THE HAGUE and New York, December 2011 CEDAC PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY SECURITY AND COMMUNITY-BASED DDR THE HAGUE and New York, December 2011 Eric NIRAGIRA

What is CEDAC and why its creation ? By Eric NIRAGIRA CEDAC is an apolitical organization working to help victims of war in Burundi. CEDAC is working at national level with structures in provincial level and communal level

CEDAC has been created in 2005 to: To promote ex-combatants in rebuilding of Burundi To Help ex-combatants in socioeconomic reintegration

Our Vision ► Strengthening security and human rights ► Community development .

Some pictures about awareness against small arms and armed violence in Burundi

Economic Reintegration : CEDAC with the support of UNDP Burundi

3X6 Approach Inclusiveness Ownership Towards Sustainability Voluntary Participation Community Driven Community Dividends created Stimulate local economy Promote individual & collective savings Partnering risk Assess opportunities People as actors of development Making choices Develop market systems Creating sustainable jobs Engaging Generating income Saving Joint venturing Investing Accessing Markets

Inclusiveness Why? Promote voluntary participation of people affected by crisis in rehabilitation process and generate community dividends –getting people to work together promotes social cohesion How? community development plans and selection of populations most affected by crisis to participate in rehabilitation Economic markets and livelihoods affected by crisis so short-term employment provides injection of new capital to local economy Short-term employment for people affected by crisis using cash-for-work approach

Ownership Why? The concept of savings is important in creating vision for the future for individuals & for associations to create collective savings for micro-projects How? Obligation to save 1/3 of income from cash-for-work is condition for participation and contract with micro-finance institute to manage payment & saving processes is established People affected by crisis need to become actors of their own development –the approach provides opportunity to work with others & define development outcomes Benefit / cost assessment of project idea before implementation to ensure economic viability and matching fund from UNDP to increase start-up capital

Towards Sustainability Why? People make choices to invest & commit to action to improve their lives & livelihoods over long term How? Start-up capital to rent land & purchase inputs to make productive use of land Improving market institutions & services promotes cooperation among economic actors, contributes to peace consolidation & economic growthHow? Value chain analysis to identify potential for income creation, job creation & policy / institutional arrangements to facilitate growth

Challenges The complexity of the process of establishing of the socio-economic profile of the beneficiaries · The electoral process which has just ended has been a major constraint · Changes due to replacement of the authorities at the municipal authorities sometimes causing disturbances and breaking a periodic participation in project activities; · The problem related to the land issue; · A significant proportion of our patients have never been to school and has no professional training; · A low level of technical support structures due to lack of resources (economic, material and human); A rather fragile peace process

opportunities The Membership or the integration of Burundi in the sub-regional organizations like the East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of the Great Lake (CEGLIE), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) . · Terms climate and soil conducive to the diversification of agricultural production; · The Lake Tanganyika has a variety of potential source of exploitation; · The existence of decentralized technical services or structure at the base and community structures (CCDC and CDC); · Existence of planning tools for development and peace building as PRSP, Vision 2025; · The potential development of revival of this non-agricultural sector (crafts, tourism, light industry and services

The challenges of the moment ► widespread discontent ► armed robbery and looting ► Risk of political manipulation

PERSPECTIVES Support ex-combatants on the basis of 3X6 approach in partnership with UNDP Working with Action On Armed Violence on Peer to peer Support and armed violence reduction.