The Vision of the Institute is to contribute to the building of a peaceful and prosperous Africa.

Its Mission is to provide a forum for debate, training and research which actively promote peace, good governance and responsible leadership to meet the challenges being faced on the African continent.

The objectives of the Institute are to:

• Provide a focus for training, research and documentation in the areas of peace, leadership and governance in Africa with a view to developing the skills of students and practitioners in these areas:
• Provide opportunities for the co-ordination of existing security, democratic governance and development activities and provide a forum for networking among institutions pursuing similar objectives;
• Integrate and continuously nurture the networks so that they can effectively carry out their work on governance in their respective environments and where possible, through the Centre for Conflict Resolution and Mediation, assist in peace making and conflict management;
• Develop an international resource and learning centre on peace, leadership and governance;
  • Provide a framework for the development, in the African context, a definition of the concepts of peace, international development, security and governance. Development agencies have grappled with the conceptualization problem especially during the last five years but a consensus is yet to be found. Even if, and when such a consensus is found, there is still need to find a definition that is acceptable to leaders and civil society in Africa; one that can be used as a working definition across the continent;
• Establish (a centre for conflict resolution and mediation) where specialists, with the assistance of African eminent personalities, will support the search for peace and security in Africa;
• Develop and strengthen local centres of excellence in peace, leadership and governance in various parts of Africa and;
• Offer high quality professional, academic and training programmes in order to build the capacity of individuals, communities and institutions to solve their own problems.through the practical application of knowlwdge and resources.