West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

Capacity building training workshops: The Ghana Network organized 5 Peacebuilding trainings for security officers, political party and leaders, youth and trade groups, assembly persons and women groups. The trainings concentrated on awareness raising on human rights, individual responsibility in peace processes (especially on the Dagbon peace process); the role of peacebuilding and conflict transformation in grassroots development; and the role of peacebuilding in good governance at the district assembly level.

Experience sharing visit: Staff from the Ghana network went on a field trip to Sierra Leone to share information and network

Internal Capacity building: The National Network Coordinator and one other staff member were trained in ICT and Internet usage as well as training in Conflict Monitoring and Evaluation.

Other activities: The Network, in addition to having meetings and consultations with traditional chiefs (including two of the Eminent chiefs of the Otumfuo Committee) and opinion groups in Dagbon on the Dagbon Peace Process played an active role in five non-violence and peace education campaigns in Tamale.