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Grassroots Peace Development Initiative (GPDI)
Description/achievement of initiative

The Grassroots Peace Development Initiative is targeted to promote peace at local level in Nigeria, since to achieve any sustainable development sustainable peace has to be in place.

Implementation methodologies

To implement our objective various inclusions have to be considered, especially the involvement of the media and other well-meaning civil society organisations, in order to raise the awareness about the Grassroots Peace Development Initiative as well as to organise advocacy programs with a view to ensuring that our goal for sustainable peace has been achieved.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Holding regular trainings, organising workshops, encouraging town hall meetings among stakeholders using any possible means as to ensure the achievement of the project's goal.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

In recognition to our objective to achieve grassroots peace, our association has already put in place a special mechanism – namely, the inclusion of social media platforms as a tool to achieve our objective and the engagement of government institutions, volunteers, peace practitioners and other relevant stakeholders such as corporate partners that will help us network our objective to various grassroots as aforementioned

Partner(s)

Government of Nigeria (Rivers State and Imo State) Solace Place Foundation - Nigeria Rivers State Youth Network Forum Church of God Seventh Day Niger Delta Non-Violence Organisation
Progress reports
Goal 16
Goal 17
June 2015
Distribution of books and other materials on sustainable peace for sustainable development
September 2015
Distribution of 500 copies of the SDGs to Nigeria Lawmakers at the Senate and House of Representatives
In-kind contribution
Free distribution of books and other published materials

Basic information
Time-frame: 06/2015 - 09/2015
Partners
Government of Nigeria (Rivers State and Imo State) Solace Place Foundation - Nigeria Rivers State Youth Network Forum Church of God Seventh Day Niger Delta Non-Violence Organisation
Countries
Contact information
Emmanuel Nkweke, Ambassador, uninfodesk@rocketmail.com
United Nations