Africa-Press – Seychelles. Stakeholders discuss continental conflict prevention
Senior officials and technical officers from government ministries, agencies and organisations including from the Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles (Ceps) are participating in a four-day COMWARN Structural Vulnerability Assessments (SVAs) consultation workshop in relation to peace and prosperity.
The overall objective of the national multi-stakeholder consultations is to disseminate the Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment (SVRA), specifically for the country, and identify the necessary response strategies.
The workshop, taking place at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Hotel, was opened yesterday in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), African Union (AU) and from the European Union (EU). It is being facilitated by technical officers from Comesa-COMWARN and AU-CEWs which include plenary discussions and group work sessions.
Over the past decades, the African continent and the Comesa region, have continued to witness a multiplicity of challenges that have impacted on efforts towards attaining peace, security, stability and development. These challenges range from wars, violent conflicts, epidemics and pandemics, climate change effects and related natural disasters, maritime piracy and terrorism, economic crises among other challenges leading to slowed socio-economic development, national and transnational crimes. Other pronounced challenges are related to governance issues particularly electoral disputes and constitutionalism.
As a result of these challenges, various legal frameworks, mechanisms, and initiatives have been put in place at the continental and sub-regional levels towards managing and addressing these challenges due to the inherent high costs that conflict imparts on the communities affected.
In this regard, peace building efforts and crisis management initiated by policy makers at the continental, sub-regional and national levels have continued emphasising – through various Decisions – that more focus and efforts should be directed towards enhancing resilience/reducing vulnerabilities by addressing the root causes of conflict and other structural factors contributing to instability.
In line with policy decisions and has part of efforts towards supporting continental conflict prevention efforts, Comesa has, on its part, continued to collaborate with the African Union’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) Department in advancing the development and implementation of its Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment (SVRA) methodology.
The final report is expected to be completed and disseminated within two weeks of the consultations.
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