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SHIFTING THE POWER: capacity strengthening plans finalisation and annual assessment Regarding the DRC 383 focused on the capacity self-assessments done in regards to the implementation of the shifting the power project, local partners have drafted their capacity strengthening plans.  The purpose of the capacity strengthening plan is for local organisations to articulate and plan how they will improve their ability to determine and deliver emergency response. The capacity strengthening identify the organisation’s capacity strengthening objectives and the methods, responsibilities, budget and timeframe for achieving these. for this purpose:
* A 2 day workshop will be organised from march 16 to 17 2016 with the international capacity building officer in order to wrap up and finalise all the 10 plans capacity strengthening plans that have been submitted.
* Later on, the first annual capacity assessment will be undertaken in June to gauge the progress against different plans submitted by local partners.
"BANA MPE BILENGE" - STREET CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM The overall approach to the design plan of the "BANA MPE BILENGE" - STREET CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM project will include field visits for meetings with the various stakeholders (State services, parents/guardians of future beneficiaries, potential beneficiaries, religious and community leaders, opinion leaders and managers of supervision and vocational training centers).

The purpose of these various meetings with stakeholders is to improve their social situations, then propose through this project the ways to get these young people and children out of their situation by supporting the development of marketable skills that create self-employment opportunities among street youth, with a special emphasis on young girls.
This stage of the design of the project "BANA MPE BILENGE-STREET CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM" provided for very representative focus groups in terms of gender, consideration of people with disabilities, community-based associations of women and young people, religious leaders, representatives of the concerned ministries, state authorities at the local level to better address the needs and priorities of children and unemployed young people.
The design of the project  in its various activities will not accentuate the negative effects of climate change and will promote environment protection.
Accompaniment of Ituri civil society in Bunia Diocese in addressing the needs of good governance The CDJP Bunia will organize meetings between CLPG members, CPJP members and dynamic women for peace on elections issues .
Other meetings with the cross-border structures and organizations (NCCJP uganda and JP Hoima Diocese) will be organized on the oil exploitation in Albert Lake.
But the Civic education will be the main activity to involve population in the electoral process.Project matrix will be updated on WebPromise (in September 2011) to reflect Y4 and Y 5 partner project focus.
Institutional Support to the ACEAC General Secretariat and ISPR/ACEAC The Bishops' Conferences of Burundi (CECAB: 8 dioceses), the Democratic Republic of Congo (CENCO: 47 dioceses) and Rwanda (CEPR: 9 dioceses) founded on 3 December 1984, in accordance with the recommendations of Canon Law (see can. 459, § 1), the Association of the Central African Bishops' Conferences, known as ACEAC.
ACEAC's mission as a platform for socio-pastoral action by the Catholic Churches of a sub-region) goes beyond the boundaries of nations, tribes, ethnic groups and languages, and according to its Statutes. Its purpose is "to study ways and means of promoting dialogue and consultation, mutual assistance and ecclesial cooperation between member Bishops' Conferences for the in-depth evangelisation of African man in his cultural, social and religious milieu" (cf. Statutes, art. 4).
The ISPR/ACEAC Programme has been running since November 2017.  It is a program such as a pastoral service of ACEAC and an academic institution in support of the culture of peace for a renewed social cohesion. As a pastoral service, ISPR/ACEAC is a permanent instrument of formation in the direct service of ACEAC in the field of justice, reconciliation and peace.
The goal of ISPR/ACEAC is to systematically promote and disseminate a sub-regional culture of peace, harmonious development and integration.
This project is being introduced to solicit, as in the past, support for the administration and operation of the ACEAC’ General Secretariat and ISPR/ACEAC for the period from May to October 2019. This is a crucial period that coincides with the end of the first cycle (defence of memoirs, award of first degrees) and recruitment for a second cycle. 
It is therefore intended to support the administration of the ISPR/ACEAC, including an administrative staff to handle all administrative aspects of the programme (day-to-day management, operations, logistics, maintenance, etc.) and an academic staff to manage all academic activities (registration, schedules, seminars, practical exercises, etc.).
