Dr. Chukwuemeka B. Eze, FICMC is the Director for Democratic Futures in Africa at the Open Society Foundations (OSF). He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Peace and Strategic Studies. He has over 26 years of professional experience in Africa peace, democratic governance, and security sector. Prior to joining OSF in September 2024, he was the Executive Director and Program Director of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding between 2015 to 2024 and 2010 to 2015 respectively. As the Executive Director of WANEP, he supervised the data provided into the AU and ECOWAS Early Warning Systems and equally led the West Africa Peacebuilding Institute that provides training in dialogue, mediation, early warning, and peacebuilding program design to officials of AU, ECOWAS and CSO actors.
He contributed to the development of AU mediation manual and supported AU and ECOWAS track I mediation especially in electoral disputes. Between 2016 and 2017, he served as Senior Adviser on Mediation and Political Dialogue to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Guinea Bissau.
In 2024, Eze developed the Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transition (AFSIT) methodology guidance note. Eze led in the development of the Early Warning System of the Government of South Sudan in 2009 and in the design of its election early warning system in 2023. Eze is a life member of the Governing Council, pioneer Deputy Registrar, current Deputy President and Fellow of Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators of Nigeria (ICMC), Fellow and member of the Board of Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP), member of the Board of Nigerian Chambers of Commerce Dispute Resolution Centre and Fellow of the Danish Fellowship program in Copenhagen Denmark.
He teaches peacebuilding practice at the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies of ESUT, Technische Universität Berg Akademie Freiberg Germany, University of Utah in USA, Kofi Anna International Peacekeeping Training Centre and West Africa Peacebuilding Institute and has serval journals, articles and books to his credit.
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