Introducing the IAEWP National Chancellor of Burkina Faso, Africa.

We would like to take this opportunity and introduce Mr. Boris SOME as the IAEWP National  Chancellor of  Burkina Faso, Africa. 

As follows is is elaborate CV :-



AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

Conflict Analysis and Prevention, 
Early Warning and Early response, 
Responsibility to Protect (RtoP), 
Peace and human security , 
Non-violence and peace education, 
Policy Advocacy and analysis, 
Ethics and Governance, 
Mass atrocity prevention (MAP), 
Negotiation and mediation, reconciliation, national dialogue and social cohesion, 
Counter violent extremism (CVE), 
Gender and Development issue, 
Organisational development, 
Development of human resources mobilisation, 
Training and Facilitation, 
Project management.

Mr. Boris SOME is a young peace and conflict management expert with in-depth knowledge of African security challenges and its consequences on development issues, particularly in the conflict- weakened region of West Africa. 

He has extensive knowledge in West African Civil society and early warning and response mechanisms. He is an excellent researcher with expertise in reports, proposal/concept note writing, and has desirable skills in training manual development. 

He is competent in programmes design, implementation and strategic planning. He has extensive knowledge in Conflict Analysis, Peace Advocacy and Conflict prevention mechanisms. 

Mr. Boris possesses relevant professional work experience in developing West and Central African nations (Burkina, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Chad, DRC, Cameroon ...) and has paid visit to several others. 

He is an experienced trainer in policy advocacy, networking and alliance building, conflict analysis and management, mediation and negotiation, peace education as well in CVE. 

His passion for peace is no longer to be demonstrated and his motto is : local peacebuilder for global peace. 

EDUCATION

  2015-2016: Diploma in Peace and Security in Africa (PASA), Uppsala University/Sweden 

 2009 – 2011: Masters of Arts Degree (M.A) in Ethics and Governance/Specialization: Conflict analysis and resolution, School of Moral and Political Sciences of West Africa/ Centre of Research and Action for Peace, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 

 2004 – 2006: Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A) in Philosophy, Pierre Canisius Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy, Kinshasa, DRC 

 1999 – 2000: Baccalaureate A (French equivalent of GCE Advanced Level), Diebougou, Burkina Faso 

WORK EXPERIENCE 

National Network Coordinator, 

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1st September 2014-till date     

The main responsibilities include: 

 Manage and lead the national secretariat,  Coordinate the national network by developing a strategic action plan with members of the network, 

 Ensure that the Board is well informed and give appropriate advice for the coordination of the network, 

 Support network members in the implementation of their respective peacebuilding and conflict prevention programmes, 

 Ensure the development of a database on conflict prevention at the national level, 

 Conduct organizational assessments, develop systems and management structures and establish monitoring procedures that reflect the involvement of all members of the network to achieve the objectives, 

 Establish and strengthen partnerships within and outside the national network if necessary, 

 Develop projects and seek funding for the network institutional support, 

 Serve as liaison between the Regional Secretariat of WANEP and SROs of conflict monitoring within ECOWAS, 

 Quickly identify strategic group knowing the values of WANEP for a coalition within civil society, 

 Facilitate access of network members to donors, 

 Facilitate training on conflict analysis and management, negotiation, dialogue and mediation, peace education, CVE for CSOs in Burkina Faso. Local (Burkina Faso) 

Local Burkina Faso Peacebuilding Expert (LPE), 

Peace Direct, Insight on Conflict, London/England, 

1st September 2014-till date 

 Map local peacebuilding groups, 

 Provide information on local peacebuilding groups, 

 Submit stories which highlight new developments or specific aspects of local peacebuilding, 

 Write article in response to specific requests from Peace Direct, 

 Provide information to researchers and journalists. 

Policy Advocacy Assistant, 

West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), Accra, Ghana September 2012 – August 2014. 

 Drove and managed the implementation of policy advocacy projects and strategies; 

 Design and develop training and development programmes based on CSOs needs, 

 Conducted research on policy and legislative issue.

