Training for Peace 2020 - 2025 (TfP)

2020 - 2025 (Ongoing)
Research project
In its new phase (2020-2025) the TfP will strengthen its partnership and collaboration with the African Union, by providing applied research, policy support and capacity-building.

The Training for Peace Programme (TfP Programme) is an international programme that contributes towards capacity building within the broader ambit of peace operations in Africa. Since 1995, the programme has worked, through civil society institutions, to strengthen civilian and police capacity for United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) peace operations. With its focus on training, rostering, policy support and applied research, the TfP Programme has contributed actively to placing the multi-dimensional aspects of peacekeeping on the agenda, including issues related to the protection of civilians, youth, peace and security and women, peace and security.

In its new phase (2020-2025) the TfP will strengthen its partnership and collaboration with the African Union, by providing applied research, policy support and capacity-building. The programme will support the AUC and its partners to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts and promote stability in Africa.

The TfP consists of an international network of partners including the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). 

TfP’s key thematic areas for the 2020-2025 phase include:

  1. 1. AU peace operations capacities;
  2. 2. AU efforts to countering global security threats in Africa; and
  3. 3. AU preventive diplomacy, resilience building, political conflict management and mediation, reconciliation and peacebuilding.

Within the programme NUPI’s main responsibility is research and policy development. NUPI’s research seeks to contribute to the development of doctrine for peace support operations (PSOs), knowledge building and lessons learned from African PSOs, civilian and police know-how, the financing and support of African PSOs and ongoing monitoring and analysis of the implementation and progress of the African Peace and Security Architecture.

NUPI’s activities in the programme will also prioritise efforts to integrate gender and youth perspectives in the analytical work, policy support and capacity development as a cross-cutting issue.

To learn more about the programme, visit the programme's main home page. For an overview of NUPI's events, news and publications related to the TfP programme, please visit TfP's programme page here at NUPI.no. 

Funding program

The TfP programme is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Articles

TfP and EPON Research Team visit the MNJTF in Chad

August 28, 2022

TfP and EPON Research Team visit the Multinational Joint Task Force and the Lake Chad Basin Commission in N´Djamena to conduct research on the effectiveness of the mission prior to its mandate renewal in February 2023.

The Training for Peace (TfP) Programme attends AU Lessons Learned Conference

November 4, 2022

TfP attended this week the first ever AU Lessons Learned Conference in Abuja, Nigeria to present its most recent report on Standby Security Arrangements:

Meeting about the evolving conflict and security environment in Africa

June 23, 2022

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Training for Peace (TfP) Programme were pleased to welcome the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), H.E Ambassador Bankole Adeoye on 23rd June, for an open discussion on the evolving conflict and1

Visit with Former President Chissano

June 20, 2022

As part of an official visit to Oslo, Former President Joaquim Alberto Chissano visited NUPI on 20 June, 2022.

Validation Workshop on the African Standby Force Guidelines for AU RECs/RMs on Standby

January 7, 2022

A three-day workshop that looked at proposed guidelines for the AU RECs/RMs on the operability of the Standby Force, supported by the Training for Peace (TfP) Program, was held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 30 November - 2 December, 2021.

Workshop on the Development of an African Union Policy on Stabilisation

January 7, 2022

A three-day workshop that looked at the AU´s efforts towards stabilization, supported by the Training for Peace (TfP) Program, was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 8 - 11 December, 2021.

Discussion with South Africa´s Deputy Foreign Minister. Mr Alvin Botes

March 23, 2022

On 7th March 2022, the Deputy Foreign Minister of South Africa, Mr Alvin Botes, visited the Nobel Peace Centre for a discussion on South Africa´s Foreign Policy and its role in Peace and Security in Africa.

Webinar on the United Nations Mission in South Sudan 2022: Risks and opportunities in an uncertain peace process

February 22, 2022

The UN Security Council will renew the mandate of UNMISS in March 2022, marking the tenth renewal of the Mission's mandate since it began in 2011.

Climate sensitive peacebuilding and Conflict-sensitive climate adaptation

November 16, 2021

As a part of the African Union’s Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Awareness week, the Training for Peace programme hosted a virtual seminar on “The Climate-PCRD nexus: Climate sensitive peacebuilding and Conflict-sensitive climate adaptation”.

Mediation in the era of big data and fake news

November 10, 2021

The AUs 12th High-level fireside chat brought together some of the AUs level-high mediation experts and delegates to discuss mediation efforts across the continent.

Specialised Advance Stabilisation Course supported by the Training for Peace project

November 2, 2021

A five-day specialised advance stabilisation course supported by the Training for Peace project was held in Ghana, Accra and put on by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre from 18 – 22 October 2021.

Publications

Publication : Academic article
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African-Led Peace Support Operations in a declining period of new UN Peacekeeping Operations

2023
The United Nations is known to be the preeminent body to authorize and oversee international peacekeeping missions; however, new forms of African-led ...
Publication : Academic analysis
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Analysis: The military's ambitions dash Sudan's hopes for democracy... Who is to blame, and will the conflict end?

