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Sustaining Peace
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Why sustaining peace?
Preventing conflict and sustaining peace lie at the heart of the mandate of the United Nations (UN). As emphasized in the 2016 Sustaining Peace resolutions, peace is not only the absence of war, but a continuous process requiring prevention, inclusion and resilience across the conflict cycle. Yet, over the past decade, new dynamics of conflict and global challenges such as poverty, climate change and humanitarian crises have made this goal increasingly complex to achieve. This evolving landscape calls for practitioners to continually adapt their approaches to peacebuilding efforts through updated theoretical knowledge, practical tools and analytical skills.
Building capacities for peace and security
We deliver programmes to UN personnel and their partners, including government representatives, non-governmental organizations, civil society and academia, aimed at strengthening their capacity to prevent and address conflict. Our courses enhance expertise in human security and cut across multiple agendas, such as the Women, Peace and Security (YPS), Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), Climate, Peace and Security (CPS) and the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda. We also support operational effectiveness by boosting skills in analysing and engaging with armed groups, as well as in peacekeeping-intelligence gathering, analysis and dissemination.
Tailored learning solutions
Tailored learning solutions
Transforming Expertise into Learning Solutions
Our Peace and Security Hub supports partners in transforming their substantive expertise into engaging and impactful learning experiences. We provide tailored support in facilitation to delivery, evaluation and digital hosting, ensuring that knowledge is effectively transferred and applied in practice.
Recent examples include the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Advanced Training, developed with the OSRSG-CAAC, and the Peacekeeping Intelligence (PKI) Training Campus, co-created with PICT and PKIA. Through such collaborations, we bridge the gap between expert knowledge and effective learning, enabling partners to expand reach and impact.
Photo credits: UN Photo / Gregório Cunha
Climate Peace and Security Peacebuilding Programming
In June 2025, our Peace and Security Hub organized the “Climate Peace and Security Peacebuilding Programming” on designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating catalytic climate, peace and security programmes jointly with the Peacebuilding Support Office and the Climate Security Mechanism. Eight UN entities from 15 countries participated, workshopping joint programmes under development for the Peacebuilding Fund. Participants exchanged lessons learnt, drew on expert input and developed action plans to move their initiatives forward.
Integrated Data Analytics for the Protection of Civilians Boot Camp for DPO
This tailored learning solution aims to enable personnel to identify and analyse data relevant to the delivery of protection of civilians mandates in UN peacekeeping at the operational and strategic levels. A group of 27 colleagues from the Department of Peace Operations (DPO) already benefited from the training, which was delivered in nine live webinars over six weeks – in collaboration with How to Build Up – and included modules on data exploration, visualization and storytelling.
The AI Peace Nexus - Elevating WPS Agenda in Yemen’s Digital Future
Through innovative learning and dialogue, we help ensure emerging technologies advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda rather than reinforce inequality or digital harm.
In partnership with the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, we held an in-person workshop on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris (10-11 February). The event brought together experts and practitioners to navigate the intersection of AI, gender and peacebuilding.
Training Skills on Peace and Security Thematic Areas
As part of our tailored learning solutions, we offer training skills on thematic areas designed to meet the specific needs of each client organization, and the unique contexts in which they operate.
Our training skills programme can focus exclusively on training methodologies or be integrated with thematic areas where capacity development plays a key role – such as Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and Conflict Sensitivity. Participants gain tools for learner-centred design, delivery and evaluation, empowering them to lead training initiatives within their communities and organizations.
We deliver globally, offering facilitation in English, French and Arabic.
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Open-enrolment courses
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