ABSTRACT
Recent trends in international responses to domestic civil war and humanitarian crises highlight the growing importance of multilateral intervention by intergovernmental organisations (IGOs). This chapter focuses on Christer Jonsson's analysis in order to analyse the emergent ramifications of organisational networks and their impact on the implementation and effectiveness of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) efforts in post-conflict interventions. It examines Sierra Leone, because it shows evidence of both success and failure in approaching DDR. The chapter provides the basis for building a guide to future successful implementation, that provides intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) personnel with tools for navigating the networking process. It describes the surface in outlining interorganisational networking models in accounting for the effectiveness of DDR and other post-conflict programmes. DDR processes require comprehensive and objective assessments of capabilities and right-fit for each participating entity, though in this case the right-fit frequently evolved by default.
