Yesterday at our Uppsala office, we had the pleasure of meeting colleagues from Sida’s Unit for Peace and Migration/Peace Team (Global Department) and Unit for Thematics and Learning 1 (Results Department). Our discussion focused on the new Swedish Strategy for Peace, Security

The Life & Peace Institute (LPI), in partnership with Somali Public Agenda (SPA) hosted the third annual peacebuilding-focused CSO convening workshop in Kismayo from 26–29 July 2025. The workshop brought together 25 CSO Network members from Mogadishu, Baidoa, Jowhar, and

Call for Trainer: Strategic Resource Mobilisation & Sustainable Funding Strategies for CSOs. The Life & Peace Institute is seeking a qualified and experienced trainer or resource person to design and deliver capacity strengthening training on Strategic Resource Mobilisation and

From July 31 to August 1, the M&M Project team brought together the community dialogue/discussion facilitators after the completion of intra-community dialogues to pause, reflect, harvest outcomes, and plan for inter-community dialogues for a powerful reflection session in

The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) held a two-day CSO Networking and Consultation Workshop on July 15–16, 2025, in Addis Ababa, bringing together over 30 local CSOs from across Ethiopia. Participants engaged in critical discussions about the current context of Ethiopia, focusing on

🤝 Strengthening partnerships for peace in Sudan!. From July 7–9, the Life & Peace Institute’s Sudan Programme brought together our partners Wa3y Organisation and Salamedia Center for a hands-on capacity-enhancement workshop. Together, we explored key areas like reporting,.

🚨 Call for Proposals!. Are you a Somalia-based communications firm passionate about peacebuilding? The Life & Peace Institute (LPI), in partnership with Somali Public Agenda (SPA), is looking for a Communications Consultancy to lead the development of a strategic communications

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Through our partnership with the Association of Ethiopian Historians (AEH), we supported a dialogue on “Contentious Historical Issues in Ethiopian Historiography” and the publication of a concise report capturing its key outcomes. 📘 This afternoon, we had the privilege of

🌍 We’re Hiring – Join the Team!. The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is on the lookout for passionate, skilled peacebuilding changemakers to join our Horn of Africa Regional Programme (HARP)!.🕊️ If you're committed to nonviolent transformation, grounded in policy or practice, and

🔧 Building Resilience Amid Conflict 🌍. From June 16–20, 2025, the Life & Peace Institute (LPI) Sudan Programme, in partnership with Labs for Development, held a five-day workshop on the “Resilience in Conflict Analysis Toolkit (RCAT)” in Nairobi. The training brought together

🌱 Community Dialogue Facilitation Training Underway! 🕊️. From June 11–14, 2025, LPI Ethiopia — in partnership with Biftu Bira for Humanitarian Organization (BB4HO) and Eastern Development Initiative (EDI) — is hosting a Community Dialogue Facilitation Training in Shashemene and

🌍 LPI's Kenya & Sudan Programmes, in partnership with the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) and with support from Swedish Mission Conference's (SMC) Capacities 4 Peace, are hosting a two-day Climate Security Conference: . 📍 Bridging the Divide: Climate, Conflict, and

🌱 Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Ethiopia 🇪🇹. Today, LPI and our implementing partners are gathered in Addis Ababa for a full-day Programme Orientation, Planning, and Compliance Workshop — aligning efforts for 2025 under our “Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Ethiopia” programme. From

On May 19 2025, our Somalia Programme officially launched the United Nation Peace Building Fund (UNPBF) project “Expanding Civic Space and Stimulating Youth-Inclusive Political Processes and Participation in Somalia” in Baidoa and Kismayo, marking the beginning of a seven-month

On Monday, May 26, 2025 LPI celebrated its 40th birthday! We spent this monumental anniversary surrounded by valued friends and essential partners in Sweden like the Swedish Christian Council, Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research, the Swedish Mission

RT @PiOC_Network: The final day of the PiOC Nairobi regional meeting was a packed day of learning, resource-sharing, and collaboration! 🤝….

LPI’s continued partnership with Ethiopian peacebuilding organisations. Last week, LPI signed new agreements with four of our key Ethiopian partners: the Ethiopian Institute of Peace (EIP), Biftu Bira for Humanitarian Organisation (BB4HO), Eastern Development Initiative (EDI),

📢 Deadline Extended!.There's still time to apply! The Life & Peace Institute's Ethiopia Programme has extended the application deadline for the Consultancy for Mid-Term Review of our Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Ethiopia programme. 🗓️ New deadline: Tuesday, May 6, 2025.🌱 Help

🌍 Building Safer Cities Together! 🕊️. Today in Nairobi, the LPI Kenya Programme convened a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Forum under the #TuimarisheAmaniMjini project, with support from Peace in Our Cities. Bringing together both formal and informal peace and security actors, the