Forskningsgrupp för Afrikas horn HESPI, Support to the Research Working Group on the Horn of Africa Detta är ett bidrag till forskningsgruppen för Afrikas Horn till stöd för aktiviteter vid Afrikanska Unionens genomförandepanel på hög nivå (AU-HIP) som förberedelse till konferenser om fred, säkerhet, stabilitet, samarbete och utveckling på Afrikas Horn och i Röda Havsområdet. Programmet består av policyrelaterad forskning och engagemang på tre områden där workshops kommer att genomföras och vars resultat slutligen presenteras i en rapport från AU-HIP till Afrikanska Unionens Freds- och Säkerhetsråd (AU-PSC).

HESPI kommer att ansvara för övergripande ledning, rapportering och organisera workshops. Arbetet inom de tre forskningsområdena kommer att ledas av HESPI, World Peace Foundation (WPF) respektive Goldsmiths, University of London.

Den totala budgeten för stödet är 14 641 200 SEK och kommer att täckas av fyra partnerländer, dvs. Danmark,  Norge, Schweiz och Sverige. Sveriges bidrag kommer att vara totalt 3 500 000 SEK som utbetalas 2019 då andra partner kommer att göra utbetalningar senare. EU kommer också att bidra via Afrikanska Unionen (AU) till insatsen på särskilt definierade områden. This is a support provided to the Research Working Group on Horn of Africa to support the activities of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AU-HIP), in preparation for the convening of the conferences on peace, security, stability, cooperation and development in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea Arena. The programme consists of policy research and engagement in the three clustrs, leading to workshops and ultimatly to a report from the AU-HIP to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC).

HESPI will be responsible for the overall management and reporting and organizing the workshops. There are three research clusters, each will be managed by the following: HESPI; World Peace Foundation (WPF); and Goldsmiths, University of London. 

The total budget for the intervention is  SEK 14 641 200 and will be covered by four partner countries including, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden.  Sweden's contribution will be a total of SEK 3 500 000 that will be disbursed in 2019 as other partners will make disbursements later. EU will also contribute through the African Union (AU) to the intervention in specificallly defined areas. The intervention on, Research Working Group on Horn of Africa is to support the activities of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AU-HIP), in preparation for the convening of the conferences on peace, security, stability, cooperation and development in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea Arena. The programme consists of policy research and engagement in the three clusters, leading to workshops and ultimately to a report from the AU-HIP to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC).
The support provided to the Research Working Group in Horn of Africa have the overall objectives to:
• Support the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) in conducting research on priority issues of high relevance to provide inputs into a final report to the AU Peace and Security Council and to convene the conference on peace, security, stability, cooperation and development on the Horn of Africa.
• Deepen understandings of the dynamics of conflict and development, and organize research around three pillars i.e. (i)  developing a security community in the Horn of Africa (HoA) and Red Sea arena; (ii) Regional integration and trade, infrastructure development, and addressing environmental and resource challenges; and (iii) democratization, diversity and state fragility, with a particular focus on gender and women’s activism.
• Assist in the preparation of workshops, and provide final peer reviewed reports to assist in the preparatory work to convene the conference on peace, security, stability, cooperation and development in the Horn of Africa.