ACCORD's Peacekeeping Programme will be running a five day Peacekeeping Workshop in Burundi from the 24th to the 28th of February in Bujumbura. The workshop is meant to introduce peacekeeping concepts and approaches to participants from civil society, political parties, military and police from that country. The workshop is being organized against the backdrop of a proposed African Union mission to that country and as its objective it seeks to provide a forum for better understanding of the deployment and activities of the peacekeepers.