The Peacekeeping Context

Contributing to Africa's Peacekeeping capacity

About three-quarters of UN peacekeeping personnel and budgets are deployed on the African continent. This is as a result of the complex conflict challenges that continue to pose a threat to peace and security in Africa. The AU is thus striving to ensure it maintains peace and security on the continent, amidst its capacity and […]

Peacekeeping Sponsored Publications

AJCRs

The Peacekeeping Unit at ACCORD has sponsored a range of publications produced by the organisation: African Journal on Conflict Resolution Conflict Trends Policy & Practice Briefs Occasional Papers View all AJCRs here View all CTs here View all PPBs here View all OPs here

ACCORD’s TfP Programme

ACCORD’s Training Unit collaborates with IGAD to train women mediators from Sudan and South Sudan

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. Core programme activities include: Training of civilian and […]

African Union Mediation Support Capacity Project

African Union Mediation Support Capacity Project

Overall Objective The AU Mediation Support Capacity Project aimed to strengthen the mediation support capacity of the AU. The project ended in 2019. Project Partners The Project was jointly implemented by the AU’s Conflict Management Division (AU CMD), ACCORD, and the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), and was funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of […]

Make Peace Happen 2010

“On 21 September, Africa joined the rest of the world to mark Peace Day. For Africa, this day was especially significant, as 2010 was declared the Year of Peace and Security in Africa. Peace Day, therefore, represented an important milestone for the Year of Peace and Security. 21 September was a natural bridge in the […]

The strategic focus of the TfP Programme

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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 […]

TfP CPPC Courses

What Is The “TfP Civilian Peacekeeping And Peacebuilding Course”? As prospective participants may be aware, the role of civilian peacekeepers in Peace Support Operations (PSO) have generally been unknown and under researched. However the various roles played by non-military personnel during a PSO contribute greatly to the peace process. The civilian dimension of peace operations […]

Other Research

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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 […]

The Peacemaking Unit

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Diplomatic interventions intended to transform a violent conflict into non-violent dialogue where differences are settled through representative political institutions.

The Resource Centre

ACCORD Resource Centre

ACCORD’s resource centre, based at our headquarters in Mount Edgecombe, houses a variety of resources that are of value to the study of peace and conflict in Africa and globally. Our resource centre provides a unique collection of approximately 2 000 books and journals alone. We also house an additional 5 160 titles, which include […]

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