Overview

IGAD Capacity Building Program against Terrorism (ICPAT) was launched in 2006 to implement the decision of the Heads of State of IGAD member states meeting in Khartoum, Sudan in 2002.

The Program aims at building national capacity to resist terrorism, and promoting regional security cooperation. The five main components of ICPAT are the following:

- Enhancing judicial capacity
- Optimizing interdepartmental cooperation
- Enhancing border control
- Providing training, sharing information and best practices
- Promoting strategic cooperation

ICPAT carries out studies and research with the objective of highlighting key steps required for safeguarding security; it convenes meetings within and between countries to promote information sharing and cooperation; and it provides counter terrorism training for law enforcement officers.

ICPAT's work is guided by a Steering Committee comprising representatives of IGAD states and non voting members from the countries that provide core support to the Program. The IGAD Secretariat chairs meetings of the Steering Committee which are also attended by the representative of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the institution that implements the Program. ICPAT is due to run until mid 2010.

Personnel

The following staff are working for the Program Office:



  • Commander Abebe Muluneh

    • Acting Head of ICPAT and

          Senior Training Coordinator

  •  Mr. Samuel Sserwanga
    Senior Legal Analyst

  • Mr. Nizar Alnour Ali Suleiman

    • Senior Counter Terrorism Advisor

  • Mr. Richard Barno

    • Senior Border Management Researcher

  • Mr. Seyoum Wubshet

    • Financial Accountant

  • Mrs. Hanna Tilahun

    • Programme Administrator

  • Mr. Tesfaye Tadesse

    • Assistant Accountant

  • Mrs. Nejat Abdulrahman

    • Programme Assistant & Webmaster

  • Mr. Demeke Wolde

    • Driver & Facilitator
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