Accompanying  & Deepening County Based Structures for sustainable  conflict resolution -PHASE OUT Over the years CAFOD has supported NPI-Africa on regional peace building initiatives which have resulted in strengthened community institutions and leadership, increased awareness at the level of the citizens and stakeholders and increased capacity of key peace actors. NPI- Africa has also produced conflict  analyses, tools and instruments, supported victims of conflict  and  implementation of peace conferences and peace agreements, increased attention to peace building and related issues at the international level and with the public at large, increased resilience against provocations and increased conflict prevention capacities, reduced traumas, participated in ‘Negotiated’ peace agreements, improved role and position of women, increased security and social cohesion, strengthened partner organizations to deal with conflict transformation.  The support of CAFOD, increased recognition of NPI-Africa as key actor within the spheres of peace security and governance, not only nationally but also regionally as a regional initiator of Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict for Greater Horn and Great Lakes Region.

In the CAFOD EA’s transition to the new strategy and also in view of reducing resources, NPI-Africa is one of the partners earmarked for phase out. This project has be designed as an exit plan to enable communities that have depended on CAFOD funding through NPI-Africa  to  be able to carry on with the gains made in a sustainable manner and also enable NPI-Africa undertake institutional capacity strengthening so as to be in a position to fundraise and support the interventions beyond CAFOD’s exit.  This project is a 6 months  project with  the following components that carried out mainly in areas of Tigania District in Meru County bordering Garbatulla District in Isiolo County and Sololo border point in Marsabit:

1. Consultations in (Isiolo/Meru/Marsabit counties) focusing on explaining the exit strategy and planning for phase out activities.
 
 The expected result will be seeking their individual stakeholder’s participation in reactivating space for dialogue, their blessings, and willingness to attend the second consultation. The main stakeholders are district Garbatulla District and Tigania Districts; and peace committees members of Sololo district, National Steering Committee for peace building and conflict management; leaders of County Peace Forum (Isiolo, Meru and Marsabit), members of Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (Isiolo Diocese, Meru Diocese and Marsabit Diocese). 

2. Two dialogue forums that will focus on re – energizing and consolidating peace structures for Garbatulla (Isiolo County) and Tigania border (Meru County); and the other for Sololo border point (Marsabit County). 
 
Participants will comprise of representatives drawn from Garbatulla District and Tigania Districts; District Peace Committees members (Garbatulla/Meru/Sololo), National Steering Committee for Peace building and Conflict management; leaders of County Peace Forum (Isiolo, Meru and Marsabit), members of Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (Isiolo Diocese, Meru Diocese and Marsabit Diocese). The objective will be to reactivate the capacity of stakeholders and strengthen peace structure in terms of early warning early response.
 
3. Documentation of recent past peace building interventions by different actors in Sololo, Garbatulla and Tigania:
 
Communities will be invited in their own setting to share their own experiences/ testimonials; success and failure stories. This will be captured in the form of a multimedia documentary. The video will later be distributed for free and used as a means of show casing peace work efforts.
 
4. Strengthening National/ County linkage with District Peace Committees. 
 
Follow up on ongoing discussion and strategic collaboration between NSC, County Peace Forums, District Peace Committee & Location peace committees on early warning  systems and allowing county based structures slowly to gain momentum in terms of the legitimacy and acceptability by local communities to drive conflict resolution and peace building mechanisms and agenda.
The budget allocation is £13,510 for the 6 months of the project.