On 1 October 2025, Stefan Schwarz joined the GS-Foundation (GS-F) as Chief Operating Officer. His appointment marks an important step in strengthening GS-F’s leadership for the future of security sector reform.
Changes in leadership are key moments in any organisation: they combine recognition for what has been achieved with confidence for what is to come. For the GS Foundation, September 2025 marks such a moment – the handover of project management in Nigeria from Matthias Seeger to Uwe Heller.
At the 62nd Annual International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Conference in Glasgow, the GS-F-supported Moldovan delegation had the unique opportunity to participate in workshops, engage in networking, and connect with law enforcement leaders from all over the world.
Im September 2025 hatten wir die Ehre, die ukrainische Delegation zur 62. Jahreskonferenz der International Association of Women Police (IAWP) in Glasgow zu begleiten. Mit mehr als 800 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern aus 42 Ländern war die Veranstaltung eine globale Plattform, um Leistungen anzuerkennen, Erfahrungen auszutauschen und die internationale Solidarität unter Frauen in der Polizeiarbeit zu stärken.
At the beginning of September, our colleagues Ronja Berner and Udo Möller travelled to Chile as part of the trilateral police reform project with Chile and Colombia. The project is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office. Together with our partners, they met representatives of Carabineros de Chile and discussed achievements as well as future priorities.
At the end of August, the newly established Police Reform Secretariat (PRS) in Nigeria, under the leadership of Prof. Olu Ogunsakin, invited the GS-Foundation to present its ongoing projects at a national press conference in Abuja. The PRS was created to give new direction and visibility to Nigeria’s police reform agenda and to strengthen cooperation with national and international partners.
