SECURITY RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTRE

Security & Protection
  • Kenya

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SECURITY RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTRE

Security & Protection

Kenya

SRIC is an independent non-profit making think tank, committed to providing data and information on human security and security sector dynamics in Kenya and the sub-region of the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa. 



Mission 


SRIC's mission statement reflects the Organisation's values namely: To Influence and contribute to positive change in the Security Sector Dynamics of Kenya and the sub-region of the Great Lakes and the Horn of  Africa. 



SRIC supports this mission by conducting primary applied research, through policy facilitation aimed at the transformation of the security sector, and the provision of verifiable data and information on key security areas through the development of crime typology and armed violence trends in the sub-region. SRIC maintains a dedicated electronic database and a rich resource centre accessible to government officials, researchers and the media. 



Vision 


To have a peaceful country and sub-region free of all tools of violence in particular firearms through enhanced partnership between respective communities, all stakeholders and the law enforcement agencies especially the police. 



Community Service 


In conducting research and disseminating the research findings, it is our commitment to give a feed back to the public on crimes reported, provide statistical data and information on crime trend as well as influence policy and decision making processes in Kenya. 

Technical Assistance
SRIC provides technical support at ground level for the implementation of national processes for arms management and disarmament in the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.

Regional Centre for Small Arms
SRIC works closely with the Regional Centre for Small Arms (RECSA) formerly known as the Nairobi Secretariat and with her partners; SaferAfrica and Saferworld in establishing and strengthening National Focal Points in the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa Regions for the implementation of the Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons made on 15 of March 2000.

RECSA is also mandated to coordinate the implementation of The Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa made in Nairobi April 2004 during the 2 nd Ministerial Review Conference. SRIC has been supporting the process as a civil society organisation concerned with and keen on researching on the problem of the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons by offering technical assistance and facilitation in related key workshops, meetings and conferences.

SRIC collaborates with NGO partners, the government of Kenya , governments in the sub-region and signatory to the Nairobi Declaration and Protocol, intergovernmental organisations, civil society and security and law enforcement agencies in the implementation process of the Nairobi Declaration and Protocol.

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