Request for Proposal – Engagement of Organizations to Conduct Technical Vocational / Soft Skills Training, Mentorship & Job Linkage

Request for Proposal – Engagement of Organizations to Conduct Technical Vocational / Soft Skills Training, Mentorship & Job Linkage CLOSED: PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The engaged institutions or organizations will be required to provide technical vocational and soft skills training, mentorship to support start-up enterprises and job linkages to selected youth participants under the PIND’s…

Request for Applications – Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU)

Request for Applications – Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU) CLOSED: PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The intern would assist the Research Coordinator to provide technical support to organizations on the utilization of the Peace Map and Early Warning/Early Response infrastructure, and to regularly register Peace Agents on the P4P Peace Map.…

Strengthening Community Structures for Sustainable Peace: PIND Inaugurates Prevent Councils in Akwa Ibom, Delta and Cross River

The Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) inaugurated Prevent Councils in three states in the Niger Delta Region: Akwa Ibom, Delta, and Cross River. The events took place from December 5-7 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, December 6-8 in Calabar, Cross River, and December 7-9 in Asaba, Delta. The theme of the events…

PIND Inducts 90 Youths Into its Niger Delta Peace Champions Program

In July, the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) inducted 90 youths into its Niger Delta Peace Champions Program. Spanning all nine states of the Niger Delta, the program empowers 18 to 35-year-olds to join PIND’s network of peace actors in peacebuilding, conflict early warning and early response (EWER), and carrying out interventions where…

Niger Delta Peace and Security Network: Recommendations from Stakeholders for Coordinated Peace and Development Impacts in the Niger Delta

Continuous and ongoing efforts are to reduce conflicts and violence in the Niger Delta region. The government, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and well-meaning individuals consciously and intuitively contribute to peacebuilding efforts. Notwithstanding these, violent conflicts prevail in the region, increasing the attention and actions to improving peace and security through legislation, panels of inquiries, special…

How PIND-trained Peace Actors in Abia, Rivers, Akwa Ibom resolved conflicts in their communities

In March and April 2022, PIND’s Peacebuilding Program organized capacity-building training for 32 (15 male, 17 female) participants from upland communities in Abia, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers States. PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU) trained the participants on volunteerism, leadership, conflict analysis, and identifying and reporting conflict incidents through the Early Warning Early Response…