2023
Opinions are divided about who is to blame for the current conflict in Sudan. Is it Al-Bashir for his reliance on armed groups? Or is it the civilian-military ...
Publication : Interview
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Can Guinea return to civilian rule amidst the ongoing anti-junta protests?

2023
Protests in Guinea have turned into a tragic display of violence. Despite efforts to suppress them, anti-government demonstrations in the West African ...
Publication : Media contribution
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Can a ceasefire bring peace to Chad?

2022
Chad's military council signed a ceasefire agreement with dozens of opposition factions. But does it mean anything since the country’s largest rebel ...
Publication
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African Union's Peace and Security Council meets to deliberate on Niger Coup

2023
Despite the crisis caused by the coup in Niger, the US says that it will be sending a new ambassador to the country as planned. Washington has clarified ...
Publication
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Coping with Complexity: Toward Epistemological Pluralism in Climate–Conflict Scholarship

2022
Over the last two decades, climate security has become an increasingly salient policy agenda in international fora. Yet, despite a large body of research, ...
Publication
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How Not to Do UN Peacekeeping: Avoid the Stabilization Dilemma with Principled and Adaptive Mandating and Leadership

2023
Looking back over the past seventy-five years of UN peacekeeping, the most enduring question has been: Is peacekeeping effective? Historically, most peacekeeping ...
Publication : Academic anthology
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Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Peace-Making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria

2022
This open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond determined-design models of mediation. ...
Publication : Academic anthology
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Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century

2023
This open access book responds to the urgent need to improve how we prevent and resolve conflict. It introduces Adaptive Peacebuilding through evidence-based ...
Publication
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Nomads and Warlords, Chadian Forces in African Peace Operations

2023
Despite criticism of the United Nations (UN) as peacekeepers “hiding behind sandbags,” by the former president of Chad, the Chadian military has become ...
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How Do Ad-Hoc Security Initiatives Fit in Africa’s Evolving Security Landscape?

Over the last two decades, places like the Sahel, Lake Chad Basin, Somalia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Northern Mozambique have ...
Publication

Criticism of the UK’s Rwanda Policy Misrepresents African Agency

2023
While much of the controversy around the UK–Rwanda partnership is understandable, African perspectives are too often missing from the debate.
Publication
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Adapting the African Standby Force to Africa’s Evolving Security Landscape

2023
Over the last decade Africa has experienced a resurgence of what used to be called rebels. In response a number of new types of operations have evolved.
Publication
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Ad-hoc initiatives are shaking up African security

2023
The growing threat of violent extremist groups and how these groups operate across borders has stimulated the emergence of a new type of security arrangement ...
Publication
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Multinational Joint Task Force

2023
The overall assessment is that the MNJTF is, to a degree, effectively attaining its mandate priorities. As a result of the efforts of the MNJTF there ...
Publication
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SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE EVOLVING NATURE OF AFRICAN-LED PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND AFRICAN ARMIES

Key Questions • How has the evolution of African-led PSOs on the continent shaped Africa’s security response to insecurity? • How has African-led PSO ...
Publication
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A quest to win the hearts and minds: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Multinational Joint Task Force

2023
In January 2015, the African Union (AU) authorised the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) as a regional security arrangement of the Lake Chad Basin ...
Publication : Media contribution
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Africa in 2022

2022
Dr Andrew E. Yaw Tchie shares his assessment on what have been the most significant issues shaping Africa in 2022.
Publication
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Focus on Africa: Security in West Africa

2022
Dr Andrew E. Yaw Tchie discusses recent peace and security developments in West Africa (from min. 32:08).
Publication
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Waging Peace, towards an Africa Union Stabilisation Strategy for Somalia

2022
Over the last few years, successful military operations across Somalia have helped to unshackle towns south of Mogadishu from al Shabaab, demonstrating ...
Publication
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No clear exit for SAMIM in Mozambique

2022
The SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has been extended multiple times, and violence continues to affect the northern regions of the country in spite ...
Publication
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Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, an African response to insecurity

2022
This article contends that Ad-hoc Security Initiatives (ASI) have developed over the last decade in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin and represents a new ...
Publication
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Standby security arrangements and deployment setbacks: The case of the African Standby Force

2022
The African Standby Force (ASF) is a key mechanism for advancing African agency in addressing the continent’s peace and security threats. The African ...
Publication
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States of Disorder, Ecosystems of Governance: Complexity Theory Applied to UN Statebuilding in the DRC and South Sudan

2022
Dr Andrew Tchie reviews the book "States of Disorder, Ecosystems of Governance: Complexity Theory Applied to UN Statebuilding in the DRCand SOuth ...
Publication
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UK new Prime Minister and her focus on Africa

2022
Dr Andrew Tchie, on BBC World News, touches on what the relationship between the new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Africa will be moving forward.
Publication
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Understanding Africa’s Adaptability to Peace and Security Challenges

2022
Dr Andrew Tchie reviews the book "African Peacekeeping Training Centres: Socialisation as a Tool for Peace?"
Publication
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Should UN peacekeepers remain in Africa?

