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ACCORD co-hosts ‘Protection of Civilians’ training feedback session for UN peacekeepers

ACCORD’s successful partnership with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) continues to support the United Nations to define and ...

ACCORD advisor examines whether peacebuilders can work together

“Peacebuilding challenges are not technical, they are inherently contradictory”, writes ACCORD’s Advisor for Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Cedric de Coning, in ...

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ACCORD Legal Aid Clinic Project opens field office in Bubanza Province

Offering legal assistance to disenfranchised refugees from across the region.

ACCORD hosts internal staff seminar on preventive action

ACCORD’s Knowledge Production Department (KPD) recently hosted an internal staff seminar with Dr William Tsuma, the Programme Manager of Action ...

Developing strategy for security sector reform

Dorcas Ettang, ACCORD Peacebuilding Unit Analyst and Security Sector Reform (SSR) specialist, represented the organisation at the 3rd Annual General ...

ACCORD meets with Sierra Leone Government

ACCORD’s Deputy Director, Jerome Sachane cemented the organisation’s relationship with the Government of Sierra Leone by visiting with government officials ...

ACCORD contributes conflict management skills to curricula development in natural resource management

In February 2011, ACCORD was invited to contribute conflict management expertise to the process of developing new curricula in natural ...

ACCORD senior researcher Prof Jannie Malan contributes to The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

Professor Jannie Malan, senior researcher at ACCORD and co-editor of the African Journal on Conflict Resolution, has contributed an article ...

ACCORD hosts second writing skills workshop

ACCORD recently hosted a two-day workshop to enhance the writing skills of staff and encourage their contribution to academic and ...

ACCORD trains South African National Defence Force officers in negotiation and mediation

The Training for Peace Programme (TfP) at ACCORD has conducted a five-day conflict management course for the South Africa National ...

ACCORD rated one of top think tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa

ACCORD has been recognized as the 5th most influential Think Tank in Sub-Saharan Africa and amongst the top 75 worldwide ...

ACCORD prepares SADC Officers for Peace Support Operations

The Training for Peace (TfP) Programme at ACCORD was recently invited by the British Peace Support Team (BPST) to deliver ...

ACCORD reviews International Civilian Capacity for Peace Operations

The Training for Peace (TfP) Programme at ACCORD, in partnership with the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN), held ...

ACCORD presents on climate related conflicts in Sudan

ACCORD presented the preliminary findings of research on climate related conflicts in Sudan to a conference on environmental change and ...

ACCORD conducts advanced training in mediation for the African Union

As part of efforts to strengthen the mediation support capacity of the African Union (AU), the ACCORD Peacemaking Unit conducted ...

ACCORD to conduct advanced training in mediation for the African Union

As part of efforts to strengthen the mediation support capacity of the African Union (AU), the ACCORD Peacemaking Unit will ...

ACCORD praised for contribution to Review of UN Peacebuilding Architecture

The United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council simultaneously adopted Resolution 1947 on the “Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture” ...

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M&G article: Women ‘not worth a dead rat’

Nikiwe Bikitsha, who was at the ACCORD 1325 seminar in Durban, reports in the Mail & Guardian on the state ...

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