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Mupaka Shamba Letu : The border, our livelihood - Peacebuilding through strengthened cross border trade in the Great Lakes region Overall, the program contributes to more inclusive community relations across borders in the Great Lakes region and strengthened cooperation between authorities and communities for a more lasting peace.
With the support of the Embassy of Sweden in Kigali, Rwanda (hereon referred to as â€œSida Rwandaâ€), Alert will scale up high-impact initiatives under the MSL project to 4 new project sites/ 2 borders, building on achievements and lessons learned and adding new strategic activities in other sites. The funding will allow the MSL project to run for one additional year (2023) to focus on consolidating change, ensuring results are sustained after the project and recovering from delays experienced as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. To strengthen the capacities of women small-scale cross-border traders in border areas of DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi to jointly challenge gender dynamics that contribute to conflict in their communities and the wider region, and use their influence to promote greater social cohesion and regional cooperation Direct beneficiaries:
1,200 small scale women cross border traders (FPCTs â€“ femmes petites commercantes transfrontalieres) in total, including additional support to 800 FPCTs currently supported by the MSL project and support to 400 new FPCTs selected at new 4 border sites
720 spouses of FPCTs (including 480 spouses of existing MSL FPCT beneficiaries and 240 new FPCT spouses)
60 FPCT Associations and Cooperatives (5 for each of the 12 project sites) including 36 currently supported by MSL and 24 new ACTs, comprising around 6,000 small cross-border traders
600 border officials
120 women managers of SMEs in all 8 border areas
600 local, municipal, provincial and national authorities in the 3 countries
Total direct beneficiaries = 8,640
Increasing tolerance in selected municipalities to promote social cohesion in Kyrgyzstan The project “Increasing Tolerance in Selected Municipalities to Increase Social Cohesion in Kyrgyzstan” aims to create a dialogue platform between local governments, representatives of different confessions and civil society, in order to ensure equal opportunities for development, cooperation and reduce conflict potential in society. Within the framework of the pilot project, International Alert plans to increase the capacity of representatives of local governments, religious leaders of various confessions and civil society in mediation and conflict analysis skills, joint identification and solution of social problems at the local level under the Constitution and legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic. Specific objective 1
Greater understanding among religious officials of their roles and legal mandate and increased capacity to mediate and refer community concerns and disputes appropriately
Outcomes
1.1 Focus groups with LSGs and local community members have been conducted in 6 rayons
1.2 KIIs with imams and local civil society representatives have been conducted
1.3 Training methodology has been finalised 
1.4 Training has been delivered to religious leaders
1.5 Final report and recommendations have been disseminated to the donor and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic 

Specific objective 2
LSGs and religious officials have been able to identify and solve local issues together in a conflict-sensitive manner and in line with the secular constitution
Outcomes
2.1 Advocacy meetings between LSGs and imams have been conducted
2.2 Small grants for action plans have been disbursed to teams in each locality  
2.3 Community awareness briefings held in 4 rayons
2.4 Follow-up focus groups with LSGs and local community members have been conducted in 6 rayons
2.5 Follow-up interviews with religious leaders and local civil society representatives have been conducted
2.6 Final presentation event have been held in Osh and Tokmok state bodies
local selfgovernment bodies (LSG), 
religious leaders and civil society State Commission for Religious Affairs
local self-government bodies
local NGOs
Stabilisation and economic recovery project in Timbuktu, Mopti and Segou (Project REGAL) This consortium project (including alert, Living eart Foundation, AMSS and ARGA) works across six communes in Timbuktu to address reconciliation, economic recovery and governance issues that contribute to post conflict instability. This project seeks to address the underlying causal factors of Mali?s recent crisis, which if not addressed, will continue to fuel instability and a recurrence of the current conflict.
The project will address three pillars of post-conflict stability and development: reconciliation, economic recovery and governance. Supporting positive, concrete examples of reconciliation and restorative justice, that show tangible impacts at the local level, will build upon the momentum of social cohesion in the region, and strengthen the social bonds across communities. Greater understanding of the dynamics of trade ? both formal and informal, legal and illicit ? and the changes that have taken place during the crisis (migration, loss of savings, disruption of education, etc.) in the region will be used to inform targeting and design of pilot projects in order to reinforce not only economic outcomes, but also social benefits. Equally, inclusion of both existing and emerging leadership structures in the reconciliation and reconstruction process will contribute to addressing root causes of conflict and redefine consensus politics that has hampered decentralisation at local levels in Mali. Communities in Timbuktu, Mopti and Segou
Supporting harmonisation of peace initiatives around the EAC-led Nairobi
dialogue process in Ituri (eastern DRC), SHEPI Result 1: the coordination of the various peace initiatives underway at the provincial level in Ituri is improved

Outcome 2: Communities based in Ituri (and in specifically targeted areas that are directly affected by the conflict have a better 1) understanding of the commitments made in peace processes at the regional/national level, 2) know how to contribute to these processes , 3) contribute to the process and thus make the process more inclusive of different needs/viewpoints/interests/priorities.

