CPAS is a platform-backed process to support missions in developing plans with civilian, military, and police staff for delivering their mandate and assessing impact over time using data and analysis. CPAS helps missions assess their performance and make recommendations to decision-makers and mission leadership on how to enhance the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping operations, to better achieve peace and security objectives. It also supports more evidence-based reporting and communications to Member States, donors and other partners. In short, it is helping missions to both strengthen and show their impact.

Learn more by enrolling in the CPAS e-learning course. Developed as part of broader efforts to strengthen and support the implementation of CPAS across all missions, the training is tailored to civilian, military and police personnel.

UN Peacekeeping missions are one of the world's most effective tools in helping countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. The Department of Peace Operations leads 11 missions, comprising nearly 80,000 uniformed and civilian personnel.

As part of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2018 to strengthen operations, it is critical to improve how peacekeeping missions assess and show their impact on the ground. This is especially necessary as they navigate complex and changing political and security landscapes. Better understanding a mission's contribution to change and evaluating performance is a priority for UN Peacekeeping.

CPAS is the first tool to link peacekeeping planning, data, results and reporting, ensuring operations are informed by evidence-based assessments of impact. Now operational in all missions, CPAS is enabling peacekeeping operations to take informed evidence-based decisions so that missions can more effectively implement mandates.