Conflict Security and Development Group

The Group was established in 1999 with a three-year grant from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to examine the policy challenges associated with its work on conflict, security and development. These three policy arenas were brought closer together with the end of the Cold War, though there remains a tendency to treat them as s... eparate and discrete rather than as mutually-dependent areas of analysis and decision-making. Under the DFID contract, CSDG placed particular emphasis on bridging these policy divides throught its support for the UK Government's thinking, policy development and assistance programming in the areas of Security Sector Reform and Conflict Reduction. CSDG continues to work closely with the UK Government today, though now also counts among its clients other donor countries and agencies as well as governments across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Group's programme of work has also broadened considerably and greater emphasis is now placed on working with and through partners in the South. Mission and ValuesRead More