Mr. Assinamar Ag Rousmane is a Doctor of  Leadership Candidate. He holds a Master in Management from the Ecole Superieure des Technologies et de Management de Bamako as well as a Master in English from the Université d’Alger 2.  He also holds a Masters of International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid from the Kalu Institute in Spain. Most recently he completed a Diploma in Civil Peace Studies (Intervention Civile de Paix) at the L’Institute Catholic de Paris, France.

He has over 15 years experience in peace negotiations, studies and organizations having supervised 7 projects for PBF and agencies of the United Nations in Mali. He also has worked on the implementation of 6 projects to reduce community violence in the Center and the North (economic recovery, empowerment, social cohesion, DDR awareness, PVE, training of actors, support for agro-pastoralists) on behalf of MINUSMA.

At present, he holds the position of National Coordinator at ONG AZG+HAR in Mali. Previous to this, he acted as a consultant for Non-Violence International Peace Force for the protection of civil peace.  Since 2018, he has been a researcher at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches pour le Développement (CERD) and has acted as Publisher for the “Tribune Paix et Développement” magazine. He is an active member of the Defenders of Human Rights Network (Reseau des Defenseurs des droits de l’homme) and a member of the West African Network for Peace building.