Shifting the Power (10 capacity self-assessment workshops) This project will work in 5 disaster-prone countries to strengthen the capacity of approximately 50 national and local humanitarian organisations and provide an evidenced transformational model covering different humanitarian contexts (e.g. fragile; rapid onset; slow onset; urban).  Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Ethiopia and DRC have been identified as the disaster-prone countries to strengthen the capacity of local organisations working in humanitarian sector in DRC. This project is managed by a consortium of 6 organisations (Oxfam, Tearfund, Action Aid, Christian Aid and Concern). In DRC, CAFOD is leading the project. The vision is to support 10 local organisations to take their place alongside international actors in order to create a balanced humanitarian system that is more responsive and accountable to disaster affected communities. This project will strengthen local and national organisational capacity for decision making and leadership in humanitarian response in DRC. It will link local to national organisations, and at the same time influence international organisations to promote the role of local and national actors. Many activities will be implemented in regards to the 5 project outcomes. The DRC project team has a portfolio of £736,156 and £504,000 are dedicated for the 5 project output activities.  This type 2 operational activities budget will cover 10 Capacity Self-Assessment Workshops that will be organised with 10 selected local and national organisations partners accordingly to the first output of the project.  The 10 local and national organisations include Caritas Goma, Ceprossan, PPSSP, Heal Africa, ECC Meru, Boad, Cederu, Pacodevi, Codevah and Cadi. The Capacity Self-Assessment aims at identifying competencies required to deliver a powerful humanitarian response. It helps local organisations to: 
• Understand their strengths and weaknesses in relation to the key components of humanitarian programme management, and ability to influence design and delivery of humanitarian response
• Foster ownership and commitment to improving humanitarian capacity
• Prioritise areas for capacity strengthening support
• Review the progress of humanitarian capacity strengthening initiatives
• Elaborate their capacity strengthening plans that will guide the implementation of the project shifting the power. 
From these 10 Capacity Self-Assessment Workshops, 10 capacity strengthening plans will be developed which will guide the activities related to outcome 1 of the 'Shifting the Power' project that focuses on building capacity of local organisations in order to increase their influence.
Evaluation and Audit of DRC Livelihood programme CAFOD has been supporting the Livelihoods programme in the East of DRC over the past 10 years involving partners in Bukavu and Goma (mainly Caritas partners). Some other partners like CDJP Bukavu and Bunia joined the programme a couple of years later with the focus on rape crisis and psychosocial activities. Although there have been significant achievements and impact from this programme, a lot of challenges have also been experienced due mainly to the instability in the region in terms of conflict and that did not always allow the smooth running of activities. This is why as a result of the programme evaluation and country context, the consultant’s report suggested shifting to the short terms activities aiming at responding to emerging needs of the targeted population in order to ensure their effective Protection.
It was then agreed following a process of consultation with concerned partners as part of the exit strategy to develop a Protection Programme. In line with CAFOD’s PCM process and in order to better use lessons learnt from the previous programme is was agreed to carry out both the evaluation and audit of the previous programme; thus the submission of the current PSGA involving related costs.
Sensitizing youths to citizenship and electoral participation for consolidating peace in DRC The DRC is in the process of organizing the general elections before the end of 2016. It's  noticing the rising political tensions between the ruling majority and the opposition actors around these election issues. Increasingly, youths are manipulated by both parties’ involved challenging fear and feelings of insecurity especially in the capital Kinshasa and Lubumbashi.
The lack of transparency and widespread frauds of electoral process led by DRC in 2006 and 2011 resulted in the massive violence with youths as key actors. This was deeply impaired credibility and independence of INEC targeted as running for governments actors.  As long as INEC will not be neutral and independent, suspicions of fraud will continue as well as risks of electoral’ violence and it will be difficult to reconcile the elections and peace in the DRC. The youth leaders of cities targeted and heads of the municipalities concerned should be aware of the dangers accordingly. 
This project seeks to support youths engagement in electoral process as part of their democratic participation. Proposed project aims also to sensitize about the harm of electoral violence as well as on nonviolent mechanisms to manage electoral conflicts.  To reach its objectives, the project will train youths from Kinshasa (3 communes) and Lubumbashi (3 communes) on citizenship , electoral process and managing electoral conflicts; disseminate electoral law to youths; and celebrating international peace day with youths.  
This project will be implemented by PEAC' staff with support from CAFOD peace building program Officer in close collaboration/coordination with Governance and Peace building PM and other relevant CAFOD’s staff.
The project’ activities will be executed in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi.
Civic Education for Electoral Enlistment and sensitization The Democratic Republic of the Congo, our country, is composed of approximately 70% of young populations. Majority of this category of young people were excluded from the electoral process despite the fact that they had reached the voting age (above 18 years) and this since 2011. According to the Statistics this category of young people ranges between 5 and 10 million young people.