 Organized policy forums and dialogues with different stakeholders, 

 Interfaced with broad range of CSOs, policymakers and government officials, 

 Worked closely with the institute’s partners, donors and participants to coordinate project components to reach the overall project goal, 

 Monitored, evaluated and analyzed impacts of training/project on beneficiaries, 

 Gathered information, wrote and produced policy and advocacy outputs, such as reports, press releases, articles, 

 Documented and regularly updated current and potential information on emerging issues, 

 Networked and built alliances with other advocacy groups, 

 Developed policy advocacy training tools, 

 Facilitated trainings on policy advocacy and Networking & Alliance building

National Early Warning System (NEWS) Manager, 

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-Burkina), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

January 2007 – September 2011, & December 2011-September 2012

Coordinated the Warning and Response Network (WARN) related activities at the national

level,

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Collected and monitored information on peace and human security threats and entered

them into the NEWS and ECOWARN systems,

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Ensured timely submission and quality control of information/reports submitted by

community monitors,

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Built bridge between NEWS and ECOWARN by ensuring that all relevant alerts or data are

inserted into ECOWARN and NEWS,

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Provided early warning information, analyzed the national vulnerability to security situation

and initiated the production of early warning reports including NEWS bulletin, policy brief

and other reports on weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis,

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Led the generation and development of country-specific indicator on monitoring threats and

community violence,

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Fostered collaborative relationship with/between civil society and existing state institutions

and other national early warning, conflict prevention and peacebuilding structures,

organizations of disaster management and emergency relief,

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Initiated the development of training modules for early warning and rapid response

strategies

Coordinated the Warning and Response Network (WARN) related activities at the national level, 

 Collected and monitored information on peace and human security threats and entered them into the NEWS and ECOWARN systems, 

 Ensured timely submission and quality control of information/reports submitted by community monitors, 

 Built bridge between NEWS and ECOWARN by ensuring that all relevant alerts or data are inserted into ECOWARN and NEWS, 

 Provided early warning information, analyzed the national vulnerability to security situation and initiated the production of early warning reports including NEWS bulletin, policy brief and other reports on weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis, 

 Led the generation and development of country-specific indicator on monitoring threats and community violence, 

 Fostered collaborative relationship with/between civil society and existing state institutions and other national early warning, conflict prevention and peacebuilding structures, organizations of disaster management and emergency relief, 

 Initiated the development of training modules for early warning and rapid response strategies

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION 

 August 2016: Training for Trainers and Mentoring, United States Institute for Peace (USIP)*Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding’ in Collaboration with African Contingency Operations Training Assistance(ACOTA), Centre d’Entrainement aux Operations de Maintien de la Paix (CEOMP) de Lome, Togo, 

 2015-2016: Diploma in Peace and Security in Africa (PASA), Uppsala University-Sweden, 

 March-May 2010 : Project management, international solidarity and sustainable development,UNESCO Chair of Peace, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire,  March-June 2008: Certificate of proficiency in English, American Language Centre, N’Djamena, Chad

SELECTED RELEVANT CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND TRAININGS ATTENDED MODERATED 

 November 28-December 2, 2016: High level experts Seminar: Validating the research report : establishing an early warning mechanism in the UEMOA space, Abidjan/Cote d’Ivoire 

 September 26-27, 2016: Regional meeting: Developing and Incorporating community resilience and CVE strategies into Peace Education Curriculum in the Sahel region(Abuja/Nigeria),

September 4-9, 2016: Global Peacebuilders Summit 2016 [www.global-peacebuilders.org] Paretz &Berlin/Germany, 
 August 16-17, 2016: CSOs Workshop on Conflict prevention in ECOWAS Member States, Dakar/Senegal 

 August 7-13, 2016: Training for Trainers and Mentoring, United States Institute for Peace (USIP) in Collaboration with African Contingency Operations Training Assistance(ACOTA), Centre d’Entrainement aux Operations de Maintien de la Paix (CEOMP) de Lome, Togo, 

 April 6-8, 2016: Regional Conference: Actors and new strategies to face emerging threats to security in Sub-Saharan Africa, Abidjan/ Cote d’Ivoire 

 December 14-16, 2015: The fundamentals of Monitoring and Evaluation at USAID, Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, 

 August 19-20, 2015: Sensitization workshop for Civil society of ECOWAS Member States on the implementation of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF), Accra/Ghana, 

 November 25, 2014-December 5, 2014: Conflict Analysis and Mediation Course (CAM), Accra/Ghana, 

 December 11-12, 2014: experts meeting on the theme: “incorporating strategies for countering violent extremism into peace education curriculum in West Africa, Accra/Ghana 

 October 21-22, 2014 : Stakeholders meeting to develop early warning indicators on violent extremism in West Africa, Lagos/Nigeria, 