Outcome 3: The specific short-term priorities of the harmonized plan are implemented, demonstrating the benefits of a coordinated approach to implementing the peace process, and communities better understand the concrete benefits they gain.
Ensuring recovery from COVID-19 contributes to peace outcomes - Horn of Africa This project will inform Dutch MFA and wider institutional stakeholders with policy and practice recommendations ensuring economic recovery from COVID-19 contributes to peace outcomes globally; and will aim to produce an evidence base on the evolving impacts of COVID-19 on conflict and peace the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes regions in Africa. The overall Goal of this project is to inform Dutch MFA and wider institutional stakeholders with better understanding of conflict dynamics and peace opportunities in the region and provide policy and practice recommendations to support evidence based design of policy and programmes supporting peace and stability of the Horn region. Alert staff, as well as other peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian practitioners #N/A
Harnessing the potential of oil to contribute to Uganda's peaceful development - Phase 2 This project builds on Alert's previous work in Uganda, aiming to promote peaceful, sustainable and inclusive oil exploration and production in Uganda through working with Goverment, civil society, communities and oil companies. Improved accountability and transparency to citizens in oil extraction and management. 80,000 direct beneficiaries (10,000 per district)
Civil society organisations at local and national level; district local government; women, men, children in oil affected communities; government ministries, departments, agencies; cultural and religious institutions; oil companies
Vijana Tunaweza - Jeunesse nous pouvons The overall objective of this action is to reduce social and political marginalisation of young people in Itombwe. The specific objective is to strengthen young men and womenâ€™s leadership in Itombwe to contribute to socio-political change for peace in their communities. Complementing I4S stabilisation interventions in the wider Plaine de la Ruzizi, the project will achieve this by building trust between youth and with community leaders, government and security actors. It will expose young people to alternative solutions (including through exchange visits to other parts of DRC and the wider Great Lakes region) and strengthen youth groupsâ€™ abilities to jointly implement inclusive solutions that address the causes of community level violence. It will target young men and women who are members of, or are vulnerable to becoming members of, armed groups in the region, and has a specific focus on strengthening the role of young women in change leadership. Community level peace dialogues will enable development of a common vision for peace. The project will strengthen the leadership skills and capacities of young people, as well as their ability to use dialogue and advocate actions to call for appropriate responses by administrative and customary authorities To reduce social and political marginalisation of young men and women in the high plateau of Mwenga and Fizi
To strengthen young men and womenâ€™s leadership in the high plateau of Mwenga and Fizi to contribute to socio-political change for peace in their communities Young men and women in Itombwe, eastern DRC
Mupaka Shamba Letu (TuW II - CBT) To strengthen the capacities of women small-scale cross-border traders in border areas of DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi to jointly challenge gender dynamics that contribute to conflict in their communities and the wider region, and use their influence to promote greater social cohesion and regional cooperation

Result 1: Gender dynamics between women small-scale cross-border traders in targeted border areas and their spouses are more inclusive and allow women to have increased influence and take decisions in the home by the end of the project.

Result 2: Women small-scale cross-border traders in targeted border areas have increased economic resources and have the skills to use these resources to advocate for greater social cohesion and regional cooperation by the end of the project

Result 3: Business actors, including women small-scale cross border traders and SMEs, in target border areas engage more through increased networking and cooperation, and then work together to use their influence in pushing for greater social cohesion, regional cooperation and peace across the region by the end of the project

