Military capacity building: Risk-taking in Danish development aid?

TIME: Wednesday 12th December at 09.00 – 14.15 hours

VENUE: Bageriet, Kastellet, Kbn Ø

PROGRAMME:

09.00 – 09.15
Registration and coffee

09.15 – 09.30
Welcome: Introduction to the benefits and risks that Denmark faces in military capacity-building. Speaker: Dr. Thomas Mandrup, associated professor (RDDC)

09.30 – 10.30
Capacity building and Security in East Africa

TIME: Wednesday 12th December at 09.00 – 14.15 hours

VENUE: Bageriet, Kastellet, Kbn Ø

PROGRAMME:

09.00 – 09.15
Registration and coffee

09.15 – 09.30
Welcome: Introduction to the benefits and risks that Denmark faces in military capacity-building. Speaker: Dr. Thomas Mandrup, associated professor (RDDC)

09.30 – 10.30
Capacity building and Security in East Africa

• Danish capacity building in East Africa. Speaker: Allan R. Jacobsen, Head of International Department, MOD.
• Danish capacity building in East Africa – a military view. Commander sg. gr. Felix Ebbestad, (DCD)
• Securitystructures in East Africa. Speaker: Commander Johannes Riber Nordby/ Dr. Katja Lindskov Jacobsen, project researcher, (DIIS)
• What does Danish capacity building mean? Speaker: Major and PhD. Candidate Henrik Laugesen (RDDC/CAS)

10.30 – 10.50
Discussion. Dr. Lars Bangert Struwe, researcher (CMS)

10.50 – 11.00
Break

11.00 – 11.50
The Danish engagement in Somalia. Speaker Peter Bøgh Jensen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark. Chair: Dr. Louise Andersen, postdoc (DIIS)

11.50 – 12.30
Lunch

12.30 – 13.15
RWANDA and implications for Danish capacity building

• Rwanda’s involvement in regional security and its implications. Speaker: Dr. Danielle Beswick, lecturer (University of Birmingham).
• Who is the ‘Rwandan soldier’? Speaker: PhD. Candidate Josefine Kühnel Larsen (CMS)
• What is Denmark doing in Rwanda? Speaker: Lt. Colonel Henrik Vedel

13.15 – 13.30
Break

13.30 – 14.00
Discussion. Chair: Dr. Lars Bangert Struwe, researcher (CMS)

14.00 – 14.15
Summary/Closure. Speaker: Dr. Lars Bangert Struwe

Further information:
Thomas Mandrup, Assistant Professor, PHD
Royal Danish Defence College, Institute of Strategy
E-mail: [email protected] and Cell: +45 22 74 83 90
Homepage:
http://forskningsdatabasen.fak.dk/insight_fak/app?service=external/Person&sp=368661