Of interest: WAPI- A West African Training Program

CALL FOR APPLICATION - THE WEST AFRICA PEACEBUILDING INSTITUTE (WAPI) 2012

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) in partnership with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) would like to announce the start of admissions to the West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI) 2012.

This year’s Institute will be held from 03^rd to 21^st September, 2012 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana.

WAPI is a three-week intensive training program that aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society-based peacebuilding practitioners and institutions in order to promote the development of indigenous responses to conflict.

Six courses will be offered during the three-week period, each week having two 5-day intensive courses running concurrently. The courses are highly interactive and participatory, blending theory and practice in the field of peacebuilding.

Admission to WAPI is open to practitioners, students, policy makers and civil society members, business community and individuals interested in peacebuilding, processes of dialogue and mediation, conflict and development, cross-border crimes, electoral disputes management, youth and peace education, conflict prevention and gender, natural resource conflict management.

Please find details in both English and French on the courses and fees and application forms (English and French) attached. Send the completed application form to:

wapi@wanep.org and facquah@wanep.org

Deadline for submission of application document is 20^th August, 2012.

Please circulate this information to colleagues and institutions that may be interested.

You could also visit our website for further details or regular update on the training: www.wanep.org 

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WANEP is a West Africa Civil Society Organization with over 400 Member- organizations working in Partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). WANEP is also a Member of the Peace and Security cluster of the African Union’s (AU) Economic and Social Council –ECOSOC.

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