01263nas a2200193   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260006900044653001700113653001800130653001900148653001400167653001400181653002700195100001800222245006700240520076200307       2013                            d  cNovember 2013bCentre for Security and Defence ManagementaSofia10aCentral Asia10acivil society10aDefence reform10aintegrity10aoversight10asecurity sector reform1 aTodor Tagarev00aDefence and Security Sector Reform and Parliamentary Oversight3 aIn the notes for a speech to the 84th Rose-Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on “Afghanistan, Regional Security and the Future of International Cooperation,” conducted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 13-15 November 2013, the author outlines two reasons for failings of security sector reform efforts – inability to properly contextualize security sector reform initiatives and invalid assumptions regarding the power and shadow influence of some security organizations. He then identifies three features of successful reform designs, valid for every context: provide for political legitimacy of security and defence organizations and reform initiatives; emphasise integrity at least as much as effectiveness; involve civil society organizations.