This important category of young people does not benefit any attention from the institutions of the Republic especially regarding the information access and any sort of civic education and electoral training.
The youth are not taken into account in the current process of electoral file review and we continue to insist that it is in part thanks to CAFOD funding that that facilitated the advocacy efforts which have led to the agreement of the Government to kindly to integrate these young people in the new electoral process.
This is the reason why CENI has decided to make a new enrolment to refreshes the electoral file, a process that will soon begin.
The youth are still vulnerable, especially in a context with no employment, they can easily be manipulated and used for ills ends especially by the political class and this for their own interest.
This state of things, predisposes the young to ignore even major problems. We believe that if the young people who constitute the vast majority of the population constitutes a force and their participation and involvement in the political process is not negotiable.
That is why the Union of Congolese Youth for Change (U.J.C.C. in acronym) has chosen a more proactive approach in regard to young people in general, but especially on the category of new major who are in need of civic education information and training and to be sensitized on the enrolment and the electoral process. The youth has got a great role to be played and it is more than time that the youth can continue to be associated to negative criticism. In contrary they can be used as force to bring about positive change, and this can only start by civic education and sensitization.
'Shifting the Power' DRC project workshop September 24th, 2015 The 'Shifting the Power' project will work in 5 disaster-prone countries to strengthen the capacity of approximately 50 national and local humanitarian organisations and provide an evidenced transformational model covering different humanitarian contexts (e.g. fragile; rapid onset; slow onset; urban).  Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Ethiopia and DRC have been identified as the disaster-prone countries to strengthen the capacity of local organisations working in humanitarian sector in DRC. This project is managed by a consortium of 6 organisations that include Oxfam, Tearfund, Action Aid, Christian Aid and Concern. In DRC, CAFOD has the lead of the project. The vision is to support at least 10 local and national organisations (from North and South Kivu)  to take their place alongside international actors in order to create a balanced humanitarian system that is more responsive and accountable to disaster affected communities. This project will strengthen local and national organisational capacity for decision making and leadership in humanitarian response in DRC. It will link local to national organisations, and at the same time influence international organisations to promote the role of local and national actors.  The DRC Shifting the Power Project will be launched on 24th September 2015 and will aim at creating a shared vision for the project among key stakeholders across the country and will mark the official kick off of the implementation of the project in DRC in the presence of governmental officials, international organisations, donors, local partners, UN agencies, consortium members, DEPP representatives gathered at IHUSI Hotel, GOMA/DRC.
Supporting Local Initiatives for Budget Transparency and Accountability DRC has a restrictive environment for issues that relate to public financial management, access to information and limited freedom to discuss public development planning and governance issues. The public domain, including tax collection and administration as well as public budget formulation and execution is controlled by the State through the censorship or control of the media and reprisals against human rights defenders and social accountability promoters. Holding public leaders accountable and mobilisation of communities remains a challenge to the citizens as they fear reprisals. To transform this situation, Centre d’Action pour Dirigeants & Cadres d’Entreprise au Congo (CADICEC) and Association des Ami(e)s du Père Tony (ASAPT), launched in 2015 a long-term governance and transitional justice program called “Initiative pour la Transparence Budgétaire au Congo”. Focused on public budget issues, the program is intended to promote a forum where citizens would get public finances information and share their opinions in a way that keeps them unidentified by the state. The program is rooted in the potential power of new technology of information and explores the potentials of SMS communication in providing such a discussion forum drawn around budget advocacy issues. January-December 2015, the program conducted an assessment on the country’s budget transparency and accountability state of affairs and reached out to 70 key leaders. It also equipped 50 target leaders with basic knowledge of “budget transparency and citizens’ participation in the management of public funds”; and trained 50 leaders on “role of new technology of information and communication in community mobilization for budget transparency and accountability”.  Furthermore, 50 key leaders were trained on advanced “public budget policy”; and encouraged to participate in the 2016 budget-making process and in monitoring of the 2015 budget. This project is set to move the program into its second phase to consolidate achievements of the previous project.
