.
Promotion of Gender & Human Rights in Security Sector.
Supporting gender-sensitive policing and strengthening police capacity to respond to sexual and gender-based violence and human rights violations.
Promotion of Ethics, Professionalism & Performance in Security Institutions
Promoting accountability, anti-corruption and integrity in police organizations, and improving human resource management and police performance.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Providing technical assistance to States and extraction/mining companies in developing projects that promote the "Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights".
Features
Strengthening the Capacity of the School of Gendarmerie in Mali
Coginta and the University of Leiden are members of a consortium led by MDF, the Netherlands, that will assist the schools of the Gendarmerie in Mali for the next four years. The project starts ...
News
Kick-off meetings for the project "Strengthening the capacity of the schools of the Gendarmerie" in Mali - Sep 26, 2016
During the week of September 19, 2016, a series of meeting kicked-off the project "Strengthening the capacity of the schools of the Gendarmerie" in Bamako, Mali. The project will support the sch...
Local diagnostics of security in Lubumbashi - Jul 8, 2016
This week Coginta, with IOM, presented the local diagnostics of security for two communes of Lubumbashi. Next step: formulate local plans of security with the new Local Councils for Community Po...
Two minutes to understand local councils of security - May 8, 2015
Local security councils are powerful tools that govern local public security in an inclusive manner, promote dialogue between partners, and consult communities to set priorities. We created a sh...
Publications
Diagnostic local de sécurité à Dixinn et Kaloum (2016) - Jul 9, 2016
Diagnostic local de sécurité 2016 pour les communes de Dixinn et de Kaloum à Conakry. Local diagnostic of security 2016 for the communes of Dixinn and Kaloum in Conakry.
Policing Working Paper Series 48 - Jul 9, 2013
No 48: JULY 2013, Innovations in Information Sharing: An Overview of an Initiative at Sarasota County Florida Sheriff’s Office, by Albert M. Kopak and Angela M. McCord, Western Carolina Unive...