Panel 5: Valuing African Skills and Expertise for a Common Mediation Approach 

This panel will highlight African skills and expertise in mediation, aiming to develop a common and collaborative approach. Emphasis will be placed on enhancing and valuing regional skills to strengthen mediation capacities in Africa. Concrete recommendations for a training program could emerge from this panel, to be further developed among the AU, RECs, and think tanks. Why and how should the African knowledge community (think tanks, research centers, universities) strengthen and pool their knowledge and training capacities in mediation?
Moderator:
Nouzha Chekrouni, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
Speakers:
Ibrahim Abusheriah, Professor, Sebha University
David Anetey Akrong, Deputy Commandant, The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center - KAIPTC
Ahmed Mahmoud Dahan, Director, IMES