Multisectoral emergency assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by storms in  Salamabila The expected impact of this intervention is the reduction of suffering by improving the living conditions of the beneficiaries as they will access food, NFI, shelter, etc. The cash that beneficiaries will receive will allow them to buy essential household items and/or rent houses. This will allow them to be sheltered from the weather and reduce the likelihood of becoming sick. HHs will as likely be able to access at least two meals per day and repsond to other needs.  The project will empower the community as we will do a survey prior to the cash distribution to assess the power dynamic within HHs and carry out sensitisation where needed, especially as it will be largely women who will be receiving the cash on behalf of the HHs. Priority will be given to the most vulnerable households  affected by the storms and wind, including widowed women, children heads of households, elderly people, people with disabilities, chronically ill, and / or other people who are unable to buy food and goods of their choice that meet the need of their households. 
We will organize the mobile banking  through which each affecte household will receive £147.28 and the host families will receive £58.14, the head of the household will receive the cash for the HH. This amount has been advised by the Food security and NFI/shelter clusters groups. Throughout the project, we will take into account the vulnerabilities of certain groups. For example, in order to avoid pregnant women, the elderly and people living with disabilities standing for too long, beneficiary lists will be categorised in order for them to quickly recognise their names. The cash will be done through mobile money which means people will not have to wait in long queues to receive their cash.
It is expected that this project will enable people to meet their basic need including food, NFI/shelter, etc.  CAFOD and Caritas Kasongo will target 520 HH (3120 people) with the cash and 12240 people with the awareness raising on COVID-19.  Feedback and complaints mechanisms will be put in place in the affected communities .  CAFOD/Caritas Kasogo's safeguarding principles will be explained to all in the affected communities (Kindu, Kama, Byenge, Du marche and Namoya).
Enhancing Children’s Participation and Community Awareness for protection of children from violence This project aims to contribute to the protection of girls, children from abuse, Child labour in mining areas and help them to re-integrate into normal and/or recuperation schooling system while strengthening the livelihood means around their family livelihood systems. It is a 30-month project. 

The project will seek to significantly reduce child labour in mining areas by providing sustainable alternative livelihood opportunities to parents. The project will be undertaken in  Kabare and Walungu territories in South Kivu Province, DRC. The project will seek to reach a total of 1750 direct participants and 5500 indirect participants.
This will include entrepreneurship training on small start-up businesses of their choice and the provision of start-up funds which will develop to establishing links with other local existing credit access firms intended to the parents for sustainability purpose. Increase access to and support for primary education, particularly in mining communities. In order to maximize the impact of this activity, the activity will be done through the parent (preferably mothers) of the child who will benefit from the income generating activity in order to be able to pay the school fees of the child in the local school. In the same line, it will also strengthen the family livelihood means helping the child to have food in order to divert the attention of the parent to send them to work in the mining. This support will be extended to children especially girls who are unable to continue to secondary schools due to their inability to pay school fees.
Emergency assistance to displaced affected by armed conflict in Mandumbi area in Beni Territory, DRC From September 2016 to February 2017, many displaced people fleeing multiple atrocities perpetrated by alleged ADF/NALU in Beni neighborhoods and on the main road (Beni-Kasindi and Mbau-Kamango), have been hosted in Mandumbi locality. Presumed ADF/NALU rebels have repeatedly repeated incursions to several villages and caused ambushes on the main roads causing civilian populations to desolate through killings of innocent people, robberies and looting of valuable property, house fires, kidnappings, etc.  
SOCOAC will implement the project to assist 671 most vulnerable households (including displaced and host families) with food and non food items actually in the locality of Mandumbi (in Beni territory), aiming to improve their food security and living conditions.
The present project will permit CAFOD staff to follow up and support the partner during the implementation of project activities. It covers CAFOD staff monitoring costs and project start-up workshop.
Contribution to the APPG for the Great Lakes Region CAFOD support the APPG for the Great Lakes region as a key advocacy partner for the promotion of peace and stability in the Great Lakes region.  CAFOD agreed to pay a contribution to the APPG over three years, this being the final year.
 
Geographical focus: The APPG will continue to focus its activities on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi. 
Overall themes: the ultimate aims of the APPG Great Lakes are to promote the stability and sustainable development of the Great Lakes region. Within this remit, specific areas of interest include:
• Security and peacebuilding, including stabilisation processes 
• Democratic processes, including electoral processes, democratic accountability and political space
• Human rights, including issue of human rights defenders, media freedom, political and civic rights
• Governance, accountability and transparency, especially in relation to the exploitation of natural resources
• General issues relating to levels and structure of UK international aid, including humanitarian assistance, to the countries of the region