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The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) of Addis Ababa University has the honour of informing you that we will hold the first series of APSA Policy Dialogue as part of a 3-year (2023-2025) UK FCDO-supported joint AU UN WBG program on strengthening the AU capacities to mitigate and prevent conflict at national and regional levels, using DDR and human rights as entry points; and supported by GIZ APSA project.

This APSA Dialogue convenes 40 participants from AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AU PAPS), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), African Youth Ambassadors for Peace, United Nations (UN) Agencies (UNOAU, UNESCO, OHCHR), the World Bank Group, AU Member States and Addis Ababa-based diplomats, practitioners, analysts, academics, civil society, and inter-governmental actors (by invitation only). The first APSA Policy Dialogue aims to unpack the key findings and lessons of both reports with specific focus on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention and develop recommendations for policy and decision-makers and peace and security analysts on what more needs to be done to support early warning analysis for the progress of APSA.