Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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Paper Focuses on the relationship between transitional justice and DDR arguing that if properly applied they may be mutually supportive and assist social reintegration in particular. Table of conclusions and recommendations at the end of the document linking TJ measures with potential DDR approaches.
The report focuses on the role of natural resources in disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs and illustrates
The report explores how the management of natural resources can be used to promote more effective and sustainable reintegration. Draws on case studies and makes recommendations for policymakers and programmers
Explores and presents a conceptual framework for working with evidence in the design of reintegration programs to support efforts towards greater local impact at field level.
Provides step-by-step instructions on how to practically translate gender considerations into DDR programming - contains a useful toolkit and resources including checklists, mechanisms for mapping personnel gender competencies, and approaches for ensuring M&E frameworks are gender-sensitive.
A case study exploring the complexities surrounding successful child soldier reintegration in the DRC. Argues strongly that program planning must be informed by analysis of socioeconomic, cultural, security, and political factors more broadly.
The report describes a community-based participatory action research (PAR) project involving approximately 658 young mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda. Authors sought to understand reintegration from the young mothers’ perspectives, learning from them about what constitutes successful reintegration for themselves and their children. Includes a summary of key findings and recommendations.
Report on August 2004 Accra workshop on DDR Presentations covered trends in DDR, relationships with PSO, planning, and coordination, and working with special groups. Includes an analysis of issues related to Dealing with Commanders and the role of DDR within wider post-conflict recovery frameworks. Examples are drawn from a number of countries.
A review of several DDR programs exploring three main challenges and issues (security, social tensions, and marginalization) identifies lessons learned and best practices. Includes useful discussion and comparative analysis of issues related to national ownership and different types of security and political environments in which DDR (or components of it) might be implemented. Includes examples are drawn from Algeria, Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea Bissau.
Draws on research on Reintegration of ex-refugees and ex-fighters in post conflict Eritrea.
Focuses on the political Economy of Eritrea in the no war-no peace stalemate that prevailed since 1998-2000 conflict with Ethiopia - spec
Brief guide on DDR for Bank staff
This useful paper explores in detrail issues related to the impact of dconflict on youth and, conversely, their impact on conflict dynami
