Member Institutions
16 APSTA member institutions drawn from the following 12 African countries
African Centre for the Constructive
Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of
Disputes (ACCORD) was established in 1992 as a South
Africa-based civil society organisation, located in
Durban, and working throughout Africa to bring creative
African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on
the continent.
ACCORD's primary aim is to influence political
developments by bringing conflict resolution, dialogue
and institutional development to the forefront as an
alternative to armed violence and protracted conflict.
The Centre specialises in peacemaking through conflict
management... Read more
Cairo Regional Center for Training on
Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in
Africa (CCCPA)
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Ecole Internationale des Forces de Securité
(EIFORCES)
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Peace Support Training Centre (FDRE PSTC)
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Peace
Support Training Centre (FDRE - PSTC) was established
by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry
of National Defence in 2010.
This Centre is expected to strengthen Ethiopia’s
contribution to United Nations (UN) and African Union
(AU) peacekeeping and peace support operations at
large, and regional security and stability in particular. It
is also expected to help in building and sharing
Ethiopia’s long years of experience and good practices
in peace support operations with other member states
.... Read more
Institute for Peace and Security Studies,
Addis Ababa University (IPSS)
The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) was
established at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in 2007,
following a tripartite agreement between the AAU, the
Royal Danish Embassy in Ethiopia, and the University
for Peace Africa Programme.
The IPSS was founded with a vision of a premier higher
learning and research institution on peace and security
studies, pursuing the mission to promote peace and
security in Ethiopia and Africa at large through
education, research, and professional development. The
vision of the IP... Read More
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
(IPCS)
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
started in February 2005 as an affiliate institute under
the registered Trustees of the Public Affairs Foundation
(PAF). The registered PAF was founded on 7 December
2004, to promote peace and public centered
development in Africa.
The IPCS, as a non-state institute, was founded to
respond to the great challenges related to peace and
security in the Africa, with much focus on the African
Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa. The IPCS
was motivated to join APSTA with the aim to work
closely ..Read More
International Peace Support Training
Centre (IPSTC)
The Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC) was
established in January 2001 as part of the Kenyan
Defence Staff College, initially focusing on the training
of Kenyan forces for UN peacekeeping missions and
later African Union Peace Support Operations (PSO). In
July 2006 the PSTC became a separate Kenyan MOSD
establishment, with initial efforts towards
“internationalisation” in 2008. In 2009, the PSTC Karen
merged with International Mine Action Training Centre
(IMATC) to form the International Peace Support
Training Centre (IPSTC), while the PSTC was renamed
the Peace ... Read More
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) was founded in
1991 as the Institute for Defence Policy (IDP) by the
current Executive Director, Dr. Jakkie Cilliers, together
with Mr. PB Mertz and renamed the Institute for
Security Studies in 1996, when the its work took on a
regional dimension.
The idea and motivation for the ISS was born during a
meeting organised by Institute for Democracy in Africa
(IDASA) between a number of concerned South Africans
and members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed
wing of the ANC, in Lusaka, ... Read More
Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping
Training Centre (KAIPTC)
In May 1998, the Ministry of Defence of Ghana approved
plans for the establishment of an International
Peacekeeping Training Centre, to build and share
Ghana's five decades of experience and competence in
Peace Support Operations (PSO), as well as address
Ghana's needs for training men and women to meet the
changing demands of complex and multidimensional
peacekeeping activities, and help meet the
peacekeeping training requirements of the West African
sub-region and the continent.
The UN Secretary-General HE Kofi Annan 'cut the sod'
for work ... Read More
Malawi Peace Support Operation Training
Centre (MPSOTC)
The Peace Support Operations Training Centre was
established on 22 March 2004, in order to fill the gap
that existed within the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to
be able to deploy highly trained and well-equipped
contingents and personnel in troubled zones around the
World under UN/AU mandate or the Southern African
Development Community (SADC) in line with the African
Standby Force (ASF) architecture. The vision of PSOTC
is to become a centre, which will effectively train MDF
units and personnel to deploy in any Peace Support
Mission to any other theatre of operation ...Read More
Mali Peacekeeping School Alioune Blondin
Beye (EMPABB)
The School of Peacekeeping (Ecole de Maintien de la
Paix, EMP) was created in 1999 in Zambakro, Côte
d'Ivoire. The Ivorian crisis (2002) compelled the
relocation of the school to the Republic of Mali. Three
years after its relocation, in 2006, the EMP (Koulikoro)
had trained 1,633 officers from 40 African countries in
over 40 courses, since its inception in 1999. The School
of Peacekeeping “Alioune Blondin Beye” (EMPABB) of
Bamako (Republic of Mali) is designed to promote peace
across the continent by strengthening African
capacities in Peace Support Operations (PSO) and
promoting ... Read More
National Defence College Nigeria (NDCN)
The National Defence College Nigeria (NDCN) is the
apex military training institution for the Nigerian Armed
Forces, and a Centre of Excellence for Peace Support
Operations training at the strategic level in West Africa.
The NDCN was established in 1992 as the highest
military institution for the training of senior military
officers in Nigeria, within the framework of long
established and strong tri-service military training
heritage of the Nigerian Armed Forces with the
establishment of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA),
Kaduna, for cadet training, and the Armed Forces
Command and ... Read More
Nigeria Army Peacekeeping Centre
(NAPKC)
The Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre (NAPKC) is a
Centre of Excellence located in Jaji-Kaduna, Nigeria. The
establishment of the Peacekeeping Wing (PKW) at the
Nigerian Army Infantry Corps Centre and School in
2004 was prompted by the need to sustain and further
develop the capacity of the Nigerian Army, and enhance
the output of its peacekeepers. The PKW was upgraded
and made an autonomous training institution of the
Nigerian Army and renamed the Nigerian Army
Peacekeeping Centre in 2009, informed by the future
critical role of the Nigerian Army in contemporary ...
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Rwanda Peace Academy (RPA)
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SADC Regional Peacekeeping Training
Centre (SADC RPTC)
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