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De-radicalization & Disarmament

Major Thomas Galasz Nielsen

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Lessons learnedPublic information of both ex-combatants and civilians are important.

Community participation is key to successful planning and implementation of a DDR programme.

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Tactical levelD-D-R or R-D-D? Argument: A concentration on the R

could help the ex-combatants on with their civilian lives and foster the creation of a peace-based economy.

But warlords and commanders could have manifested their power and criminal activities further and in turn offered a better pay to the soldiers who wanted to stay.

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Effective public information

Problems Communication to the public

in general. And secondly to the individual

soldiers.

Spoilers Stalling the process and collecting

extra salaries. Commanders do not inform soldiers

on low practical issues.

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Community participationIn the first two phases of the program, local participation was taken into consideration and succeeded.

ANBP did not estimate the possibility of structuring the program as a weapons-for-development or community based program.

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Conclusion First, the importance of public

information of both ex-combatants and civilians, and that the inclusion of media assessments into the overall evidence-based planning of the DDR programme.

Second, the community participation is often the key to successful planning and implementation of a DDR programme.