The Academy for Peace and Development (APD) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit, non-political youth organisation, which aims at empowering youth, promoting peace, tolerance and solidarity in the South Caucasus and beyond by capacity development of young people and civil society organisations.
The Academy for Peace and Development (APD) was established in October 2002. APD is based on the six years’ experience of the Young Leaders for Peace and Development (YLPD) Training Programme with the mission to build bridges of friendship, understanding and dialogue among teenage war victims of the Georgian – Abkhaz conflict.