The Training for Peace in Africa programme (TfP) is an international peacekeeping capacity building and policy development initiative. Its primary purpose is to contribute towards the building of civilian and police capacities for the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU). Within the programme NUPI’s main responsibility is research and policy development, in cooperation with African partners who conduct the training and capacity building projects as well as research.
NUPI’s research seeks to contribute to the development of doctrine for peace operations, knowledge building and lessons learned from peacekeeping operations on the African continent, development of civilian and police peacekeeping know-how and capacity on peacekeeping operations and analysis of African states and the African security architecture.
At NUPI the programme focuses on three areas of priority:
In addition, NUPI’s activities in the programme are informed by the cross-cutting themes of gender and sexual based violence and North/South relations.
The programme consists of an international network of partners including the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), the African Civilian Response Capacity for Peace Support Operations (AFDEM) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo.
The programme is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
To learn more about the programme, visit www.trainingforpeace.org
Pågående prosjekter [vis alle]
Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding Nexus
This project will focus on synergies and challenges of the transition between peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Les mer
Protection of Civilians
This project seeks to contribute to ongoing process of mainstreaming the Protection of Civilians into the African Peace and Security Architecture. Les mer
Civilian Capacity
The project seeks to generate knowledge on the challenges facing civilian capacities within UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations, as well as recommending ways in which they can be addressed. Les mer
Fullførte prosjekter [vis alle]
Gender Dynamics in Peace Operations (MONUC)
The project builds on earlier fieldwork in the DRC and the security sector reform (SSR) processes in the country. The project will examine the development of a Congolese security sector as the major perpetrator group of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Les mer
The Hybridization of Peace Operations in Africa and the Protection of Civilians: Towards Coherent Doctrines?
This project will investigate how the ongoing UN/AU hybrid mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the current operational restraints of African forces pose challenges to the emerging doctrine of integrated UN missions, as well as the practical challenges encountered at the doctrinal level in terms of standardizing two different rationales (AU and UN) into a common doctrine. Les mer
The Protection of Civilians and the Coordination of Efforts: Challenges from a Field Perspective
The aim of the study is to consolidate the knowledge available on the practice and training towards an efficient protection of civilians in peace operations by civilians and police personnel. Les mer
Publikasjoner
- Karlsrud, John
(2013). The UN as a competitive arena for linked ecologies: The case of UN peacekeeping,
in Political Perspectives, 7
.Manchester,University of Manchester.s. 6-25.This article argues that the UN, in the area of peacekeeping, can be understood as a competitive arena, where informal policy alliances are competing to frame issues and build support for new norms, concepts and rules. [url] - de Coning, Cedric H., Paul Keating (2012). CivCap Network Annual Seminar 2012. Brasilia, Civilian Capacity Network. 19 sider. This report provides an overview of discussions during the 2012 Civilian Capacity Network seminar, organized by NUPI and Igarapé Institute.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus (2012). Consensus making in the United Nations Security Council : how informal processes may enforce inequality. NUPI-notat: 814. 32 sider. How do small states behave once they have a seat at the table? Based on anthropological fieldwork, the author describes how one small state – Norway – operated during its previous membership of the United Nations Security Council.
- Solhjell, Randi , Niels Nagelhus Schia, Marcela Donadio, Ancil Adrian-Paul, Juan Rial , Renata Giannini (2012). Turning UNSC Resolution 1325 into operational practice. Oslo, NUPI. 40 sider. SiP. Rapporten tar for seg integrering av kjønnsperspektiver blant militære i internasjonale operasjoner med studier fra FN-operasjonene i Kongo, Liberia og Haiti samt det norske NATO-bidraget i Afghanistan.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, John Karlsrud (2012). Contextualizing peacebuilding activities to local circumstances. Oslo, NUPI. 30 sider. Security in Practice. Denne komparative rapporten oppsummerer funnene fra de tre feltrapportene som utgjør prosjektet Contextualizing peacebuilding activities to local circumstances. Prosjektet ble gjennomført som en sammenlignende studie av FNs fredsbygging på lokalt nivå i tre land - Haiti, Liberia og Sør-Sudan.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Linnéa Gelot, Ludwig Gelot [red.] (2012). Supporting African Peace Operations . , NUPI, The Nordic Africa Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. 117 sider. Policy Dialogue No.8. Denne rapporten tar for seg fire utfordringer: 1) Den afrikanske Unions (AU) Kommisjons begrensede kapasitet i å planlegge og styre fredsoperasjoner; 2) utilstrekkelig politisk engasjement fra afrikanske medlemmer i AU fredsoperasjoner; 3) Kortsiktigheten og egeninteressen hos enkelte AU-partnere; 4) og behovet for at de faste medlemmene av FNs sikkerhetsråd deler verdier og sikrer en felles AU-FN-strategi.
- Rieker, Pernille , Ole Jacob Sending [red.] (2012). Inter-cultural dialogue in international crises. Oslo, NUPI. 103 sider. Målet med denne rapporten er å studere dialogens rolle som et verktøy for å forebygge, håndtere og løse internasjonale konflikter, illustrert ved tre tilfeller som varierer når det gjelder type konflikt, varighet og utfall.
- Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl, Sverre Lodgaard, Arne Melchior, Karl Rich, Elana Wilson Rowe, Ole Jacob Sending (2012). BRICS, Energy and the New World Order . Oslo, NUPI. 39 sider. I denne studien undersøker NUPI-forskere ulike aspekter ved temaet BRIKS og global energi.
- Eggen, Øyvind , Ole Jacob Sending (2012). Recent contributions to research on health and foreign policy . Oslo, NUPI. 36 sider. The report reviews recent research literature on the interrelations between health, on the one hand, and foreign policy/ diplomacy and global governance, on the other. It discusses how the literature responds to different challenges involved, and concludes by pointing at some shortcomings to be addressed in future research.
- Karlsrud, John , Randi Solhjell
(2012). Gender-Sensitive Protection and the Responsibility to Prevent: Lessons from Chad ,
in Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume 4, Issue 2
.Brill.s. 223 – 240 .The R2P concept relates as much to preventing mass atrocities as to halt on-going ones. This article emphasises the gender dimensions of prevention of and protection against violence and other threats, in order to stress the importance of implementing and mainstreaming gender into R2P. The case study here is the UN support mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) that provided a fairly encouraging, albeit short-lived, example of gender-responsive measures at the community level for refugees and IDPs in eastern Chad. [url] - de Coning, Cedric H., Joanna Harvey, Lillah Fearley [red.] (2012). UN DPKO/DFS Civil Affairs Handbook. New York, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. 251 sider. Civil Affairs Officers play a key role in peacekeeping operations. This handbook is intended as a platform on which to build and refine future guidance for civil affairs work.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Neumann, Hannah (2012). Contextualizing peacebuilding activities to local circumstances. Oslo, NUPI. 48 sider. Security in Practice 6 · 2012. Rapporten undersøker hvordan FNs fredsbevaringsoperasjoner i Liberia (UNMIL) kan implementeres med god lokal forankring.
- Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, Diana (2012). Moving towards local-level peacebuilding?. Oslo, NUPI. 53 sider. Security in Practice 5 · 2012. I denne rapporten ser Felix da Costa og Karlsrud på FNs fredsbevarende operasjoner i Sør-Sudan, UNMISS. Rapporten søker å belyse noen sentrale problemstillinger utviklet i fellesskap mellom NUPI og FNs avdeling for fredsbevarende operasjoners Best Practices.
- Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, Diana (2012). UN local peacebuilding and transition in Haiti. Oslo, NUPI. 51 sider. Security in Practice 4 · 2012. I denne rapporten ser Felix de Costa og Karlsrud på FNs fredsbevarende operasjoner i Haiti, og hvordan FN bør jobbe framover for å etablere gode lokale styringsinstitusjoner.
- Eggen, Øyvind , Ole Jacob Sending
(2012). Global helse,
i Internasjonal Politikk 2/2012
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.s. 208-217.Sending og Eggen diskuterer i denne artikkelen hvordan global helse som felt de siste årene har fått økt status i utenrikspolitikken og i akademia. [url] - Sending, Ole Jacob
(2011). United by difference: Diplomacy as a thin culture ,
in International Journal, volume 66, issue 3
.Canadian International Council.s. .New article by Ole Jacob Sending about diplomacy as a thin culture. Sending acted as guest editor of this volume of International Journal together with Vincent Pouliot and Iver B. Neumann. [url] - Nikolaisen, Trine , John Karlsrud (2011). Ti år i Afghanistan - hva nå?. Oslo, Utenriksdepartementet. 32 sider. Rapporten oppsummerer innholdet i Sikkerhetspolitisk konferanse 2011 som handlet om Afghanistan. Rapporten er strukturert rundt to hovedspørsmål: Hva har Norge og vesten oppnådd i Afghanistan, og hva har vi lært.
