Our Work
Building Nigeria's Peace Architecture
From flagship peacebuilding programmes to subnational community safety networks — OSPRE deploys a full suite of early warning, intelligence, and capacity building programmes to protect and empower Nigerians at every level.
Flagship Programmes
CONCORD & SPARCS
OSPRE's two flagship programmes form the operational backbone of Nigeria's national peace and resilience architecture.
The CONCORD Initiative
Consortium for Conflict Resilience and Development
Inaugurated December 2022
- Addresses capacity limitations and aligns theory with practice
- Forges crucial partnerships between government and non-government entities
- Focus on timely recognition of early warning indicators
- Prompt implementation of early response actions
- Vital for effective conflict prevention and conflict transformation
- Supports sustainable development initiatives in Nigeria
CONCORD is OSPRE's flagship peacebuilding programme and the vehicle of a whole-of-society effort to develop and strengthen Nigeria's national capacity to foresee, forestall, make ready for, respond to, and recover from conflict.
CONCORD has been dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of critical national and subnational institutions and facilitating strategic, multi-layered engagement among practitioners in Nigeria's peace, human security, early warning, response, and development sectors.
As a peer learning and exchange network, CONCORD connects state and non-state actors operating in early warning, early response, development, and peacebuilding. It serves as a dynamic community of practice and the central pillar of a national peace architecture.
SPARCS
Safety, Peace and Resilience in Communities
Ongoing Nationwide
- Structured learning journey across designated LGAs nationwide
- Understanding of security threats and principles of building EWS
- Strategies for community engagement and sensitisation
- Techniques for data collection, analysis, and networked EWS
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) skills for conflict prevention
- Gender-responsive approach to community public safety
- Enhancing emergency preparedness at community level
SPARCS is OSPRE's flagship programme for establishing effective subnational peace and public safety architectures within local governance structures — specifically designed for officials and community members in designated Nigerian LGAs.
The programme is designed to provide the essential knowledge and skills to develop and sustain a robust Early Warning System (EWS) and enhance community security through structured learning and practical skill development.
SPARCS assists communities in building foundational knowledge and practical skills that foster peace, security, and resilience — progressively empowering local governance structures with the tools of modern early warning and response.
Services
Core Service Offerings
Risk Knowledge & Anticipatory Intelligence
OSPRE produces risk assessments, strategic reports, and high-level policy briefs on topical, emergent, and over-the-horizon trends across Nigeria's nine thematic risk domains.
- Multi-sector risk assessments spanning conflict, crime, health, climate, and economy
- Composite strategic intelligence picture from multiple institutional sources
- Short, medium, and long-term threat horizon scanning
- Evidence-based policymaking support for federal and state governments
Cross-Sector Decision Support
OSPRE serves as a nexus between key state institutions and civil society, providing the analytical backbone for whole-of-government and whole-of-society responses to human security threats.
- Advising the Presidency and NSC on security and stability matters
- Facilitating mobilisation of resources for crisis response
- Bridging state institutions and civil society for coordinated action
- Strengthening early warning mechanisms at subnational level
ECOWAS & Regional Integration
Working in consonance with ECOWAS Article 58 and the 1999 Security Protocol, OSPRE aligns Nigeria's national early warning and response architecture with the West African regional peace and security framework.
- Technical contribution to ECOWAS Early Warning System (ECOWARN)
- Support for ECOWAS regional security protocol implementation
- South-South cooperation and peer learning with member states
- Regional and global risk analysis for Nigeria's external threat environment
Engage with OSPRE Programmes
Whether for participation, partnership, or policy collaboration — we welcome engagement from government, civil society, and development actors.
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