Annual African ADR Summit - conjunction with the National Judicial Institute targeting members of the judiciary, the police, prison services and other stakeholders such as civil society, law firms, INEC, EFCC and SEC. In 2006, NCMG organized the first African ADR Summit in Nigeria and thus began to use this medium to advocate leading edge thinking on ADR Practice in Africa. Three Summits later, we have seen the consistent development of a Think tank of topical ADR issues which result in the much needed resource pool for the African ADR Community. From 2010, the Summit venue will begin to move across Africa creating a huge network of ADR practitioners in the Region towards building a formidable group that can influence the much needed change in approaches to disputes

2. NCMG is desirous of seeing a society that is devoid of devastating conflicts and this desire underlines its reverence for peacemakers who have expended so much towards creating lasting peace, either through post conflict humanitarian actions or activities geared towards preventing the society from degenerating into conflicts. The NCMG Peace Awards constitutes an exciting step in the belief and commitment of NCMG to a just and sustainable Africa where the inherent dignity of all members of the human family is acknowledged, human rights are respected, social justice is maintained, and all persons are free to develop themselves, lead meaningful lives and actively contribute to their own well-being as well as their communities.

The NCMG Peace Award honours individuals and organizations that continually make exemplary commitment and demonstrated outstanding contribution to the pursuit of peace, justice building, corporate citizenship and institutional development in Africa by championing the capacity of humanity to live in harmonious adjustment with one other.

The NCMG Peace Awards are in two broad categories: