Deadline- 12 August 2013
Applications are invited for West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI) to provide specialized, intensive, and culturally sensitive training in conflict transformation and peacebuilding. The goal of this program is to provide knowledge and expertise on peacbuilding and conflict prevention to reduce and eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict.
Objectives-
- To develop action-oriented capacity for conflict transformation and peacebuilding
- To increase the number of competent, informed and active peacebuilding practitioners in West Africa and worldwide
- To provide quality training in peacebuilding at a reduced cost
- To develop context specific and indigenous models of conflict transformation and peacebuilding that can be integrated with existing models
- To provide skills to respond to workplace disputes in order to increase productivity for national development
- And to bridge the gap between policy and practice in peacebuilding
Eligibility & Criteria-
The participants are selected from various fields and institutions including NGOs, the Academia, governmental agencies, regional intergovernmental bodies such as ECOWAS, African Union, the UN, private practitioners; students (tertiary), corporate organizations, etc.
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