Founded in 2008, CPCS is a Cambodia-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), working in the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Asia. Our aim is to strengthen strategic intervention into armed conflict with the overall goal of reaching sustainable and positive peace in the Asia region.
Given Cambodia’ s experience of passing from carpet bombing to genocide, to civil war, to peace process, rehabilitation and now relative peace, CPCS considers the country as a vital and critical basis for regional learning.
While CPCS does not undertake peacebuilding initiatives in Cambodia, we utilise the country’ s rich post-war history and reconciliation efforts as a learning base for other contexts, as well as provide support to other Cambodian organisations focused on local peacebuilding initiatives.
The centre is home to a range of interconnected programmes and initiatives that are based on robust analyses and guided by CPCS’ theory of change.
CPCS core values
● Grounded: We are committed to mindful interventions into violent conflict. We design conflict transformation initiatives rooted in critical and on-going analysis.
● Excellence: We are committed to outstanding work. We strive to be excellent by challenging ourselves to on-going improvement in our work.
● Trust: We create and nurture relationships with our partners and each other that are honest, generous, heartfelt and respectful. We practice humility, empathy and solidarity. We value diversity.
● Courageous: We embrace challenges, are innovative, persevere and push boundaries. We support and encourage others and ourselves to take leadership and initiative.
● Continued learning: We critically reflect, evaluate and adapt our methods, programmes and goals. We share our learning and learn from the approaches and experiences of others.
CPCS focuses on interventions that are informed by critical analyses and tailored to the needs of stakeholders within their conflict contexts.
To enhance the sustainability of outcomes, CPCS prioritises long-term accompaniment over one-off programmes. Through this approach, CPCS expands safe spaces and creates platforms for dialogue and understanding, which are essential for establishing mutual trust and an environment conducive for transforming conflict.
CPCS also builds relationships with key individuals and institutions directly involved in peace processes. These relationships provide a myriad of perspectives on conflict dynamics as well as opportunities to support and strengthen locally led efforts.
New projects are frequently identified through feedback from these partners and are designed to fill identified gaps, strengthen conflict transformation approaches, or to bring together key actors to develop new strategies for reducing conflict.
CPCS always remains pro-peace in our peace process support work, as well as impartial, flexible and transparent, providing resources as they are required to all parties in the respective processes.
