Membership Of North East Peace And Security Network

The membership consists of Northeast-based civil society, international NGOs, UN agencies, donors, and embassies. The network also engages government ministries, departments, and agencies on specific thematic areas. The Northeast PSN currently has membership of over 40 organisations implementing projects on peace and security, recovery, and other developmental initiatives across the Northeast Region.

Organisation or individual membership: membership is organisational not individual-based as staff turnover is much in the development sector. Individual members represent a particular organisation, as such, it is only fair for organisations to be recognised instead of individuals.

Eligibility: Any organisation interested in joining the NE-PSN must meet the following requirements:

Operates independently of any government, must be non-profit, non-partisan and non-political
Full presence in Nigeria and legally qualified to function in Nigeria
Implementing projects on peace and security and developmental initiatives with security components

Note: Conflict actors are not allowed in the group (government actors, security agencies, or traditional leaders) to allow for open discussion by peace and conflict practitioners. However, these actors are key stakeholders when it comes to advocacy; we engage them once our analysis is more refined as it’s relevant, they remain critical actors in the northeast.

Benefits Of Being A Member

Joining the NE-PSN comes with a lot of individual and institutional benefits. You will have the opportunity to connect, advocate, share resources, partake in decision making and improve the capacity of your staff, among others.

Advocacy

members conduct advocacies to relevant stakeholders (MDAs, Security agencies and connections in the group. Often involves creating a resource for advocacy.

Networking

Member organisations network and synergies by sharing notices with others through the network (i.e. requests for proposals, job adverts, notices of events relevant to NE-PSN).

Information gathering and Sharing

information is gathered and shared amongst members through emails and WhatsApp platforms. The network has developed and maintained a database of research, evaluations and analyses conducted by PSN member organisations. Key lessons learned from members’ research (particularly complementary findings) are shared and further discussed during plenary. A website and conflict tracker is currently being designed for the network.

Cross Organizational Learning

The network identifies and shares opportunities for greater coordination between PSN members operating in similar areas and ensures that lessons learned from the northeast are appropriately shared with the PSN plenary group. The network is currently creating a joint database of interventions including geographical sites, key stakeholders and intended outcomes.

Joint Analysis

: each member organisation is represented in a monthly joint conflict and context analysis for an in-depth analysis. The analysis is usually conducted physically at different partner offices and in some cases via virtual platforms such as Skype group call.

Access to meeting Report

meeting reports are usually shared between and among members through emails. Meeting minutes are not shared beyond members, occasionally the reports contain sensitive info and in the early stages of analysis, the info shared is often not yet verified.

Capacity Building

member organisations have access to training and other capacity building opportunities available. With the current funding from International Alert, there are training opportunities for members.

NE-PSN Membership