08:30 Welcome at the University — conference room (roundtable)

09:00 Welcome speech by President of the University and by IFAS

09:30 Speech by ISS with presentation of aims and methodology

09:45 Coffee break

10:00 Session one: Proliferation of illegal small arms and impact on violence and security: sub-regional perspectives

Chairs: Pierre Maurice and University of La Réunion

Rapporteurs: Sarah Meek and Jérôme Lauseig

10:00-11:00 I: Indian Ocean (Gardien, Legras)

11:00-12:00 II: West Africa (Ellis, Ben Arrous)

12:00-12:20 Questions and Answers

12:30 Lunch

14:00-15:00 III: Central Africa (Guichaoua, Cornwell)

15:00-16:00 IV: East Africa (Perouse de Montclos, Kamenju*)

* paper presented by J.Potgieter from the ISS

16:00 Coffee break

16:15-17:15 V: Southern Africa (Potgieter, José)

17:15 Discussion

17:30 End of session

20:00 Dinner hosted by ISS17 April

08:30 Session two: Presentation of the Towards Collaborative Peace Project findings on the status of small arms trafficking and the reversal of a culture of violence

Chair: Florence Ssereo (UNESCO)

Rapporteurs: Jérôme Lauseig and Yolande Thomasset

08:30 Evolution and findings of the project on illegal arms flows — Hennops

08:45 Project observations on the reversal of a culture of violence — Mbambo

09:00 The Role of Non-governmental Organisations: Evolution and findings of the project on illegal arms flows — Potgieter

09:45 Project observations on the reversal of a culture of violence — Gamba

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 Discussion

10:30 Session three: International mechanisms and their ability to act upon these questions with particular reference to any aspect of the control of illicit small arms trafficking, arms control and weapons collection efforts

(SARPCCO, SADC, ANAD, OAU, Mali Commission, Indian Ocean and Reunion)
Chairs: OAU (Van Schoor) and EU (Bertens)

Rapporteurs: Sarah Meek and Yolande Thomasset

10:30 L’ANAD — Yacouba

10:45 Mali — Diabate

11:00 SADC/SARPCCO — Tapfumayeni

11:30 Questions and Answers

12:00 Lunch

14:00 Indian Ocean and La Réunion — Caabi, Guillaumey & Lauseig

15:00 Session four: Improving interactions between the African sub- regions, the Indian Ocean and Europe so as to enable regional organisations to enhance their capacity to deal with security, development and control of small arms proliferation across borders

Chairs: ISS and IFAS

Rapporteurs: Sarah Meek and Jérôme Lauseig

15:00-15:20 Conflict resolution in Africa — Martin

16:00 Coffee break

17:30 End of session

20:00 Dinner hosted by IFAS

18 April

08:30 Discussion on improving exchange of information,dissemination of research and creation of a network on development and security issues in Africa

08:30 Exchange of Information and Improving Communication networks — Lester

09:00 The reversal of a culture of violence in Africa, the UNESCO experience —Ssereo

09:30 OAU — Towards an African Early Warning System - van Schoor

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 Discussion

11:00 Participants’ final recommendations on the blueprint for a network to improve communications on issues of development, security and small arms control in Africa

12:30 End of conference