Launched in 2002, WAPI seeks to increase the knowledge base in West Africa by contributing to research and enhancing the skills and expertise of individuals, organizations and businesses in the area of conflict prevention and peacebuilding. WAPI strives to overcome the gap in practice, knowledge and skills in peacebuilding in the sub region and increase the number of competent, active peacebuilding practitioners in West Africa, thus, increasing the possibilities of achieving reconciled, just and stable societies in the sub-region.