1. 14-15 November 2012 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Peace and Security Cluster of the
RCM – AFRICA
13th RCM Meeting Addis Ababa
14-15 November 2012
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2. Cluster Achievements
Support and capacity-building assistance, both from UN and other partners
UNOAU, for example, provides 22 full-time planners tasked with both day-to-day support and capacity-building assistance
AU PSD believes they are already near full absorptive capacity
Cluster coordinates, incorporates cross-cutting themes, and plans joint activities, based on known AUC priorities

3. Cluster Achievements Clusters and its 4 sub-clusters
African Peace and Security Architecture
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development,
Transitional Justice, and
Emergency Preparedness and Response
planned and implemented 10 joint activities in 2012

4. Key Challenges and Messages
Peace and Security objectives of 2006 Framework well on the way to being achieved; significant capacity-building support is being delivered to the AUC by the UN
But ownership of RCM process has not improved

5. Key Challenges and Messages
AUC chairmanship of clusters and results-oriented programming, as called for in the 2010 Triennial Review, did not produce the desired improvement in AUC ownership
Problem is more fundamental:
Lack of perceived added value from the RCM process, itself caused by lack of consensus at the AUC over the importance of additional capacity-building

6. Key Challenges and Messages
2011 AUC needs assessment - no follow-up; ownership?
Cluster system and RCM Secretariat both need greater leadership from UN
New DSG, new leadership at the AUC and ECA, present an opportunity to address these problems. We are encourages by preliminary discussions with each of them.