European Network for Civil Peace Services EN.CPS

Civil Peace Services (CPS) are civil society driven long term conflict intervention initiatives that work on the transformation of conflicts with nonviolent means and aim at the reduction of violence.

In different countries the CPS concept has slightly different meanings, however, all existing CPS schemes have the same overall aim of enhancing civil society capacities for handling violent conflict and its legacies. In some countries CPS includes initiatives with volunteers whereas in other countries CPS is understood as a professional service of adult men and women.