Civil society for a human security strategy in Mali



Contract partner: WANEP - West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Regional Secretariat Country: Mali Funding amount: € 800.000,00 Project start: 01.11.2013 End: 31.12.2016

Short Description:

Overall goal


In view of the complex and rapid changing realities, addressing the current crisis in Mali requires a comprehensive human security approach. Meaningful intervention to resolve the crisis is only possible if a platform for multi-level dialogue addressing the underlying root causes of the conflict is developed, sustained by communities in Mali and supported by other stakeholders.


Local civil society organizations (CSOs) are key to prepare, support and inform an inclusive and people-centered dialogue process. They can play an important mediating role and present a capacity to counter violent extremism, in particular within the scope of a regional framework.


With the overall goal to contribute to human security and sustainable peacebuilding efforts in Mali, the Austrian Development Cooperation supports the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and Human Security Collective (HSC) to work towards the following key objectives:


• A strong, vibrant Malian civil society network that mobilizes a critical mass around the issues of human security and peacebuilding;

• Enabled network members formulating and upscaling a human security strategy for Mali that is gender-sensitive, feasible, and pays attention to the structural causes of the conflict;

• The international community, including regional bodies, engages with civil society for the development of security policies.


The project activities will focus on (1) preparing and setting up a multi-level process, (2) supporting national consultations and human security strategies, including strategies to counter violent-extremism, and (3) developing multi-stakeholder engagements and feedback mechanisms. By incorporating an international advocacy component, the project partners ensure that the initiative is connected to global policy processes affecting the West African region.

project number 2717-00/2013
source of funding OEZA
sector Frieden und Sicherheit
tied
modality
marker
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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