Welcome to CESS
Our office is in the Dutch city of Groningen, but our experts live all over the world. Our mission is to promote transparency, accountability and effectiveness in the field of security.
In our programmes we engage in training and coaching on good governance issues, parliamentary oversight, process management in parliaments and Security Sector Reform (SSR). We provide training (including training of trainers) and develop training material for practitioners in government agencies, parliament, media and civil society. We teach all over Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Watch our 5-minute video or read our SSR brochure for more information.
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CESS News
CESS promotes inclusive security sector governance in Ukraine
2019-04-09
CESS obtained funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to implement a project in Ukraine between April 2019 and March 2020 which aims to foster independent oversight of the security sector in Ukraine. The project will increase more knowledge on security sector governance amongst oversight actors and at the same time promote a better working relationship between independent oversight actors, such as civil society organisations, the ombudsman institution and the accounting chamber.
CESS continues its work in the Western Balkans
2018-03-05
Between February 2018 and January 2019 CESS will embark on a new capacity-building project of one year, aimed at strenghtening the key functions of the Assembly of Kosovo. This project is generously funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project will consist of a baseline assessment mission, four training courses for a group of carefully selected parliamentary staffers and four coaching trajectories for several MPs from different committees.
