Niger Delta Regional Peacebuilding Strategy Implementation Town Hall Meetings
Conflict and security dynamics in the Niger Delta region continue to change and historical tensions and a proliferation of armed groups (militant, criminal, and ethno-sectarian) are key to these changes. Conflict issues in the region include communal tensions, political competition, organized criminality, and resource-based conflicts and so on. While current conflict mitigation approaches show some […]
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 Collaborates with Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs on Peacebuilding Framework
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is providing technical support to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) in designing and developing a regional peacebuilding framework to address conflict and security issues in the region. The Niger Delta Regional Peacebuilding Strategy (NDRPS) will harness and integrate peacebuilding efforts within the region […]
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 […]
PIND Advocates a Stop to Targeted Killing of Women and Girls for Ritualistic Purposes in the Niger Delta
PIND Foundation is partnering with the Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS), University of Port Harcourt, River States to advocate a stop to the targeted killing of women and girls for ritualistic purposes in the Niger Delta. On March 21, 2022, both organizations brought together 31 stakeholders from various organizations to analyze, brainstorm and […]
Towards Non Violent Elections in 2019 Report
As in the three previous national elections, Academic Associates PeaceWorks undertook a Nonviolent Elections Project, with the primary aim of reducing incidences of election violence in three core states of the Niger Delta (Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers). The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) funded the 2019 nonviolent elections project which was […]
PIND Impact Assessment Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta 2012-2018
This report is a multi-year impact assessment that measures the second and third-order effects of PIND’s peacebuilding program. PIND’s peacebuilding strategy is to catalyze and leverage local capacity for early warning, conflict management, and peacebuilding across the Niger Delta to create an enabling environment for sustainable, broad-based economic development. From the initial scoping exercise in […]
