The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding
Centering African knowledge and agency is key to building and sustaining peace in Africa. The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) is a network of 22 African policy, research, and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center’s Africa Program to attain the most appropriate, cohesive, and inclusive policy frameworks and approaches for achieving sustainable peace in Africa.
Generously sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York since its establishment in 2011, the SVNP works to generate African knowledge to inform US and international peacebuilding policies on Africa; help build the next generation of African peacebuilders through its scholarship program; and create a pan-African network of African peacebuilding organizations, practitioners, and experts to collaborate and share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned on peacebuilding in Africa.
The SVNP is a continent-wide network of African policy, research and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center Africa Program to bring African knowledge and perspectives to US, African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa through the following:
• Hosting scholars from the network for a 3-month residency at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
• Organizing first-class conferences that link members to one another and to US, African, and international policymakers and practitioners.
• Producing best-in-class policy analysis through research papers, policy briefs, reports, and posts on the Africa Program blog, Africa Up Close.
The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding was established in 2011 with the generous support of Carnegie Corporation of New York.
SVNP Publications
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholars produce best-in-class policy analysis through research papers, policy briefs, reports, and posts on the Africa Program blog, Africa Up Close.
Read the publications here
The Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding includes many top policy research organizations in Africa, with a focus on peacebuilding and state-building throughout the continent.
SVNP Member Organizations
The Africa Program hosts annual conferences to promote dialogue and collaboration within the network and share important recommendations and ideas with a wider audience, with the goal of enhancing peacebuilding-related policy dialogue among and between the Global North and the Global South.
Read more here
As a critical component of the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding, the Wilson Center Africa Program hosts scholars from member organizations for a 3-month resident scholar program in Washington, D.C.
Learn more about the SVNP scholarship here
Explore our SVNP scholars.
Learn more here