OVERVIEW

Overview of Bangladesh Peace Observatory

BPO is collecting different streams of publicly available data, regularly updating the platform with newer incidents, conducting research and providing education opportunities to better understand the state of violence and promote peace. Besides the real-time, BPO also aims to continue going backwards simultaneously with the real-time update to build one of the largest repository of open access data on violence in the world. Therefore, BPO offers a number of programmes and activities to promote its goal to advance knowledge and the understanding of peace in the country. The key activities include:

• Open Access Data platform;
• Collecting, documenting, and analyzing oral narratives on violence as micro-narratives;
• Publication of bimonthly Peace Report to provide a comprehensive understanding of crime and violence;
• Organizing international conferences;
• Joint research;
• Offering international exchange opportunities;
• Offering fellowships to aspiring researchers;
• Organizing professional certificate course on Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE); and
• Joint programmes with government institutions, international organizations, local NGOs, and universities.