Selection process and recruitment of the Executive Director of the Tana High-level Forum

Ababa University, Ethiopia (AAU) and prominent African figures, such as the late Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi. It was created as a response to the AU Summit Tripoli Declaration of August 2009, which recognized peace and security as a shared "intellectual challenge" and called for "Afric

an-led solutions" to security challenges. The Forum aims to facilitate frank discussions among concerned decision-makers, peace and security stakeholders, and their wider communities about the African continent"s security issues and challen