On February 4, 2023, the Ministry of Public Order and Safety officially launched the Bangsamoro Peace Institute (BPI) at Pagana Kutawato Hall, Cotabato City.
The said launching was graced and witnessed by guests and partners from the academe, civil society organizations, law enforcement agencies, the Bangsamoro government, and other agencies with peace interventions in the region. Also, major peace partners from the United Nations Development Programme, UN Women, International Organization for Migration, and United States Institute of Peace (USIP) graced the event and delivered messages of support.
Dr. Andrew Wilder, Vice President of the United States Institute of Peace, stressed in his keynote speech that inclusive participation is one of the critical factors of a progressive peace process. He further said,”…𝒘𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑷, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎, 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑾𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒐 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.”
The Bangsamoro Peace Institute (BPI) aims to capacitate, influence, support, and build a constituency of peacebuilders from law enforcement agencies, civil societies, ministries, agencies, offices, and other relevant stakeholders in the Bangsamoro, equip them with the fundamental education on the nature, dynamics, and prospects of peace and security in the region.
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