Conflict Risk Reduction Knowledge Project 2020 Cordaid aims to enhance community resilience in fragile and conflict-affected areas (FCAS). The main goal of the Resilience (Disaster Risk Reduction) program of Cordaid is: To assist vulnerable people and communities to become more resilient to disasters - in the face of climate change, environmental degradation and conflict / fragility - thereby enabling livelihood security, access to basic services, peaceful living, and inclusive economic growth.

In many countries (disaster) risks for people are increasing through a combination of natural hazards and conflict / fragility. We see the following trends:
-	About 30% of all disasters take place in fragile and conflict-affected areas;  many people are affected by both conflict / fragility and natural hazards.
-	58% of deaths from disasters related to natural hazards (e.g. floods, cyclone, drought) take place in the top 30 fragile states [ODI, 2019], where there is lack of government capacity for Disaster Risk Management. 
-	Especially in fragile contexts, climate change has a multiplier effect on conflict, and vice versa. E.g. climate change leads to increased tensions or conflict over access to natural resources (water, land); while fragility and conflict decrease people’s coping capacity towards natural hazards.
-	Migration and displacement – between or within countries – are increasing worldwide; this is partly caused by climate change, and can cause tensions in the areas where people are moving to.

Therefor this project aims to enhance the capacity of Cordaid CO and partner staff on conflict risk analysis and conflict risk reduction, and the knowledge & learning of Cordaid on these topics. Herewith we can further improve the resilience of communities in areas affected by climate change, environmental degradation and conflict (risks), and we can build Cordaid knowledge and track record on this topic Based on ongoing and new Resilience projects in fragile & conflict affected areas, this K&I project will:

1. Provide capacity strengthening to CO and partner staff re. the conflict (risk) analysis tool and the conflict (risk) reduction process. This capacity strengthening will be done by the GO resilience expert(s).
2. Document outcomes of the conflict (risk) analysis and do action research on the outcomes of implemented conflict (risk) reduction activities. This will be done by trained CO and partner staff, in collaboration with the GO resilience experts. 
3. (if needed) Adjust the conflict (risk) analysis tool and/or the conflict (risk) reduction process, based on the experiences from the practice in 2020. The direct beneficiaries of this project are: the Cordaid CO resilience program staff, other interested CO staff, and staff from implementing local partner organisations; in the following countries: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda,  Burundi, CAR, Afghanistan and maybe also Kenya and Sierra Leone. The plan is to train about 4 people per country.

The indirect beneficiaries are the target groups of the Resilience projects in the areas where the conflict risk analysis and the possible conflict risk reduction activities will be implemented. The target for doing the CRA and CRR activities is at least 1 community in each of the 6 main focus countries in 2020.