Port Sudan, 5 December 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a four days validation workshop of the regional baseline assessment study report on the vulnerabilities and threats of TOC in the IGAD region held on 1-4 December 2014 in Port Sudan, Republic of Sudan. The Pillar Head of the Transnational Organized Crime at ISSP, Commander Tuemay Aregawi, chaired the meeting.

Djibouti, 4 December 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a three days regional training workshop on maritime domain awareness and intelligence held on 1-3 December 2014 in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. Mr. Daniel Yifru, the Senior Advisor of the Peace and Security Division of IGAD, made welcoming remarks and officially opened the training. Pillar Head of the Maritime Security at ISSP, Mr. Daoud A. Alwan, chaired the meeting.

Entebbe, 31 October 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a three days validation workshop of the Task Force Report on the Establishment of a Regional Centre for Cooperation and Coordination on Existing, Evolving and Emerging Transnational Security held on 28-30 October 2014 in Entebbe, Uganda. Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP, officially opened the meeting. Dr. Simon Nyambura, the Counter Terrorism Pillar Head at ISSP chaired the meeting with the facilitation of ISSP Pillar Heads and the IGAD Secretariat Legal Counsel.

Entebbe, 25 October 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a three days regional conference on community engagement in crime prevention and control from 22-24 October 2014 in Entebbe, Uganda. The conference was officially opened by Commander Tuemay Aregawi, the Head of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Pillar at ISSP.

Nairobi, 17 October 2014 – IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP) held a four days advanced regional training on “The Concepts and Investigation Techniques of Cybercrim” from 14-17 October 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. The training is the first of its kind in the IGAD Region that grabbed the attention of high level officials. It was a unique activity that also show-cased the regional experts, specifically from Sudan, on Cybercrime and IT. The training was officially opened by Commander Abebe Muluneh, the Head of ISSP. It was chaired by Commander Tuemay Aregawi, the Head of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Pillar at ISSP.