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UN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
FOR EFFECTIVE ADVISING

SA IN POLICE

CAPACITY BUILDING

Strategic Advising in Police Ca- how it should be implemented. One-size-doesn’t-fit-all: tailored
pacity Building & Development The lack of an agreed-upon policy approach
Missions risks to generate some confusion, Monitoring, Mentoring, Advising
often leading to inconsistencies in & Training (MMA&T) are nor-
By Roberto Gonella
the actions of advisers deployed mally clustered together when
Introduction by different donor countries. planning and enforcing crisis
These issues were discussed among management operations, but
Within the vast international experts and stakeholders during they present distinct peculiari-
cooperation environment, Stra- the International Conference on ties that need to be appreciated.
tegic Advising holds a promi- Strategic Advising held at CoESPU Monitoring is defined as obser-
nent position in all capacity buil- in November 2019. This short ar- vation of and reporting on speci-
ding programs. To be successful, ticle draws from the outcome of fic activities. Training entails the
even technical projects with limi- that International Conference. It passing of knowledge to tran-
ted scope need to be embedded cannot aim at solving long-stan- sfer skills to selected person-
in wider, comprehensive plans, ding and unsettled issues, but it nel depending on the identified
devised and managed in accor- will try to clarify some aspects re- need. Both are easy to recognise.
dance with informed strategic ad- lated to advising strategic level Mentoring and Advising, conver-
vice provided by selected experts. actors (Ministers/Under-Secreta- sely, having some common aspects
However, the international com- ries of Interior, Chiefs of Police/ are sometimes mixed up. Both aim
munity – albeit acknowledging its Gendarmerie of the host-State at enhancing the effectiveness and
importance – still has to clearly de- and their close aides) in police ca- improving the performance of the
fine what strategic advising is and pacity building and development. targeted administration, service

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