- de Coning, Cedric H.
(2011). Civilian Peacekeeping Capacity: Mobilizing Partners to Match Supply and Demand,
i International Peacekeeping, Volum 18, no. 5
.Taylor&Francis.s. 577-592.This article proposes the formation of a global civilian capacity partnership that brings together the training and roster community, the UN Secretariat and a grouping of interested states, with the aim of significantly improving the UN Secretariat's ability to identify, recruit and deploy suitably qualified civilian personnel. [url] - de Coning, Cedric H., Andreas Øien Stensland, Kjeksrud, Stian, Ravndal, Jacob Aasland, Lotze, Walter, Weir, Erin A. (2011). Protection of civilians in armed conflict. Oslo, Forsvarets forsvarsinstitutt (FFI). 59 sider. Denne rapporten gir en helhetlig oversikt over og sammenlikning av tiltak knyttet til beskyttelse av sivile blant de viktigste internasjonale og ikke-statlige organisasjonene.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Stang, Geral (2011). Historical Overview of Civil Affairs in UN Peace Operations. NUPI-notat: . 44 sider.
- Karlsrud, John , Morten Dehli Andreassen (2011). Bakgrunnsdokument: Ti år i Afghanistan - hva nå?. Oslo, NUPI. 16 sider. Rapport om hva det internasjonale bidraget har bragt Afghanistan og veien videre.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Cedric H. de Coning, Mikkel Frøsig Pedersen, Audun Solli
(2011). Training in vain? Bottlenecks in Deploying Civilians for UN Peacekeeping,
i International Peacekeeping, vol. 18, no 4
.Routledge.s. 425-438.Artikkelen tar for seg vanskelighetene i arbeidet med rekruttering og utsending av trent personell, spesielt sivilt personell. Flere får trening nå enn tidligere, men det gjenspeiles ikke i høyere utsendelsesrate. Enkeltfaktorer og strukturelle hindringer er blant årsakene til dette. [url] - Sending, Ole Jacob, Iver B. Neumann
(2011). Banking on power: how some practices in an international organization anchor others,
i (ed.) Emanuel Adler and Vincent Pouliot International Practices
.Cambridge University Press.s. 231-254.The article focuses on the practices that structure the relations between states and international organizations and seeks to capture the situated and contextualized character of how states operate within IOs, and how IOs operate vis-à-vis states. Crucially, the question of possible IO authority and autonomy may then be analyzed as the effects of concrete practices rather than as emanating from a priori defined features of IOs and/or states. [url] - Karlsrud, John , Piccolino, G.
(2011). Withering consent, but mutual dependency: UN peace operations and new African assertiveness,
i Conflict, Security and Development 11(4)
.Routledge.s. . [url] - Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, D
(2011). The Elusive Concept of Protection of Civilians: A Case-Study of the United Nations Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT),
in de Carvalho, B. & Sending, O.J., eds., 2011, The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping , (forthcoming).
.Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. [url] - Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, D. (2011). Navigating Hybrid Political Orders: Balancing Peacebuilding in Chad, .ACCORD.s. 13-20.Forfatterne hevder at en mer nedenfra-og-opp-tilnærming til fredsbygging, som styrker tilliten og eierskapet til formelle og tradisjonelle lokale institusjoner, kan bidra til at fredsoperasjoner lykkes bedre. [url]
- de Coning, Cedric H., Walter Lotze, Andreas Øien Stensland (2011). Mission-Wide Strategies for the Protection of Civilians: A Comparison of MONUC, UNAMID and UNMIS. NUPI-notat: 792. 17 sider. This paper compares the protection of civilians strategies of three dif-ferent UN peacekeeping operations: the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC, since 2010 the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the DRC – MONUSCO); the hybrid African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID); and the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) that was drawn down in early 2010 and replaced by a new UN mission in Southern Sudan).
