The Nigerian National Action Plan (NAP) on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) was launched in Abuja on the 1st of November, 2021 by the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, and the Honorable Minister of Women Affairs to bring attention to and address the peace and security challenges of the youth. The Centre for Sustainable Development and Education (CSDEA)…
THE ROLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE LAKE CHAD BASIN A contribution to the Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security mandated by Security Council Resolution 2250 (2015) Read Report Here: Report – The Role of Young People in Preventing Violent Extremism in the Lake Chad Basin
Attaining sustainable peace, justice for all, and accountable governance in Nigeria has been a challenge before and after independence. However, the country has managed to build on its areas of resilience by implementing innovative policies including the Quota System (QS) and the Federal Character Principle (FCP) to ensure unity, progress and relative peace, with their attendant shortcomings. The advent of…
An Action Agenda on the Role of Civil Society in the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Those Associated With and Affected by Violent Extremism. ABOUT THIS REPORT Over a period of two-and-a-half years, the Global Center on Cooperative Security and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT), along with four subregional partners—the Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa; Le…
Introduction The meeting which started at about 10:25 am was a technical workshop of key stakeholders from governmental and non-governmental agencies that was organized by the CSDEA in partnership with the IPCR, and with support from the Global Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS), TAP Network and the European Union. The aim was to present their activities, success…
The SDG 16 tracking workshop which took place on the 5th of July 2019 was organized by the Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa (CSDEA) in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)-Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, TAP Network, and the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS). The workshop was intended to review…
The United Nations (UN) was founded to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Now, 75 years later, will we reaffirm our commitment to collective action, centered on a vision of a peaceful and prosperous world for all? The global economic cost of violence now exceeds 14 trillion USD per annum. By the end of 2018, over 70 million…
This conference which started at about 10:00am on the 11th of May, 2017 was organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa (CSDEA) in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference was designed to launch the Focus and Programmes of the IDPS and Its New Deal for…