• Reference: P-Z1-IZ0-008
• Approval date: 25/02/2009
• Start date: 25/11/2009
• Appraisal Date: 15/12/2008
• Status: On goingOnGo
• Location: BUR-RCO-RDC-RCA-UG-RW-ANGOLA
• Implementing Agency: SHELTER AFRIQUE (Private Sector)

The program is composed of the three following components:

Component I: Support to D&R country programs

This component will cover two types of activities:

(i) activities to enhance the quality of existing D&R programs in the GLR since these activities in the original MDRP had narrow objectives and limited budgets when they were designed. Themes to be supported include but are not limited to: enhanced economic and social reintegration, gender equality and youth support, support to disabled ECs and their families, psychosocial support, and linkages to broad-based community recovery programs and peace building initiatives.

(ii) the D&R of new caseloads that have not been funded through other sources e.g. new caseloads arising in CAR from the June 2008 Libreville agreement, based on demand from the respective country governments and appraisal of the proposed intervention.

Component II: Support to D&R Regional Cross-cutting activities

This component will support activities related to D&R that are regional in nature and will not be covered under the country programs in order to strengthen regional, cross-border and cross-cutting activities that transcend national borders and are central to the overall success of the program. The component will focus on three themes in particular: (a) combatants on foreign soils (COFS) with a focus on analysis of the socio-political situation, communications and sensitization and capacity building of actors/institutions involved in COFS activities; (b) studies, dissemination of results and application of good practice; and (c) regional gender activities including institutionalizing gender in D &R, women associated with fighting forces, GBV and young men at risk.

Component III: Technical Advisory Services, Coordination and Program Management

This component will cover the costs of technical assistance to countries, the needed supplementary supervision of the D&R programs, monitoring and evaluation, coordination of the program and management of the regional partnership through financing meetings, joint partner missions, visits to capitals, communications, reporting, policy guidance, and costs associated with the small technical team to manage the program.

The specific objective of the proposed program is to ensure the effective reintegration of Ex Combattants (ECs) in the GLR during the transition period.

As the original MDRP closes down in 2009 and some of the fourteen current donor partners shift their focus towards D&R in the broader context of Security Sector Reform (SSR), while others have started supporting national D&R programs, there is a recognized need to maintain a regional facility to continue to attend to the levels of technical support to ongoing D&R operations and address cross-cutting and cross-border activities not financed through national programs, coordinate D&R operational and knowledge management activities at the regional level, and respond to emerging caseloads and demands from target countries. In this regard, the establishment of a transitional regional multi donor trust fund (MDTF) for the MDRTSP by early 2009 will ensure that the regional framework for D&R continues, including sustained financing and technical support to the target fragile states countries. . Countries in the GLR and their development partners and in particular the World Bank have approached the Bank seeking support to D&R programs. The Bank has always responded positively but could not participate in Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) due to earlier legal and policy constraints. With the lifting of the rule of origin and the recent adoption of the Bank Strategy on Enhanced Engagement in Fragile States, the Bank's participation in MDTFs emphasizing regional aspects of fragility is now possible.

Since its pledge to the program in December 2007, the Bank became a member of the original MDRP Trust Fund Committee, and has been providing technical advice in the implementation of the program. Moreover, as the premier development Bank for Africa, the Bank's added value will include:

(i) an extensive experience in reintegration projects in post-conflict countries across the continent;

(ii) established relationships and linkages with regional bodies such as the AU critical to restoring peace and security in the GLR;

(iii) an extensive experience with multinational projects in Africa; and

(vi) its catalytic role in mobilizing additional donor resources.

The MDRTSP is expected to improve the prospects for security, peace building and economic recovery in the GLR. This impact will be monitored through the reduction in the number of internally displaced and refugees in the GLR.

Outcome indicators of the program are:

(i) percentage of ECs benefiting from MDRTSP integrated in community recovery and peace building activities;

(ii) number of COFS assisted by the program;

(iii) number of women supported;

(iv) percentage of emerging caseloads supported by the MDRTSP;

(v) number of D&R programs supported by MDRTSP harmonized with those supported by country trust funds; and

(vi) number of satisfactory performance ratings of D&R national programs.

It is estimated that the MDRTSP will demobilize and reintegrate about 10 ,000 ECs, including 1,725 female ECs. In addition, it will provide support for the repatriation of 7,300 COFS. These figures include both ex-military and members of irregular forces but exclude authors of war crimes who are not eligible for assistance. It is also estimated that 500 children and 2,000 women affected by conflicts will benefit from assistance (training, income-generating activities, psycho-social support, etc.).

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Finance source	Amount
ADF	UAC 14,000,000
Co-financier	UAC 2,310,000
Total	UAC 16,310,000