The Great Region Issue No. 2
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The Great Region Issue No. 1
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PRESS RELEASE: Regional conference on Strategies for Implementation of the ICGLR instruments on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region, Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda 1st-3rd December 2017.
oscah2017-11-30T21:14:40+00:00Kampala-Uganda, 29th October 2017: The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) – Regional Training Facility (RTF) on Prevention and Suppression of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) will hold a Regional conference on Strategies for Implementation of the ICGLR instruments on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda from December 1-3, 2017. This Great Lakes High Level conference will be held under the theme “Strategies for Implementation [...]
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7th Ordinary Summit of ICGLR Heads of State and Government. Brazzavile, Republic of Congo.
oscah2017-10-27T08:07:30+00:00The Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), meeting in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 19th October, 2017 under the theme “Fast-Tracking Implementation of the Pact to Facilitate Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region” to review the political and security situation in the region at the invitation of H.E. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and outgoing Chairman of the ICGLR Summit; His Excellency Denis Sassou Nguesso, Incoming Chairperson and host of the 7th Summit [...]
Meeting of Ministers of Defence of the ICGLR Member States, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
oscah2017-10-27T07:45:42+00:00Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 11th October, 2011: Ministers of Defence of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region ICGLR met in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo on 11th October, 2017 under the chairmainship of H.E. Charles Richard Mondjo, the Minister of Defence on security situation in the Great Lakes Region. The meeting of the Committee of Ministers precedes the Summit of the ICGLR Heads of States and Government to take place on 19th October, themed “Fast-Tracking the implementation of the Pact to Ensure Stability [...]
Meeting of Chiefs of Defence Forces/Staff of the ICGLR Member States Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
oscah2017-10-27T07:40:41+00:00Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 10th October, 2017: The Chiefs of Defence Forces/Staff of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region ICGLR met today 9th October, 2017 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo under the chairmanship of General Guy Blanchard Okoi, the Chief of General Staff of the Republic of Congo Defence Forces, to consider and adopt the report of the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism EJVM on security situation in the Great Lakes Region. The meeting precedes the meeting of the Committee of Ministers [...]
Second Training of ICGLR-Regional Training Facility (RTF) Master Trainers at the new office in Munyonyo, Kampala Uganda, 9-14th October 2017.
oscah2017-10-19T13:52:16+00:00(10 October 2017) –The ICGLR-Regional Training Facility (RTF) is conducting a training workshop for the Master Trainers (MTs) in the prevention and suppression of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) from 9-14th October 2017 at the newly acquired RTF office in Munyonyo, Kampala-Uganda. The RTF conducted the first training earlier this year from 8-12th may 2017. This focused on the introduction of MTs to the RTF-GLR-SGBV training programme & roles and responsibilities. The 12 RTF [...]
Workshop on “Assessing Implementation of Kampala Declaration on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)”, Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala-Uganda, 29-30th August 2017.
oscah2017-08-31T13:19:15+00:00The ICGLR Heads of State and Government committed to eradicate all forms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great lakes Region. This commitment is contained in the signed Pact on Security, Stability and Development. “The Member States undertake, in accordance with the Protocol on the Prevention and Suppression of Violence Against Women and Children, to combat sexual violence against women and children through preventing, criminalizing and punishing acts of sexual violence, both in times of peace [...]
ICGLR-RTF trains Master Trainers on Sexual and Gender Based Violence
ICGLR-RTS2017-07-06T16:59:12+00:00(Kampala, Uganda, 2 May 2017) – This week, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Regional Training Facility on the Prevention and Suppression of Sexual Violence in the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR-RTF) commences an extensive training programme. The first part of the programme, supported by World Bank and NICHE, entails a one week training from 8 to 12 May 2017: ICGLR-RTF Training of Master Trainers on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (part 1) The 12 selected Master Trainers will complete [...]
6th Kigali International Conference Declaration (KICD) Annual General Meeting on the role of security organs to end violence against women and girls
ICGLR-RTS2017-07-06T04:58:22+00:00The 6th KICD AGM Conference: The annual general meetings are held on rotational basis and during the 5th AGM held in Algeria, it was decided that the 6th AGM will be held in the Republic of Uganda in March, 2017. The Conference was held on the 6th and 7th March 2017. Preceding the meeting, there was a series of weeklong nationwide activities highlighting efforts in combating Violence Against Women and Girls and culminated into the International Women´s Day on 8th [...]