The Training for Peace in Africa Programme has published an overview of all its activities and achievements. Since 1995 more than 8500 persons have received training though the programme and several key research publications have been published. Read the publication to learn more about TfP’s training activities, research and policy work.
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NUPI researcher Ole Jacob Sending has published a thought provoking report and policy brief which seeks to understand why local ownership
and local context
are recognized as important yet seem to be of little importance in shaping peacebuilding efforts.
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NUPI has recently published two critical policy briefs and a working paper on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and 1820 in Liberia. Addressing GBV effectively cannot be undertaken without understanding how “modern” and traditional systems of justice function and interplay. “The problem in Liberia is not that victims of rape don’t get justice, but that no one gets justice.”
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The recommendations of ACCORD's report of the ASF Civilian Dimension Staffing, Training and Rostering Workshop, also commonly known as the "Kampala Report" were endorsed by the AU's 3rd Ordinary Meeting of the Specialised Committee on Defence, Safety and Security, on 15 May 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The report will also be followed up by an ASF Civilian Dimension Technical Rostering Workshop from 1 - 3 July 2009 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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The division of work between the Training for Peace offices of ISS in Pretoria and Nairobi has allowed for more dedicated support to the Eastern Africa region, particularly to East African Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO).
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Police Advisor for the Eastern Africa Standby Coordination Mechanism (EASBRICOM), Bjørn Hareide, presented Training for Peace in Africa in a wide-ranging interview to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.
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Henri Boshoff is the new Head of the Training for Peace in Africa Programme at ISS. He worked as a Military Analyst for the Africa Security Analysis Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Tshwane (Pretoria) office for eight years before taking up the position as Head of the Training for Peace Programme in April 2009. His areas of expertise are terrorism, peacekeeping, support to the police and African politics.
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TfP participated in an African Peace Support Trainers’ Association (APSTA) – European Group on Training (EGT) Consultative Workshop 18 – 20 May in Accra, Ghana. The Workshop aimed essentially to address critical gaps in civilian training on the continent and create partnerships between African and European training centres to address these gaps.
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ACCORD recently conducted Conflict Management for Peacekeepers courses for UNOCI and UNAMID. Through the TfP Programme's continued support to the Civil Affairs Sections of UN field missions, ACCORD has been requested by the Civil Affairs Section of UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to assist on a project to develop a handbook for Civil Affairs officers that will essentially introduce core elements and guide Civil Affairs Officers in the implementation of their tasks.
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Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was a keynote speaker at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs’ (NUPI) 50 Years Anniversary Conference and was briefed on the Training for Peace in Africa programme (TfP) by the senior Norwegian diplomats and members of the research team at NUPI involved in TfP.
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