Description of organisation

Academy for Peace and Development is an international non profit making, non political youth organisation, which aims at empowering youth, promoting peace and tolerance among youth through assisting young people in acquiring knowledge and developing their skills and competences. Main ares of competence are: Peace building and conflict transformation, youth empowerment and youth inclusion, capacity development of youth NGOs.
Objectives of the organisation are following:
- To provide community-based educational opportunities to young people, particularly to internally displaced youth;
- To train future youth leaders commited to peace, democracy and inclusion;
- To contribute to nonviolent processes of conflict transformation in the Caucasus by providing competences to youth, youth leaders, youth workers and youth organisations.