10 Facts About DCAF

DCAF was established in 2000 as the 'Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces' in the Canton of Geneva by the Swiss government and as of 2018 employs around 170 staff, has seven permanent offices and 63 member states.

DCAF was established in October 2000 under Swiss law as a foundation and on the initiative of the Swiss government.

DCAF is mandated by its intergovernmental Foundation Council to assist partner states and international actors in improving the governance of the security sector through reform based on international norms and good practices.

In 2017, DCAF supported national and international partners in more than 70 countries.

DCAF was ranked the 33rd in the Top Transparency and Good Governance Think Tanks and the 35th in the Top Defense and National Security Think Tanks on the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index The foundation is one of only seven institutions worldwide represented in both categories.

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Likewise, an external evaluation published in 2014 assessed that DCAF "has an excellent reputation as an organization with solid expertise".

DCAF is headquartered at the Maison de la Paix complex in Geneva together with its "sister centres", the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, as well as the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and other peacebuilding-related institutions.

In January 2018, DCAF became a member of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, a "a knowledge hub that connects the critical mass of peacebuilding actors, resources, and expertise in Geneva and worldwide".

DCAF maintains permanent offices in Beirut, Brussels, Ljubljana, Ramallah, Tripoli, and Tunis.

DCAF is organized as a think-and-do tank and at the headquarters its work is carried out according to four pillars:.