THE WEST AFRICA PEACEBUILDING INSTITUTE (WAPI) 2008

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) would like to announce the start of admissions to the West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI) for 2008.

This year’s Institute will be held from September 1 – 19, 2008 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 across the West Africa sub-region and beyond 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, and policy makers interested in peacebuilding, human rights awareness and advocacy, development, arms control, humanitarian aid, social welfare, and gender.

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

[email protected] or [email protected] Deadline for application is 31st May 2008.

Please circulate this information to anyone you think may be interested.

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