Mission

Advancing sustainable peace and security worldwide.

The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is the institutional home for the peacebuilding community – a network of over 100 organizations working to resolve conflict and create sustainable peace in 153 countries.

The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) is an organization of progressive Muslims in Asia seeking to respond in a small way to the numerous challenges that the people in Asia are facing. Such problems include elite corruption, materialistic life style, increasing ethnic tension, violence against women and children and environment degradation.

ARF was established in 1996 as an Asian initiative to respond to the needs of vulnerable communities particularly in the areas of children education, child rights, women empowerment and youth leadership development.

Balay Mindanaw Foundation Inc. (BMFI) is a Filipino Mindanao-based and Mindanao-focused non-stock, non-profit organization. BMFI’s work and its people articulate a sense of fierce pride for Mindanao and a passion for transforming this poorest and most conflict-torn of the country’s region into a “balay”, a true home for its peoples – Christians, Muslims and Lumads, indigenous peoples of Mindanao.

The Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP), an institute of Canadian Mennonite University, offers a selection of five-day courses each June.

Center for Social Integrity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering pluralism, diversity and inclusion through three program pillars: Humanitarian and Development, Peace and Conflict, and Research and Policy Advocacy.

CPCS focuses on interventions that are informed by critical analyses and tailored to the needs of stakeholders within their conflict contexts.

The Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies (IHRP) is the result of a recent merger between Mahidol University’s Center for Human Rights Studies and Social Development (est. 1998) and the Research Center for Peacebuilding (est. 2004). IHRP combines the experience and perspective both centers have to offer.

The Institute of Religion, Culture, and Peace is located at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It houses the Southeast Asia Studies Program, and is closely associated with the Southeast Asia Studies program. IRCP conducts regular events about peace studies, understanding across cultural and religious lines, and through interfaith dialogue.

The Interfaith Cooperation Forum is a movement focused on supporting interfaith justpeace activities through local partner groups and individuals.

The School of Peace is a program of the Interfaith Cooperation Forum.

International Institute of Peace and Development Studies (IIPDS), administered by ARF, has offered courses and runs workshops across Asia on peace studies, development, and human rights.

Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW) is a convergence of peace advocates in Mindanao.

NARPI is working to strengthen and empower people in Northeast Asia by providing peacebuilding training and building cross-cultural networks.

The Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University was established in 2004/5 to provide a three month, professional development, certificate program twice annually to individuals currently working in related fields. Sessions run from January-April and June-August each year with a maximum of 25 Rotary Peace Fellows in each session.

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is a program of EMU, an institution grounded in Anabaptist theology, life, and values.

The United Board is a nongovernmental organization. We are registered as a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization in the United States and as a public charity in Hong Kong.