Training for Peace 2020 - 2025 (TfP)
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. AU peace operations capacities;
- 2. AU efforts to countering global security threats in Africa; and
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
African-Led Peace Support Operations in a declining period of new UN Peacekeeping Operations
Analysis: The military's ambitions dash Sudan's hopes for democracy... Who is to blame, and will the conflict end?
Can Guinea return to civilian rule amidst the ongoing anti-junta protests?
Can a ceasefire bring peace to Chad?
African Union's Peace and Security Council meets to deliberate on Niger Coup
Coping with Complexity: Toward Epistemological Pluralism in Climate–Conflict Scholarship
How Not to Do UN Peacekeeping: Avoid the Stabilization Dilemma with Principled and Adaptive Mandating and Leadership
Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Peace-Making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria
Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century
Nomads and Warlords, Chadian Forces in African Peace Operations
How Do Ad-Hoc Security Initiatives Fit in Africa’s Evolving Security Landscape?
Criticism of the UK’s Rwanda Policy Misrepresents African Agency
Adapting the African Standby Force to Africa’s Evolving Security Landscape
Ad-hoc initiatives are shaking up African security
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Multinational Joint Task Force
SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE EVOLVING NATURE OF AFRICAN-LED PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND AFRICAN ARMIES
A quest to win the hearts and minds: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Multinational Joint Task Force
Africa in 2022
Focus on Africa: Security in West Africa
Waging Peace, towards an Africa Union Stabilisation Strategy for Somalia
No clear exit for SAMIM in Mozambique
Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, an African response to insecurity
Standby security arrangements and deployment setbacks: The case of the African Standby Force
States of Disorder, Ecosystems of Governance: Complexity Theory Applied to UN Statebuilding in the DRC and South Sudan
UK new Prime Minister and her focus on Africa
Understanding Africa’s Adaptability to Peace and Security Challenges
Should UN peacekeepers remain in Africa?
Tshisekedi hopeful that the Luanda summit will lead to a de-escalation of violence
Will Chad's latest peace agreement hold?
The African Union’s Civilian Strategic Support Group
Shifting from External Dependency: Remodelling the G5 Sahel Joint Force for the Future
UNITAMS Mandate Renewal Study: Fostering a Process of Trust and Inclusivity
Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS)
ECOWAS leaders hold an emergency summit in Ghana after a series of coups on the continent
After the Coup: Regional Strategies for Sudan
Sudan´s Power Struggle
Understanding Ad-Hoc Security Intitiatives in Africa
The impact of climate change on Africa’s peace and security
COVID-19 and the Resilience of Africa’s Peace and Security Networks
The Impact of COVID-19 on Peace Operations
COVID-19 and the African Union
As the AU tries to contain COVID-19, the virus constrains the AU
Predict and prevent: overcoming early warning implementation challenges in UN peace operations
COVID-19 will change the way the UN conducts peacekeeping operations in the future
COVID-19 and the African Union. Challenges, prospects and side-effects
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Events
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).
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’!
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.