Back to Index

Proposed CPIA conflict prevention Early Warning System (EWS)
Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa (CPIA)
March 02, 2010

Download this article
- Word 97 version (16KB)
- Acrobat PDF version (25KB)
If you do not have the free Acrobat reader on your computer, download it from the Adobe website by clicking here.

Purpose

• An EWS provides indicators on potential election related violence
• Its enables us to prepare for the violence and act accordingly to mitigate against or prevent it.
• The EWS enables us to make decision-oriented selections and to check weak areas within the electoral system
• The EWS allows us to search for exceptional situations and aids in early detection of undesirable situations.

Aims of the CPIA EWS

The CPIA EWS aims to collect, collate and analyse data in order to detect and identify the signs of potential election related violence before it explodes into uncontrollable violence. It is designed to detect and signal impending election related conflicts for the purpose of making possible, preventive intervention instead of reactive action as has been the case over the years. The strength of this EWS is its ability to "trigger" rapid reaction to a potential crisis situation.

Download full document

Visit the CPIA fact sheet

Please credit www.kubatana.net if you make use of material from this website. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License unless stated otherwise.

TOP