INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
CENTER FOR PEACE ADVOCACY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CEPASD
About CEPASD Center for Peace Advocacy and Sustainable Development (CEPASD) is a youth focused non-governmental organization registered in Nigeria with corporate affairs commission in November 2018. Also registered with UN volunteers with roster number 2150227. CEPASD has a profile with UN DESEA. CEPASD focus on Peace building, fostering sustainable development goals, preventing violent Extremism (PVE), advocacy against gender-based violence, leadership, education, innovation, youth empowerment and social justice. CEPASD work on policy formulation/ implementations and Humanitarian Actions. CEPASD is a member of U.S Youth, Peace and Security Coalition, Alliance of CSO’s and NGOs for South South Cooperation (ANCSSC) Nigeria Youth, Peace and Security Coalition, Coalition Peace, West Africa Civil Society E-directory and Restless Collective Youth Development and many more. CEPASD works to engage, inspire and build the resilience of youth on peace building, advocacy against gender-
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based violence, promotion and fostering of sustainable development goals and leadership across Africa while building their capacity to become peace ambassadors and champions of peaceful coexistence as well as mentoring them on nation building, patriotism, leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, development and sustainability. CEPASD promotes and foster the international Youth, Peace and Security agenda of UNSCR 2250, 2535 and AU Peace and Security agenda also work on policy formulation to enhance global practices in peace building actions and peace education. It is our firm belief that young people possess the creativity, tenacity, capacity and innovative ideas to create a better society thus we build their resilience in the fight against gender-based violence and violent extremism. CEPASD pushes to redefine the narratives and rekindle the passion for peace building and sustainable development while taking holistic measures in addressing the root causes of violent extremism, gender-based violence and violent conflict to towards achieving sustainable peace, social justice
and policy formulation and implementation in peace building actions and peace education to meet global practices. Our mandate is to foster and actualize the sustainable development goals and build the capacity of young people in peace building actions, and achieve youth for peace agenda UNSCR 2250 We are making indelible mark to ensure that the youths discover and utilize their latent potentials for sustainable development through peace building action and innovation. We are driven by our core principles of uplifting and putting Smiles on the faces of those affected by conflict, violence and terrorism. Our priorities are youth development, women empowerment and child education as well as leading advocacy campaigns against violence, conflict, terrorism caused by natural by natural or manmade phenomena such as climate change, drought, poverty and unemployment in Africa. CEPASD prospects are to inspire the 21st century youths to imbibe the culture of