 June 9-20, 2014 : Advocacy and Human Security training, Addis Ababa/Ethiopia, 

 May 26-30, 2014: Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and Advocacy training for Civil Society Actors and Media Personnel in West Africa, Accra/Ghana, 

 May23 -24, 2014: ECOWAS/West Africa and Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) norm strategy session (Accra/Ghana), 

 August 2013: Ensure gender sensitivity in Early Warning (Accra/Ghana), 

 July2013: Conflict resolution: Conflict-Mediation-Mapping (Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso) 

 August 2012: Peace Monitoring and Crisis management in West Africa (Accra/Ghana), 

 December 2011: Women in Peacebuilding (Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso), 

 November 2011: Training session of trainers on human rights and specific rights of women and children (Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso), 

 August 2011: Crisis management in West Africa (Accra/Ghana) 

 Sept 2010: - Training of Male allies for gender justice (Accra/Ghana), 

 May 2010: Operationalization of ECOWARN (ECOWAS Warning and Response Network) (Accra/Ghana), 

 May 2010: Training on proposal writing, fundraising strategies and financial management (Accra/Ghana), 

 May 2010: Exploring masculinity. Overcoming violence. Promoting peace Gender justice in Ghana (Accra/Ghana)

SELECTED TRAINING DELIVERED

:  November 14-18, 2016: ACOTA training in Burkina Faso for the Burkinabe Battalion “Badeneya 5” for MINUSMA in Mali. 

 May 21-23, 2016: Training delivered on conflict prevention and non-violent communication for 30 teachers from 15 secondary schools, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 

 April 25-29, 2016: Training delivered on Leadership and conflict management for Security and Defence Forces, Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso 

 April 18-22, 2016: Training delivered on Leadership and conflict management for Media personnel and INEC members, Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, 

 March 14-18, 2016 and March 21-25, 2016: Training facilitated on Leadership and conflict management for Civil actors involved in electoral processes [Phase 1&2], Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso

 Mars 29-April 1st 2016: Training on community conflict prevention and management for 30 women leaders and 30 men champions, Sahel Region/Burkina Faso, 

 November 1-3 2015: Training on Dialogue and mediation for women from 81 political parties vying for the 2015 legislative elections, Bobo-Dioulasso/Burkina Faso, 

 September 4-6, 2015: Training on Leadership, Dialogue and mediation for civil society actors towards peaceful elections in Burkina, Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, 

 August 2015: Training on RtoP and CVE for CSOs in Mali, Bamako/Mali, 

 May 2015: Development of training toolkit on CSOs’role in the electoral process, and on electoral conflict management and prevention, Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, 

 19 May-19 June 2015: Training on CSOs’role in the electoral process, and on electoral conflict management and prevention, for 80 CSO members from Gorom-Gorom, Djibo, Dori, Ouahigouya, and Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, 

 April 2015: Training on electoral conflict prevention and management, and counter violent extremism Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso, 

 January 2014: Training on Facilitation skills, Policy Advocacy and Networking and Alliance Building, Monrovia, Liberia, 

 May 2014: Training on RtoP norm and Advocacy, Accra/Ghana, 

 June 2014: Training on Introduction to Policy Advocacy and Engagement, Accra/Ghana, 

 July 2014: Training on Networking and Alliance Building, Accra/Ghana. 

RESEARCH WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS 

 2012: Appropriation des instruments d’alerte precoce pour une prevention efficiente des conflits au Burkina Faso- being a M.A thesis submitted to School of Moral and Political Sciences of West Africa/ Centre of Research and Action for Peace, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (March 2012), 

 2012: Book published: Donner la Chance à la paix au Burkina Faso. S’approprier les instruments d’alerte précoce, Editions Universitaires Européennes, Saarbrücken, July 2012, 157 pages. 

LANGUAGES COMPETENCY 

 French (Excellent verbal, reading and written skills) 

 English (Good verbal, reading and written skills) 

 German (Operational–Verbal, reading and written

We would like to thank Dr. Ayo Ayoola Amale, the IAEWP Vice President for West Africa for the identification and appointment of this high caliber professional into IAEWP as we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of IAEWP in 1967 at Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

Thank you for the opportunity to put this information on record.

Steve Varatharajan

Deputy Secretary General

IAEWP ( NGO ECOSOC - United Nations )
IAEWP is the 1987 Recipient of the United Nations Peace Messenger Award by the then UN Secretary General.