Whither Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture?: An Assessment of Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
This event will take place at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.
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Overview
This event will take place at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.
The 2018 Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) Conference will be held from 16-19 July at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. This year, the theme of the conference is “National, Regional, and Global Infrastructures for Peace in Africa.” Participants in the conference will comprise mostly heads of organizations and senior officials from the SVNP, along with external stakeholders and practitioners from Africa and beyond. The conference will include both private and public sessions on topics related to the overall theme. Panel discussions will explore the nature, scale, and scope of the infrastructures in place for peacebuilding at the national, regional, and global levels; evaluate the extent to which they are functioning; and, provide best practices and ways forward for building off of or reforming current infrastructures.
Join us for an in-depth assessment of Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), at the panel event on Wednesday, 18 July, “Whither Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture?: An Assessment of Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.” This session will feature representations from organizations that carry out peace and security work at the national, regional, and global levels. Panelists will assess the successes, challenges, and opportunities for the APSA, with a focus on offering critical analysis and recommendation for the future direction of APSA.
The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) is a continent-wide network of African policy and research organizations that works with the Africa Program to bring African analyses and perspectives to key issues in U.S.-Africa relations. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York since 2011, the project provides avenues for African researchers to engage with, inform, and exchange perspectives with U.S. and international policymakers in order to develop the most appropriate, cohesive, and inclusive policy frameworks for the issues of peacebuilding and state-building in Africa
Speakers
Mr. Gustavo de Carvalho
Chukwuemeka Eze
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Africa Program
The Africa Program works to address the most critical issues facing Africa and US-Africa relations, build mutually beneficial US-Africa relations, and enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa in the United States. The Program achieves its mission through in-depth research and analyses, public discussion, working groups, and briefings that bring together policymakers, practitioners, and subject matter experts to analyze and offer practical options for tackling key challenges in Africa and in US-Africa relations. Read more
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