Result 4: Women small-scale cross-border traders, and border and customs officials in targeted border areas understand and have access to cross-border trade legislation and processes; women cross border traders use these resources to advocate more inclusive provincial, national and regional trade policy by the end of the project Total of 7,100 women from small cross-border traders (1,100 engaged in the dialogue groups and 6,000 in the cooperatives and associations), including 800  women small-scale cross-border traders (FPCTS â€“ femmes petites commercantes transfrontalieres) currently supported by the MSL project and 300 new ones selected at the new sites (i.e. 100 FPCTs per site); 660 spouses of FPCTs (including 480 former spouses and 180 new ones who will be selected from the 3 new project sites at the rate of 60 spouses per site), 60 FPCT Associations and Cooperatives (5 for each of the 12 project sites) including 36 currently supported by MSL and 24 new ones to be identified comprising around 6,000 small cross-border traders, 125 women managers of SMEs in 6 border areas and  600 border officials, local, municipal, provincial and national authorities in the 3 countries making 8,755 direct beneficiaries in total. To contribute to a more inclusive community relations across borders in the Great Lakes region of Africa, improved cooperation and a more sustainable peace
Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Judiciary Local Administration and CSOs to increase conflict affected women/girls? access to gender responsive justice Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Judiciary Local Administration and CSOs to increase conflict affected women/girls? access to gender responsive justice in 6 districts of Nepal.
Supporting Safer Communities - Community Driven Sexual and Gender Based Violence Reduction in Myanmar Supporting Safer Communities - Community Driven Sexual and Gender Based Violence Reduction in Myanmar
Communicating the needs and experiences of women living with disabilities and women parenting children with disabilities and how they intersect with violence in isolated regions of Tajikistan To make women, men, and children living with disabilities less invisible and vulnerable to violence in Tajikistan, a follow-up report to previous research into violence and disability (2,500 quantitative surveys, 150 qualitative interviews) in isolated districts will give voice to the most isolated and marginalised, providing data for effective advocacy. Persons living with disabilities
Women parenting children with disabilities
Towards a Global Programming Framework for transforming Discriminatory Gender Patriarchal Norms in Conflict Settings To address the findings in 'Twenty years of implementing UNSCR 1325 and the women, peace and security agenda: Lessons from the field', and act upon identified gaps in programmes that constructively engage with men and masculinities, Alert will build a cross-regional intervention that will develop and connect existing gender programming to reveal and dig into the manifestations of patriarchal gender norms at a local level. Projects will be focused in four locations, Nigeria, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan and Nepal. These interventions will assess the distinct influences of discriminatory patriarchal gender norms reflected in varying aspects of gender inequalities, including sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and womenâ€™s participation in peace processes. The programme is proactively adopting a bottom-up approach which will form the foundations of a new global programming framework for working towards transforming these patriarchal gender norms through constructive engagement with men and violent masculinities in conflict-affected contexts. This bottom-up initiative will also feed into our three-year gender advocacy strategy â€“ â€˜Addressing patriarchal gender norms and the construction of masculinities in conflict settingsâ€™. Local evidence and approaches will drive our advocacy and influencing upstream at the national and international levels. This project is financed through CORE funding from Sida, with Â£20,000 available for each project and Â£10,000 earmarked for internal costs including production of a final report. Project objectives:

1.	To build a localised evidence-base on the varying articulations and impacts of patriarchal norms and gendered inequalities in Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Nepal and Nigeria through the delivery of four projects;
2.	To analyse and synthesize the commonalities and differences of patriarchal gender norms and the construction of masculinities across various contexts; 
3.	To (a) develop an organisational programming framework on transforming patriarchal gender norms and violent masculinities in conflict settings and (b) drive the year two of Alertâ€™s gender advocacy strategy from 2022 onwards.
Gender, Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity Funds With funding from PeaceNexus, International Alert has commissioned a Gender, Diveristy, Equity and Inclusion (GDEI) Steering Committee to support the organisation to rebalance power dynamics, reshape policies and improve equitability in Alert's internal processes. This Committee is composed of representatives across Alert's London and Hague offices as well as country offices and is integrated into Alert's Executive Team to help guide decision-making through a GDEI lens.
Advisory Consortium on Conflict Sensitivity Advisory Consortium on Conflict Sensitivity This project seeks to strengthen the ability of key stakeholders in the DFID Post Conflict Development Programme for Northern Uganda to effectively address the drivers of conflict and contribute to building peace through their interventions.
South Caucasus Broadening the Dialogue This comprised Business Advocacy for Peace and Caucasus Dialogue and Education. BAP aims to strengthen the capacity of the Caucasus Business and Development Network (CBDN) to advocate for regional economic cooperation as a vehicle for peace and development in the Caucasus; and to analyze the significance of existing international political-economic frameworks vis-?-vis the conflicts in the South Caucasus. 1. Expert process ? This component envisages the creation of cross-divide teams of experts & specialists (professionals including lawyers, academics, customs experts, etc) to start analysing in depth the issue of regulatory frameworks. The process entails three partially overlapping stages: (1) studying existing models and international experience (2) assessing options and developing scenarios and (3) drafting concrete proposals for regulating trans-Ingur/i relations.  

