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Shared security and peace governance : the Malian experience
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It is therefore on the basis of this new vision that all the Security Sector actors must henceforth conduct their activities. It is on the same basis that security forces should be trained, organised, equipped, supervised and deployed to the operational fields. Similarly, security departments should, as a matter of priority, give preference to protection of persons without neglecting institutions and dependent units. Besides, since the existing human, material and logistic means are relatively inadequate to ensure full security coverage of the country, other actors of the Security Sector should be involved in order to fill the relevant needs. As a result, the idea of sharing roles and responsibilities between all the actors in managing security issues emerged. The relevant approach is known as« Shared Security Governance». The Security Sector actors consist of: individuals, government authorities, security and defence departments, general public administration, the private sector, political parties, civil society organisations, local authorities, communities, as well as technical and financial partners who had always been excluded from the security sector due to the sensitive, sovereign and often secret character ,thereof. The National Policy for Internal Security and Civilian Protection was worked out on the basis of three fundamental criteria: Ø Number 1: The need to build a security with a human face. In other words, developing a security system that respects human dignity and links security to development, in a such a way as development becomes a fundamental dimension of security, while security becomes the cost of development which must be borne by all the Security Sector's actors; 42