Strengthening the Capacity of Women-led CBOs in South Africa
ACCORD aims to strengthen the capacity of women-led Community Based Organisations in conflict management, facilitation, and mediation capacities at the grassroots level.
Women – Peace, Development and Security
ACCORD is involved in on-going efforts to highlight the role of gender in peace and security.
Timeline of achievements
Over the past twenty-eight years, ACCORD has gained experience and expertise across the conflict management spectrum, including a dedicated focus on gender and its nexus with peace and conflict.
ACCORD Peace Actors’ Network (ACCPAN)
ACCORD would like to present the networks of local and national peace actors with the opportunity to develop their capacities and capabilities in Conflict Prevention, Conflict Management and Conflict Resolutions. The strengthening of networks of local and national peace actors would ensure that holistic approaches are considered when responding to conflict.
Other Research
Strong Peace Partnership ACCORD has a partnership with the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR) at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. The overall objective of the partnership, which is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency, is to develop the capacity of both partners to contribute to the constructive resolution of conflicts on […]
Country Programmes
ACCORD has worked in a huge range of countries throughout the African context since 1992. Long term in-country programmes, some with in-country offices, have been run in Burundi, Somalia and South Sudan, and further information on those programmes can be viewed by clicking on the links below. Current Programmes Past Programmes
The strategic focus of the TfP Programme
The TfP Programme is now in its fourth phase of implementation, 2011–2015, and is guided by a strategic framework and goal hierarchy which place emphasis on contribution to the development of sustainable capacity within the UN, AU and RECs/ RMs for peace operations on the continent. Since its inception in 1995, it has taken action […]
Peacebuilding Multimedia
The African Peacebuilding Coordination Network Training Programme The 2013 APCN training programme consisted of three training sessions – one in Liberia, Burundi and South Sudan. This network was made up of 18 participants from Burundi, DRC, Liberia and South Sudan. The participants were from CSOs, Academica and Government in the countries mentioned above. The programme […]
Somalia Initiative
While ACCORD has been actively involved in supporting the establishment of sustainable peace in Somalia since 1995, in 2013 ACCORD initiated a dedicated programme aimed at supporting the realisation of the Six Pillar Strategy of the Federal Government. ACCORD’s Somali Initiative seeks to contribute to long-term stability, and to better capacitate the administrative elements of […]
South Sudan Initiative
ACCORD has been working with South Sudanese stakeholders over the past 12 years. In April 2011, ACCORD entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Sudanese government’s Ministry of Peace and CPA Implementation (now reconfigured as the South Sudan Peace Commission). Since 2012 the work has been undertaken through the Republic of South […]