Welcome to ACCORD

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is a South African-based civil society organisation working throughout Africa to bring creative African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on the continent.

ACCORD’s primary aim is to influence political developments by bringing conflict resolution, dialogue and institutional development to the forefront as an alternative to armed violence and protracted conflict. ACCORD specialises in conflict management, conflict analysis and conflict prevention. We intervene in conflicts through mediation, negotiation, training, research and conflict analysis.

ACCORD works throughout Africa: from SADC in the south, through the Great Lakes region to the Horn of Africa and in West Africa. Since 1992, ACCORD has trained over 20,000 people in conflict management and conflict resolution skills, focussing on all sectors: government and the public service, business, military and police, and civil society. ACCORD is part of the growing momentum for an African Renaissance.

The United Nations has recognised ACCORD’s approach of intervention, research, training and early warning as a viable model for conflict prevention and conflict transformation on the continent.

Latest News from ACCORD

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ACCORD participates in SADC key stakeholders’ roundtable on gender and development

ACCCORD's Manager for the Interventions Department, Dr. Martha Mutisi, has represented the institution at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Stakeholders' Roundtable on Gender and Development. As one of the few civil society organisations represented, ACCORD is well placed to... Read more

15-05-2012 in Women

ACCORD 's Mutisi presents at prestigious ISA conference on global information age

ACCCORD senior researcher, Dr. Martha Mutisi, has delivered a paper on the role of the media in democratisation and peacebuilding at the International Studies Association's (ISA) Annual Convention on "Power, Principles and Participation in the Global Information Age." An influential... Read more

11-05-2012 in Knowledge Production

ACCORD internal staff seminar looks at justice, reconciliation and reconstruction in post-apartheid South Africa

South Africa has done exceptionally well, as a fledgling democracy, to inculcate values of tolerance and coexistence, thereby earning herself the popular title of "rainbow nation". To reflect on developments since 1994, ACCORD's Knowledge Production Department hosted an Internal Staff... Read more

02-05-2012 in Knowledge Production

ACCORD conducts peace building forum on addressing Insecurity in South Sudan

Through its Conflict Transformation Initiative and in seeking to mitigate violent conflict and insecurity, and supporting peace for the people of South Sudan, ACCORD hosted a Dialogue Forum in Malakal, Upper Nile State of South Sudan from the 11-13 April... Read more

25-04-2012 in Peacebuilding

ACCORD Trustee awarded the Great Cross of the Order of Bernadro O'Higgins

ACCORD Trustee, H.E. Ambassador Billy Modise, has been awarded the Great Cross of the Order of Bernadro O'Higgins by the Government of Republic of Chile. The presentation will be made by the Ambassador of the Republic of Chile, H.E. Ambassador... Read more

12-04-2012 in Trustees

ACCORD hosts 4th phase of International Training Programme on Peace and Security

The 'International Training Programme on Peace and Security in Africa' resumed with phase four, training 27 participants selected from the various Regional Economic Communities in Africa. Following on from phase two, that took place in Uppsala Sweden in October... Read more

04-04-2012 in Training

Ndinga-Muvumba at Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation 50th Anniversary Roundtable

Angela Ndinga-Muvumba, Senior Research Fellow at ACCORD and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Uppsala's Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), took part in the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation's 50th Anniversary Roundtable Event in Uppsala on 2 March 2012, alongside... Read more

12-03-2012 in Knowledge Production

ACCORD working to enhance civilian capacities in the aftermath of conflicts

ACCORD is one of the leading institutions in the world working on civilian peacekeeping, having worked for the past seventeen years in strengthening the civilian capacities of the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs)/Regional Mechanisms... Read more

12-03-2012 in Peacekeeping

Ndinga-Muvumba presents at US State Department conference on the AU

Angela Ndinga-Muvumba, Senior Research Fellow at ACCORD and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Uppsala's Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), took part in a conference on 'The African Union After Ten Years: Progress, Practice and Prospects for the... Read more

01-03-2012 in Knowledge Production

ACCORD implements major new long-term international training programme to strengthen peace and security architecture in Africa

In October 2011 in Stockholm, ACCORD, in partnership with the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and Indevelop, a Stockholm-based consultancy group, facilitated a three week lecture series on issues relating to peace and security in Sub-... Read more

20-02-2012 in Training

ACCORD TfP Programme supports strengthening of UNMISS Civil Affairs

The Training for Peace Programme (TfP) at ACCORD's Peacekeeping Unit, has been actively engaged in supporting the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Civil Affairs Division (CAD) capacity to implement its mandate. Its relationship with UN peacekeeping operations can... Read more

17-02-2012 in Peacekeeping

Enhancing the nexus between peacekeeping and peacebuilding: an overview of ACCORD’s 2011 activities

Increasingly UN Member State discussions are moving away from linear conceptions of a "transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding" to focus on the "nexus between peacekeeping and peacebuilding," a shift that is reflected in the 2011 report of the Special Committee... Read more

17-02-2012 in Peacekeeping

ACCORD recognised for second year running as 5th most influential Think Tank in Sub-Sahara Africa

In January 2012 ACCORD was recognised, for a second year running, as the 5th most influential Think Tank in Sub Sahara Africa, in the annual "Global Go To Think Tanks" Report released by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme at... Read more

02-02-2012 in General

Cedric de Coning appointed to United Nations Peacebuilding Fund’s Advisory Board

Cedric de Coning, ACCORD's Research Fellow, has been appointed to the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Board by the UN Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Ban Ki-Moon, for a two-year period that started in January 2012. The appointment follows Cedric's nomination... Read more

02-02-2012 in General

Panel Discussion on Climate Change Adaptation, Conflict and Cooperation during COP17

On 6 December, over 90 decision makers and experts at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) attended a Panel Discussion titled Climate Change Adaptation, Conflict and Cooperation: a diplomatic approach for Africa?... Read more

25-01-2012 in Knowledge Production

ACCORD hosts authors' roundtable on 'Women, Peace and Security'

ACCORD is involved in ongoing efforts to highlight the role gender plays in peace and security. In its three pillars of intervention, namely peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, ACCORD is cognisant of the role of gender in peace and conflict such... Read more

23-01-2012 in Women

ACCORD represented at ICGLR conference on sexual and gender-based violence

Angela Ndinga-Muvumba, Senior Research Fellow at ACCORD and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Uppsala's Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), attended the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) 4th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State... Read more

12-01-2012 in Knowledge Production

ACCORD enhances French mediation capacity in Africa

In efforts to strengthen existing mediation-support capacity on the continent, and to enhance African countries' capacities to effectively and peacefully resolve their own conflicts, ACCORD has recently conducted an advanced mediation training for government representatives and academics from French-speaking parts... Read more

06-01-2012 in Peacemaking