VISION
A West Africa region characterized by just and peaceful communities where the
dignity of the human person is paramount and where the people can meet their basic
human needs and decide their own direction.
MISSION
To
enable and facilitate the development of mechanisms for cooperation among civil
society based peacebuilding practitioners and organizations in West Africa by
promoting cooperative responses to violent conflicts; providing the structure
through which these practitioners and institutions will regularly exchange experience
and information on issues of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, social, religious
and political reconciliation; and promoting West Africa’s social cultural values
as resources for peacebuilding.
GOAL
To build sustainable peace; thereby creating an enabling environment for development
in West Africa.
OBJECTIVES
WANEP
seeks to. . .
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Strengthen the capability of peacebuilding organizations and practitioners in
West Africa to engage actively in the peaceful transformation of violent conflicts
- Increase
awareness on the use of nonviolent strategies in responding to conflicts in West
Africa
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Develop a conflict prevention network in West Africa to monitor, report and offer
indigenous perspectives and understanding of conflicts in West Africa
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Harmonize peacebuilding activities in West Africa through networking and coordination
of WANEP members.
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Develop the justice lens of peacebuilding to create understanding of the impact
of truth, justice, and reconciliation on peacebuilding in West Africa.
- Build
the capacity of West African Women to alterly participate in peacebuilding processes
at all levels.
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