ICEPCVE
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The IGAD Center of Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE) is a regional platform for training, coordination and connectivity, knowledge sharing, community & civil society organization engagement, strategic communication and research on preventing/countering violent extremism for government and civil society actors in the Eastern and Horn of Africa region.{{Cite web |title=About us – ICEPCVE |url=https://cve.igad.int/aboutus/ |access-date=18 September 2022 |language=en-US}}
Formation
ICEPCVE was established in 2016 and officially inaugurated in May 2018.{{Cite book |url=https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Preventing_and_Countering_Violent_Extremism.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171111/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Preventing_and_Countering_Violent_Extremism.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 September 2022 |title=Preventing_and_Countering_Violent_Extremism.pdf |publisher=USAID Gov't |year=2021 |language=English}}
Mandate
ICEPCVE's mandate as a regional coordinating body on P/CVE includes expediting partnerships between governments, non-governmental organizations and sub-national actors as well as capturing numerous locally led efforts to build community resilience against violent extremism in the Horn of Africa and the East African region.{{Cite web |title=Supporting Civil Society Organizations in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in the Eastern and Horn of Africa Region [EN/AR] - World {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/supporting-civil-society-organizations-preventing-and-countering-violent-extremism |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}
Achievements
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