The Deputy Commandant of the Kofi Annan International
\nPeacebuilding Training Center (KAIPTC), BrigadierGeneral (Dr) Emmanuel Kotia has described the West
\nAfrica Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI) as an effective response to
\nthe changing face of conflict in West Africa. He said this in his welcome remarks to the 15th Session of WAPI which held from August
\n25 to September 24, 2016.<\/p>\n
WAPI is the main training and capacity building outfit of WANEP
\norganized yearly in partnership with KAIPTC. A total of 99 participants took part in this year\u2019s WAPI.<\/p>\n
According to the Brigadier-General, WANEP and KAIPTC embarked on this strategic partnership in the conviction that in order to
\nfully support the Africa Peace and Security Architecture, peace
\ninitiatives and interventions including training should be more effective and efficient. He said; \u201cyear after year WANEP and KAIPTC
\nhave developed courses and trainings that respond effectively to
\nthe changing face of conflict in our West Africa region.\u201d<\/p>\n
WAPI creates the platform to provide, build and strengthen the
\ncapacity of peacebuilding and development practitioners by enhancing their spectrum to actively contribute to the realization of
\nWANEP\u2019s diverse thematic areas as embedded in the courses
\noffered. The overarching aim of WAPI is to increase number of
\ncompetent, informed and active peacebuilding practitioners in West
\nAfrica and beyond, provide in-depth analysis of conflict to solicit
\npolicy recommendations to relevant stakeholders for the transformation of conflicts and specifically to bridge the gap between theory, policy and practice in peacebuilding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Deputy Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacebuilding Training Center (KAIPTC), BrigadierGeneral (Dr) Emmanuel Kotia has described the West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI) as an effective response to the changing face of conflict in West Africa. He said this in his welcome remarks to the 15th Session of WAPI which held from August 25 to September 24, 2016. WAPI is the main training and capacity building outfit of WANEP organized yearly in partnership with KAIPTC. A total of 99 participants took part in this year\u2019s WAPI. According to the Brigadier-General, WANEP and KAIPTC embarked on this strategic partnership in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wanep-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}