DRC: Project to Support Stabilization and Conflict Prevention in North Kivu

The aim of the programme is to contribute to improved security and stabilisation in North Kivu. It adopts a holistic and multi-sectoral approach to conflict prevention and peace building based on a conflict analysis.

The focus will be on community based reintegration of returnees (ex-combatants and displaced persons) and victims of sexual violence, improvement of absorption capacity and livelihoods, and community-based prevention initiatives. It will directly benefit over 70,000 returnees, victims of SGBV, their dependants and vulnerable members of host communities in addition to its impact on the whole of the population in the area in terms of access to services and economic dividend. Women are at the centre of all phases of the programme, representing 50% of the beneficiaries. Its originality lies in the fact that it tackles concerns around human and environmental security within a single programme, with an emphasis on the management of the natural resources lying at the heart of the conflict.