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| Fast Facts: |
| • Project
Document |
| Location: |
Executed
at the national level with staff
based in Khartoum/Kassala and
the Red Sea |
| Duration: |
June
2007 – June 2008 |
| Focus
area: |
Crisis
Prevention and Recovery |
| Donors: |
Bureau of Crisis Prevention and
Recovery (BCPR) |
| Total
Funds Available: |
US$
1,961,788.00 |
| Partners: |
North
Sudan DDR Commission (NSDDRC)
IOM |
| Delivery
for 2007:
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US
$ 1,927,359.51 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Musa
Ibrahim, Programme Officer
musa.ibrahim@undp.org |
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Background
Eastern Sudan, a vast sun-blasted land
of some 300,000 square kilometers, is
home to an estimated three to four million
of Sudan’s poorest people. The
region is made up of three states: Red
Sea, Gadaref and Kassala. In each of
these states the living conditions are
so harsh that the local population has
been facing acute poverty, persistent
drought and famine, a lack of adequate
access to healthcare and education,
high levels of unemployment, in addition
to land degradation and shrinking pasture
areas, for a very long time.
It is such poverty, coupled with
successive government policies, which
has undermined the livelihoods of
people in the state. This state of
affairs led to a low-intensity conflict,
which continued for eleven years and
was ultimately settled with the signing
of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement
(ESPA) in October 2006 between the
Government of Sudan and the Eastern
Front.
The Agreement covers economic, political
and security issues, including power
sharing at federal and regional level
and wealth sharing in the three eastern
states. As part of the implementation
of the peace agreement, combatants
need to be disarmed, demobilized and
receive basic reintegration support,
while longer term reintegration mechanisms
are rolled out. The security arrangements
of the ESPA call for the establishment
of an Integration Committee that would
screen and approve the integration
of Eastern Front ex-combatants into
the security forces of the Government
of National Unity (GoNU). The ex-combatants
that chose not to apply for integration
into the GoNU security forces, or
that were deemed unfit for active
duty, were offered participation in
the Demobilization Disarmament and
Reintegration (DDR) programme.
To address critical DDR requirements,
in conjunction with the ESPA, through
the Bureau of Crisis Prevention and
Recovery (BCPR), in June 2007 UNDP
launched the project “Support
to Human Security in Eastern Sudan”.
Objectives
The overall objective of the project
is to contribute to the return of peace
and security in Eastern Sudan.
The specific objectives of the project
are:
• To provide timely and effective
technical and operational support
to the design, start-up and early
implementation of the DDR process,
expected to cover up to 5,000 beneficiaries.
• To build urgent capacities
for DDR in Eastern Sudan.
• To register and screen ex-combatants
and prepare for specialized support
for Women Associated with Armed Forces
and Groups (WAAFG) and other special
needs groups.
• To provide camp based assistance
for up to 5,000 demobilized ex-combatants,
the disabled and WAAFG.
• To provide reinsertion packages
for up to 4,500 demobilized ex-combatants.
• To conduct community mapping
of socio-economic risks at the state
and locality levels, in order to address
vulnerabilities and enhance prospects
for reintegration.
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
•Registered, screened and verified,
issued ID cards, provided medical screening
and support, HIV/AIDS counseling and
issued civilian clothes for a total
of 1,333 ex-combatants from the Eastern
Sudan Front.
• Paid the first installment of
the re-insertion package (US$ 400 per
person) to all approved participants.
• Collected a total of 750 small
arms. A large public arms destruction
is underway.
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