📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2020.9115.5
Status:
running project
Responsible organizational unit:
G220 Peace and Security
Contact person:
Suzanne Gentges suzanne.gentges@giz.de
Partner countries:
Cameroon
SUMMARY
Goals:
Promoting civil society cooperation and active participation of young people in social processes as a contribution to violence prevention and peace development in Cameroon.
Client:
not available
Project partners:
Without political support - Directly with the population or non-governmental organizations (NGO)
Financier: not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if any)
2,161,000 euros
Current project:
2,161,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
Engagement Global GmbH: 2,161,000 euros
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if any)
08/17/2020 - 12/31/2026
Current project:
08/17/2020 - 12/31/2026
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
15220 Civil Peace Development, Crisis Prevention and conflict resolution
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Violent, armed clashes between Islamist groups in the north and militant Anglophone groups in the west, as well as social conflicts, polarize Cameroon's society and endanger the country's stability. Poverty, unemployment, social injustice and land conflicts result in discontent, especially among young people. The high number of internally displaced people from the West as well as people fleeing Nigeria and the Central African Republic also puts a strain on the host communities.
Aim
Civil society partner organizations in Cameroon cooperate successfully on non-violent conflict resolution, social participation and resilience promotion
Approach
The Civil Peace Service (ZFD) program in Cameroon has three fields of action:
Cooperation between civil society organizations
In workshops, working groups and joint activities, the partner organizations network and thus improve their Cooperation. They develop dialogue formats for non-violent conflict resolution and also draw on concepts from other ZFD programs.
Participation of young people
The program improves the participation of young women and men in decision-making processes and promotes their dialogue skills. In this way, they learn to deal with and prevent conflicts constructively and non-violently. Local state institutions and traditional authorities also take part in this. Creative forms of expression should help to establish human rights in conflict resolution.
Psychosocial support
Training and support offers help affected communities deal with stress and strain. The program also supports civil society actors in
