PAUPB - Panafrican Union of Peace Builders

Bound by a common and specific set of values and approaches to Peace, the Union addresses a network of 350 Laureates of 20 years of UPA-University of Peace in Africa, different professions, young and old, men and women, of all religions from 30 countries in Africa, currently engaged in community peacebuilding, civic mediation, social healing, peace research, and informing govern-ment policies on promotion and consolidation of Peace and social cohesion.
The Pan African Union of Peace Builders (PAUPB) is an international, apolitical, non-profit, non-governmental network of individual Peace activists and institutional Peace organisations committed

> to develop synergy between Peace builders in Africa and build competence of Peace at individuals and organizations > to promote a culture of peace in Africa and its diasporas > to prevent and transform conflicts in a constructive way and by non-violent approaches in all spheres of social, cultural, economic and political life > to lobby for inclusive non-violent conflict interventions ("positive peace") as alternative to violent and static military forces ("negative peace") > to suggest and promote socio-political scenarios within the campaign RETHINKING AFRICAN SECURITY (RAS)

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DOCTOR Honoris Causa : Sylvain KOFFI, 13.11.2024 A great recognition of the (pan-African) impact of the international Peace Builder, Abidjan/Ivory Coast, founding member and former Secretary General of UPABP. read more... The delivery of the insignia of Doctor Honoris Causa is a highly prestigious honor. It pays tribute to personalities who honor the world through their contribution, their commitment and the values they embody, in the fields of politics, culture, art, economics or science. We believe in a successful society made up of women and men from professional diversity. University of Tunis, CVPT - Centre de Valorisation Professionnelle

1st UNIVERSITY FORUM -  Rethinking African Security (RAS) St.Paul University - Pax Christi International - UPABP - UPA International pacifists, African politicians, professors, agents of international organisations and civil society activists are creating space for innovative thinking, systemic action, courageous lobbying for a ‘new Africa’, which is the target of the African Union’s promise of a ‘weapon-free Africa’. 15.102024: photos and read more

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AFRICAN UNION, PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL and the Union host the speical 2023 event of
Celebrating 20 years of University of Peace in Africa, UPA 2003-2023

WATCH Peace Song WORLD RELEASE
at anniversary celebration in Centre des Jeunes Kamenge
(03.11.2023, Big Voice Production, Burundi)

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PAUPB is guided by its CHARTA founded in OUAGADOUGOU, July 2017, during the 12^th Pan-African session of the University of Peace in Africa (UPA): www.universityofpeaceinafrica.org

PAUPB is managed by a moderating and facilitating BOARD Committee, called CAA-Cercle of Animation and Administration, operating with a set of tools from sociocratic, decentralized, self-regulated approaches. See UPABP-STRUCTURE.

CAA-Board Committee is structured in 4 task groups (sub-cercles)
> TO BE (Etre): Vision, Mission, Mentality of PAUPB, Training/Capacity building, Documentation
> TO DO (Faire): Conflict analysis, Peace intervention, Dialogue, Synergie, Spreading-out
> TO HAVE (Avoir): Finances, Archives
> TO SHARE (Partager): Communication, best practice learning, link with others

Ouagadougou, July 2017
Workshop on UPABP creation by UPA Laureates from Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Central African Repubilic, Congo(Brazza),
Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Germany and Belgium

Y O U
the UPA Laureat
from all Campus
since 2003,
please feel invited
to become our member
and send this FORM

Join us at UPABP Secretariat via
upa@apte-net.de
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VISIT our PROGRAM
INOVAR  (clic here)
= Intervention NOn-
Violente Active et
Rapide (en Afrique)

Teams of panafrican Peace Builders join local activities in direct intervention for several months at selected communities: deses-calation, conflict mana-gement, mediation.
2010/11 Burundi,DRC
2014/16 CAR/Cam
2016/22 RCA

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Internat. ATTENTION
UPABP members

AFRICA DOCTOR HC for Sylvain KOFFI, Abidjan (2024)
FRANCE Human Rights Award 2013
UNESCO Prix Confucius 2011
HARUBUNTU Tchad 2010, IvoryCoast 2009
UNHCR PeacePrice 2006

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