- de Coning, Cedric H., John Karlsrud, Ingrid Marie Breidlid (2011). Conference Proceedings: Mobilizing Civilian Capacity. Oslo, NUPI. 24 sider. The international civilian training and rostering community met in New York on 14 June 2011 to consider the Report of the Independent Review of Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict, and discussed how to take the recommendations forward.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Ingrid Marie Breidlid, Rebecca Jovin, PK Singh (2011). Conference Proceedings: Report of the Conference on Peacekeeping Vision 2015 Capabilities for Future Mandates. Oslo, NUPI. 55 sider. NUPI Report. The conference explored the capabilities required to enable future peacekeeping missions to respond effectively to diverse and evolving operating environments and increasingly complex mandates
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus
(2011). FNs sikkerhetsråd: Vidstrakt politikk, innadvendt blikk,
i Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 69, nr. 2
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.s. 183-203.Artikkelen diskuterer uformelle sosiale prosesser i FNs sikkerhetsråd. Rådet er utad preget av sterk formalitet, men i tillegg til retningslinjer, maktfordelingsprinsippet og prosedyrer for beslutningsprosesser, finner det sted uformelle, sosiale prosesser medlemmene imellom som har stor betydning for utfallet av sakene Rådet behandler. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Protection from Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Liberia: A Role for Traditional Justice?,
in Conflict Trends 1
.ACCORD.s. 38-42.The article investigates the tension between addressing specific issues per se, and viewing them within their broader context of pre-existing traditional mechanisms for dealing with conflicts – so-called traditional justice mechanisms. [url] - Sending, Ole Jacob, Andreas Øien Stensland (2011). Unpacking the “culture of protection”. Oslo, NUPI. 48 sider. Security in Practice. Rather than using conceptual vagueness as an explanation for the lack of operational effectiveness on Protection of Civilians (PoC), this report focuses on the organization-specific interests of the key actors involved and their different views of, and interests in, the concept of PoC.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia (2011). Local and National Ownership in Post-Conflict Liberia : Foreign and Domestic Inside Out?. NUPI-notat: 787. 27 sider. The paper takes as its starting point the difficulties encountered in implementing policies aimed at fostering local and national ownership in peacekeeping activities. Especially important in this respect are training programmes aimed at sensitizing people working in peacekeeping operations to the inherent difficulties of local ownership in post-conflict environments.
- Solhjell, Randi , Benjamin de Carvalho, Jon Harald Sande Lie (2011). Somewhere to Turn? : MINURCAT and the Protection of Civilians in Eastern Chad and Darfur. NUPI-notat: 788. 26 sider. The report addresses the situation of sexual and gender-based violence against refugees and internally displaced people in eastern Chad and difficulties MINURCAT encountered in its response to such violence.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia
(2011). Sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia and the case for a comprehensive approach to the rule of law,
i Journal of International Relations and Development 14 (1)
.Palgrave MacMillan.s. 134–141 .Artikkelen fokuserer på implementeringen av sikkerhetsrådsresolusjon 1325 i Liberia. Forfatterne viser til at hovedproblemet i Liberia er at tiltak mot seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold ikke ses i en bredere samfunnsmessig kontekst. [url] - de Coning, Cedric H.
(2011). Moving beyond the technical: facing up to peacebuilding's inherent contradictions ,
i African Security Review, Volume 20, Issue 1 March 2011
.Routledge.s. 116-121.This article about peacebuilding contends that the interaction between dissention, competition for resources, and the tension between different approaches and policy choices is necessary to ensure the optimal functioning of the system. [url] - Sending, Ole Jacob, Iver B. Neumann, Vincent Pouliot
(2011). The future of diplomacy: Changing practices, evolving relationships,
in International Journal 2011, vol. 66.(3)
.Canadian International Council.s. 527-542.This article deals with the future of diplomacy. [url] - Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Ole Jacob Sending (2011). Accountability in the United Nations. NUPI-notat: 785. 46 sider. Som den viktigste internasjonale organisasjonen, er det avgjørende at FN er effektiv som organisasjon og at medlemsstatene kan være sikre på at ressursene de bidrar med blir brukt som intendert. FNs forvaltningsansvar, eller ”accountability”, står derfor sentralt i pågående debatter om reform av FN-systemet. Denne studien analyserer rollen og effektiviteten til de av FNs organer som eksplisitt har som mandat å sikre slik ”accountability” i FN systemet.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Karsten Friis
(2011). Coherence and Coordination. The Limits of the Comprehensive Approach,
Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol. 15
.Brill.s. 243-272.Internasjonale aktører legger stor vekt på prinsippet "coherence". Artikkeleforfatterne hevder at antakelsene som ligger til grunn for dette prinsippet har mangler og at empiriske og teoretiske funn indikerer at det er vanskeligere å oppnå helhetlige tilnærminger enn det policydebatter tar høyde for. [Fulltekst] [url] - Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl, Ole Jacob Sending, Séverine Bellina, Dominique Darbon (2010). L’ Etat en Quete de Legitimite´. , Institut de recherche et débat sur la gouvernance. 111 sider.
