The Training for Peace (TfP) in Africa Programme is an international peacekeeping capacity building initiative funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its primary purpose is to contribute towards capacity building within the broader ambit of peace operations at the practical and conceptual level in Africa.

There are four main partners of the Programme including:

• The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) in Durban;
• The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria;
• The Kofi Annan International Peace Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra; and
• The Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo.

The main programme activities consist of:

• Training of civilian and police peacekeeping and peacebuilding personnel
• Applied research, publication and dissemination; and
• Policy development

The TfP Programme works closely with the African Civilian Standby Roster for Humanitarian and Peacebuilding Missions (AFDEM), whose role is to provide the link between training and deployment. Civilians trained by the Programme are placed on AFDEM's standby roster after having passed a thorough screening process. AFDEM also facilitates deployment to UN or African peace operations, UN agencies or civil society organizations.

The TfP Programme was funded in 1995 and is the largest Norwegian-funded Project in Africa. Based upon a positive independent evaluation conducted in 2000 and 2004, the Programme entered its second entered its second phase in 2001, and from 2007, entered into a third transitional phase. The Programme remains committed to making an impact on the civilian dimensions of peace and security across the African continent. Approximately 7000 civilians, police and military – many currently serving in UN and African peace operations – have been trained through the TfP Programme, and about 300 publications have been produced, encompassing research papers, books, reports, manuals, readers and handbooks.

Key Objectives of the TfP Programme

• To contribute towards the building of a reliable stand-by capacity of personnel within Africa for peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions;
• To contribute towards the creation of a common language and common culture of peacekeeping and peacebuilding on the continent that will serve to support collective approaches to security, peace support operations, as well as conflict management
• To contribute towards the development of new understanding, knowledge and approaches that will provide the basis for more effective raining and education as well as enhance policy-making and public awareness of the various challenges involved; and
• To promote policy development in peace support operations and to formulate, document and analyze innovate ideas from both within and outside the continent so as to improve the understanding, organization and conduct of peace support operations in the African region.