PEACE VISION will invest in a growing network of local peace building facilitators who shall be actively engaged in conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution from a wide range of positions in the localities of Luuq,Ceelwaq,Belethawa.

PEACE VISION will actively support them to transfer knowledge, experience and skills to a new generation of emerging peace actors. This transfer of capacity is essential to involving a wide range of stakeholders in peace building. It is also an important measure that the system is becoming more self-sustaining (ie that capacities within the system are sufficiently developed and organized to address capacity needs within the system in future). For this to be effective and sustainable, these networks must:

• Be active and effective in conflict prevention on a daily basis through the peace structures and individuals.
• Sustain the motivation of peace builders through Creating space for individual, groups and institutions contribution to peace building through; cross-border peace dialogue, sports for peace, medical camps for peace, songs/poems/drama for peace, school peace clubs etc. Recognizing innovation and commitment of active local peace builders, attracting interest from externals (through the relevance and quality of learning produced and link them).
• Mobilize local human and financial resources and minimize transaction costs of peace building through building capacities of local actors at the centre of conflict, who can act with minimal external support

Furthermore, to strengthen peace building networks within the three (3) districts in Gedo Region and cascade it to cross-border areas of Kenya and Ethiopia. PEACE VISION and local partners operating in context of Gedo will carry out joint capacity needs assessments of existing local peace system present in the existing conflict system   in Gedo region to determine the effectiveness of peace organizations within the networks and to serve as a framework to guide capacity development efforts. Each peace system will have a number of priority drivers of conflict, inter-stakeholders processes and capacity needs to manage.  Our approach is premised on the assumption that a peace system becomes more effective and sustainable when local capacities are developed among a wide range of stakeholders and their relationships facilitate collaboration to deepen processes that address driving factors of conflict. The network approach will further focus firstly on the multiple roles peace committees play (as peace structures, as multi-stakeholder forums; and as hub for a network of local peace organizations). Secondly the strengthening of the network can be used to explore the capacities of any organization within the peace system (promoting their development of specific constituencies and competencies).

Finally, the network system to peace building approach will be used to determine how far stakeholders are collaborating on the analysis, design and implementation of peace interventions (promoting coordination and collaboration among themselves and communities.