2. Second phase of Trans-Ingur/i trade monitoring ? This component entails a new round of trans-Ingur/i trade monitoring, using the same methodology employed  to conduct the research that was conducted between August 2012 and February  2013 and that resulted in the latest publication. Experts and expert communities from different fields taking part, advocacy targets
Promoting youth-centered inclusive local development Promoting youth-centered inclusive local development
Religion and democracy Theory of Change:
IF we increase expertsâ€™ (religious and secular) and young leaderâ€™s social, civic and cultural understanding of religion and democracy through active engagement in dialogue on intra- and inter-religious tolerance and active citizenship, THEN they will be better equipped to contribute to policies, counter narratives, and decision making that fuel suspicion, mistrust and conflict, and instead encourage more tolerance and understanding of other groups across all social strata. This should promote resilience of young people in particular to extreme narratives, and build confidence between different religious/secular groups as project stakeholders should feel a part of more supportive, understanding networks, and be able to transfer greater empathy and understanding of diversity and different perspectives onto wider beneficiaries; in turn, this has the potential to significantly contribute to a more cohesive and democratic society, as well as reduce conflict. Overall objective: To support an open public discourse and communication about the freedom of religion and belief, the role of religion in peopleâ€™s life, the interrelation between state and religious institutions, and state policies on religion. 


Specific objectives: 

A diverse cross-section of religious figures, scholars, civil society actors, journalists are actively engaged in challenging both religious and secular extreme narratives and/or policies that impact on religion in a secular state, and are promoting inclusivity and tolerance through their respective networks. 

A shift in critical thinking among youth on religion and democracy, helping to promote moderate discussion and resist more extreme narratives.
Breaking barriers: Enhancing retention and social stability through psycho-social support and personal development for vulnerable Lebanese and refugee students in Lebanon Online resource development offering an opportunity for students to learn about mental health and 21st century skills, including dealing with conflict and diversity. It will allow students to follow an interactive course and access counselling or peer support to respond to their psycho-social needs and develop essential skills for the labour market such as non-violent communication, dealing with conflict, and understanding social and power dynamics. The resource will be co-created with practitioners in the fields of education and peacebuilding and promoted to universities, NGOs, trainers, counsellors and PSS professionals. The objective is: Students have access to a practical online resource for individual and group learning supporting psycho-social wellbeing and personal development. Using a snowball effect, we estimate that in the year following the project, the 120 organisations and trainers will promote the recourse so that 2,400 students (16-20 year old) will have used it to improve their psycho-social wellbeing and developed inter-personal and social skills. We estimate that 70% of the beneficiaries will be female and 30% male, and 30% of them Syrian refugees. No formal partners. Will engage with the Edu-Peace Network to be set up with the GCRF grant.
Diaspora as Drivers of Peace: Supporting Sri Lanka's Reconciliation and Recovery Phase 3 Bringing together a cross-party group of young Sri Lankan parliamentarians and political representatives; and bringing together diaspora communities in the UK, for an interdependent and positive peace. Engaging cross-community second generation individuals in peacebuilding initiatives, both in Sri Lanka and within the diaspora in the UK.
Media professionals as agents for change in the NK context This project aims to develop the capacity, motivation and mutual confidence of media actors in Armenia, Azerbaijan and/including Nagorny Karabakh to provide ethical, people-focused reporting and alternative discourse on the NK conflict to audiences across their societies and evoke public reflection on the cost of the conflict. To develop issues based platforms generated jointly by cross-sections of the Lebanese population
To develop options for policy reform involving legal experts, key stakeholders and participating citizens
To pilot a mechanism for citizen-led inclusive national consultation
To generate public debate on key priorities of the Lebanese population community leaders, local and national civil society organizations, business people, the national government, parliamentarians, and the peace-building sector
Maximising the FCDO's peace impact: how to ensure development programming delivers for peace and security International Alert is proposing to build an essential body of evidence aligned to the priority area, financing for stability. The research will explore how development programming in two of the following focus areas: economic development, climate and governance (to be finalised with the Project Lead) are addressing underlying drivers of conflict in fragile and conflict-affected state (FCAS) settings. 
The research will provide evidence, clear recommendations and guidance that will assist the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), together with other donors, implementing partners and civil society, to leverage aid financing for peace outcomes. This will be available to be used by the FCDO throughout the implementation of the forthcoming cross-government conflict strategy and aid strategy as well as contribute evidence to the potential update of the FCDOâ€™s Building Stability Framework. This will support programming to make the necessary adjustments to maximise their impact on stability and security. â€¢	Influence the FCDOâ€™s adaptation of development programming to integrate peace outcomes.
â€¢	Inform the FCDOâ€™s implementation of the forthcoming cross-government Conflict strategy and aid strategy.
â€¢	Contribute evidence to the potential update of the FCDOâ€™s Building Stability Framework.
Initiative for youth-led civic dialogue and action Initiative for youth-led civic dialogue and action
Rwanda Strategic Country Investment Fund (SCIF) Internal funding mechanism using earmarked funding from Sida to provide flexible funds for country programmes to explore new ideas and strategies