- de Coning, Cedric H.
(2010). Addressing the civilian peacekeeping capacity gap,
i Conflict trends no. 2 2010
.Durban,Accord.s. 11-20.One of the most significant, but often overlooked, developments in peace operations is the transformation from military- to civilian-focused peace missions. This article addresses the civilian capacity challenge in the UN peacekeeping context. [url] - Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Iver B. Neumann, Leonard Seabrooke, Ole Jacob Sending (2010). Global Changes and Norwegian Foreign and Development Policy 2010–2020 . Oslo, NUPI. 39 sider. NUPI Report. Rapporten analyserer mulige globale trender frem mot 2020, og hvordan disse kan komme til å påvirke betingelsene for norsk utviklings- og utenrikspolitikk.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Ingrid Marie Breidlid (2010). Civilian Capacities and Non-Governmental Rosters. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). 54 sider. Security in Practice 12 · 2010. This report aims to identify and map the scope and status of the civilian capacities within non-governmental civilian rosters over the three-year period 2007-2009.
- Sending, Ole Jacob (2010). Professionalization of Peace Operations. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). 22 sider. Security in Practice 10 · 2010. Peace operations have not only become “multi-dimensional”, but also highly professionalized. The report goes through what professionalization entails, identifies some of its effects, and discusses some of its implications for on-going debates about ways to make peace operations more effective.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Walter Lotze, Zinurine Alghali, Lamii Kromah (2010). Conference Proceedings: Report of the Workshop on Mission-Wide Protection Strategies on the Protection of Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 26 sider. Security in Practice 9 · 2010. The aim of the workshop was to contribute to the development of a strategic framework for mission-wide PoC strategies in UN peacekeeping missions. In particular, the workshop provided an opportunity for peacekeeping mission personnel and stakeholders from the UN system to review and comment on the draft outline of mission-wide protection strategies.
- Sending, Ole Jacob
(2010). The power of Administration: Law and Politics in Global Governance,
i Emberland, Marius og Christoffer C. Eriksen (red.) The New International Law. Series: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library, no. 36.
.Leiden,Brill Publishers.Kapitlet forsøker bidra til tverr-faglig diskusjon mellom fagfeltene internasjonal rett og internasjonal politikk gjennom en diskusjon av global forvaltningsrett (global administrative law). [url] - Sending, Ole Jacob
(2010). From Order to Governmental Rationalities? Population Policies and the Formation of Global Knowledge Regimes,
i Linda Sangolt (red.) Between Enlightenment and Disaster: Dimensions of the political use of knowledge. Series: Philosophy and Politics, vol. 19
.Brussels/Berlin,Peter Lang.Kapitlet diskuterer hvordan organiseringen av studiet av internasjonal politikk rundt spørsmålet om orden innebærer en marginalisering av fokuset på styring. Kapitlet viser hvordan globale kunnskapsregimer former styring på globalt såvel som på lokalt nivå, og hva slags makt som ligger i slike kunnskapsregimer. [url] - Solhjell, Randi (2010). Sexualised violence in war and conflict. Oslo, Noref. 19 sider. Noref Report. Denne rapporten tar for seg utfordringene og mulighetene Norge står overfor i forhold til kampen mot seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold (SGBV) i krig og konfliktsituasjoner.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Andreas Øien Stensland, Tardy, Thierry [red.] (2010). Beyond the ‘New Horizon’. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 108 sider. Konferanserapport fra the UN Peacekeeping Future Challenges seminar i Geneve, 23.–24. juni 2010. Rapporten presenterer ulike faktorer som trolig vil påvirke fremtidige fredsbevarende operasjoner.
- Sending, Ole Jacob
(2010). Globalisering pulveriserer ansvar,
Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 68, nr. 3
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.s. 437-447.Sending gir i denne artikkelen en kort oversikt over forskningen på global styring - global governance - og han peker på noen sentrale temaer som til nå har fått lite oppmerksomhet. [url]