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Title:

Conflict Sensitivity Hub (CSH) in DRC

Agreement Number:

7447761 P011606001

Agreement Value:

$3,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 20, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Description:

The proposed project aims to ensure the continuity and scale up of a Conflict Sensitivity Center (CSH), which will act as a center of expertise for the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding community in the DRC, particularly for actors working in the eastern part of the country (North and South Kivu), Ituri, Kasai, and Tanganyika, all regions affected by numerous and diverse conflicts. Kivu), Ituri, Kasai, and Tanganyika, all regions affected by numerous and diverse conflicts. The DRC Conflict Sensitivity Hub (CSH) will be a center for quality conflict analysis (providing targeted research as well as concise syntheses with recommendations for follow-up) and conflict and gender sensitivity support (through capacity building, accompaniment, and creating a meeting venue to exchange on conflict and gender sensitivity). More specifically, the Center will develop four services:: - Research and analysis, to help better understand the contexts in which humanitarian, development and peace actors operate; - Capacity building for humanitarian, development and peace actors; - Support and technical assistance in mainstreaming gender and conflict sensitivity; and - Supporting research on the impact of mainstreaming conflict sensitivity.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected intermediate outcomes are: (1) to provide access to conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive resources gender-sensitive resources, capacity building, technical assistance, and learning for humanitarian
learning for humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding actors; and (2) increase the credibility, capacity, and sustainability of the Conflict Sensitivity Center in the DRC.
Ultimately, the Center aims to help provide support to more than 150 organizations working in the DRC in five provinces (Kasai, Tanganyika, Ituri, North and South Kivu).

Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

064-2022-2023-Q4-00043

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

INTERNATIONAL ALERT

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.