📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2021.9104.7
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
G220 Peace and Security
Contact person:
Romy Stanzel romy.stanzel@giz.de
Partner countries:
Iraq
SUMMARY
Goals:
Strengthening and networking civil society and state actors through trauma-sensitive approaches to dealing with the past in Northern Iraq
Client:
not available
Project partners:
No political sponsor
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
15,254,925 euros
Current project:
9,629,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2017.9109.4
SIF IQ Dealing with the Past as a Basis for Reconstruction in Iraq
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
12.05.2017 - 31.12.2028
Current project:
20.08.2021 - 31.12.2028
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
15220 Civilian Peacebuilding, Crisis Prevention and Conflict Resolution
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Massive violence has led to trauma and mistrust among all population groups in Iraq: The so-called Islamic State (IS) has murdered thousands of members of religious minorities and enslaved Yazidi women. In addition, more than three million people have been forced to flee.
Even after IS has been defeated, many displaced people are still unable to return home for security reasons. Survivors and families of missing persons are also waiting for reparations for the crimes committed against them by IS.
Objective
The situation of survivors and victims of crimes committed by IS in northern Iraq, as well as peaceful coexistence in Iraq, has improved.
People walk on a street with a Yazidi shrine.
Approach
The Civil Peace Service (CPS) advises governmental and non-governmental institutions and organizations to address injustice, offer psychological and psychosocial support, and secure peace. CPS specialists also support minorities affected by IS crimes by conducting training courses, providing expert advice, and networking with national and international actors.
The Commission for Investigation and Preservation of Evidence collects data that can be used to legally investigate crimes. A network of Iraqi non-governmental organizations also advocates for accountability and the right to reparation.
Furthermore, the Iraqi University of Duhok trains master's students in psychotherapy and traumatology to treat victims of violence.
The CPS also trains tour guides to promote the participation of women and young people in tourism. At the same time, it implements gender-sensitive analyses that ensure gender equality in existing and new co