2022
Africa has had more UN peacekeeping missions than any other region in the world. Today more than fifty thousand troops are deployed with UN operations ...
Publication : Media contribution
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Tshisekedi hopeful that the Luanda summit will lead to a de-escalation of violence

2022
Following the talks in Luanda, Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi expressed hope that the summit would lead to a de-escalation ...
Publication : Media contribution
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Will Chad's latest peace agreement hold?

2022
Chad's Transitional Military Council has signed a peace deal aimed at ending decades of conflict. The agreement is the first step towards democratic ...
Publication
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The African Union’s Civilian Strategic Support Group

2022
Since 2006, the African Union has played an active role in strengthening civilian engagement across its Peace Support Operations (PSOs) through the development ...
Publication
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Shifting from External Dependency: Remodelling the G5 Sahel Joint Force for the Future

2022
After a decade of battling jihadist and violent extremist groups in West Africa, France has initiated the restructuring and relocation of its largest ...
Publication
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UNITAMS Mandate Renewal Study: Fostering a Process of Trust and Inclusivity

2022
  • Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé
  • Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
  • Olajumoke ( Jumo) Ayandele
  • Thea Willoch Njaastad
The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) was established on 3 June 2020 under UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution ...
Publication : Report
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS)

2022
Ahead of the March 2022 renewal of the mandate for the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON) conducted ...
Publication : Media contribution
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ECOWAS leaders hold an emergency summit in Ghana after a series of coups on the continent

2022
At an emergency summit in Ghana, West African regional group ECOWAS held off on ramping up penalties on Burkina Faso over its military coup. Last month, ...
Publication : Article
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After the Coup: Regional Strategies for Sudan

2022
The civilian leadership that is currently coordinating the civil protest can start talks with the military to hand over power in exchange for immunity. ...
Publication : Intervju
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Sudan´s Power Struggle

2022
Sudans statsminister Abdalla Hamdok har gått av. Dr Andrew Yaw Tchie fra NUPI diskuterer komponentene som har hindret landet i bevege seg framover.
Publication : Policy brief
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Understanding Ad-Hoc Security Intitiatives in Africa

2021
The policy brief examines the rise of ad-hoc security initiatives (ASIs) as an established type of collective security mechanism. ASIs are intended to eliminate ...
Publication : Op-ed

The impact of climate change on Africa’s peace and security

2021
The gradual rise in global temperatures, irregular rainfall and floods have indirect, complex and coherent implications for peace and security. On March ...
Publication
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COVID-19 and the Resilience of Africa’s Peace and Security Networks

2021
Many commentators predicted that the impact of COVID-19 on Africa, with its high levels of under-development and weak public health systems, will be particularly ...
Publication : Popular scientific article

The Impact of COVID-19 on Peace Operations

2020
A few weeks ago, peace operations across the world began swiftly adapting to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Missions have been forced to ...
Publication : Popular scientific article

COVID-19 and the African Union

2020
Africa represents the third wave of the spread of COVID-19, but its impact may significantly undermine the reform, programmes and operations of the African ...
Publication : Popular scientific article

As the AU tries to contain COVID-19, the virus constrains the AU

2020
The AU cannot simply wait out the coronavirus pandemic: it must adapt and urgently develop new ways of working.
Publication : Report

Predict and prevent: overcoming early warning implementation challenges in UN peace operations

2020
The UN has made progress in the adoption of new technologies to predict and prevent local violence. To maintain the momentum, it needs to continue to ...
Publication : Report

COVID-19 will change the way the UN conducts peacekeeping operations in the future

2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted UN peacekeeping operations. In the short-term, activities have been reduced to the most critical, rotations ...
Publication : Report

COVID-19 and the African Union. Challenges, prospects and side-effects

2020
The African Union is coordinating the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Africa, but the measures introduced are also significantly disrupting ...

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Themes
Conflict  Africa  Peace operations
Participants
External
Events
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Event
Time: 17:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: Zoom

Webinar: Shifting from External Dependency: Remodelling the G5 Sahel Joint Force for the Future

The Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON), Training for Peace (TfP) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) are pleased to invite you to a webinar on the G5 Sahel Joint Force (G5S-JF).

Thu 9 Jun 2022
Event
Time: 11:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: NUPI

Breakfast seminar: What can we do to ensure peace and security in a new era of complex risk?

Welcome to the launch of this new timely report: ‘Environment of Peace’!

Tue 22 Feb 2022
Event
Time: 16:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: Zoom

The UN in South Sudan 2022: Risks and opportunities in an uncertain peace process

The UN Security Council will in March this year renew the mandate of UNMISS marking the tenth renewal of the Mission’s mandate since it began in 2011.