WANEP hold capacity building workshop on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and crisis management in Uyo

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By Isaac Eranga 

Uyo: The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has organised a  3-day capacity building workshop for civil society organisations, women, youth and  men group leaders on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, crisis management and violent extremism. The training workshop which was  supported by the European Union (EU) was held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, from  August 20 to 22, 2024.

The workshop was part of the Research and Action for Peace Network (REcAP Network) Project. The REcAP network project is being implemented in Nigeria by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria.

Speaking, the National Network Coordinator of WANEP Nigeria- Chief Dr. Bridget Osakwe said the workshop was organised to build the capacity of civil society actors, women, youth and men's groups on conflict prevention,  violent extremism, crisis management and peacebuilding.

"The REcAp project funded by the European Union, is implemented by WANEP, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in 18 countries of West Africa and the Lake Chad Basin.

"The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the role for civil society, including regional, national and community practitioners and researchers in effective peacebuilding, crisis management and prevention of conflict and violent extremism in West Africa and the Lake Chad Basin to enable more informed decision making by policy makers", said Dr. Bridget Osakwe.

On her part, WANEP Nigeria Head of Program- Mrs Patience Ikpeh-Obaulo reiterated the expected outcomes to include the following: "enhancing the capacity of peacebuilding organisations and practitioners; strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs), women and youth groups in peacebuilding, and the prevention of conflict and violent extremism; and strengthening the capacity of CSOs and it's network members at regional, national and community levels in mediation, negotiation, and facilitative techniques.

"Emphasis of the training was placed on mediation and negotiation knowledge and techniques to influence peacebuilding and conflict prevention policies and practices at multiple levels. 

"The training also paid critical attention on how indicators could be elicited before violence occurs, and how to use ranges of different sources of opportunities to prevent conflict and violent extremism. This includes how to make use of local knowledge and traditional methods and approaches whilst embarking on expertise of network members. Attention was also focused at ways of  formulating understanding around the type of response options needed within a specific context", said Mrs Obaulo-Ikpeh.

Also, at the  training, facilitators enumerated critical signs participants should pay attention to, in order  to ensure that conflict is  nip in the bud and how to gather information from different sources to prevent conflict and violent extremism.

Attention was also, focused on ways to build peace, prevent conflict, manage individual and communal crisis, and avoid violent extremism. 

The training workshop is expected to be held in four more states across Nigeria from June 2024 to January 2025, with the first held in Abuja (June 24th to June 26th, 2024).

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