Community-Based Recovery and Stabilization Project for the Sahel

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The development objective of the Community-Based Recovery and Stabilization Project for Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and the States of Liptako-Gourma Integrated Development Authority is to contribute to the recovery and resilience of communities in target areas of the Liptako-Gourma region of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger through a regional approach supporting: (i) integrated socio-economic services and infrastructure, (ii) livelihoods and territorial development, and (iii) regional data and coordination. The project comprises of five components. The first component, resilient and inclusive recovery of conflict-affected communities will focus on supporting the resilient and inclusive recovery of conflict-affected communities in partially insecure communes and communities in the so-called orange zones. It consists of following sub-components: (i) basic livelihood support and income-generating activities; and (ii) delivery of household goods and small-scale infrastructure works in crisis-affected regions. The second component, transitional support towards stabilization and territorial development of communities will contribute to territorial development and stabilization in comparatively safer and more accessible communities in yellow zones (mostly in secondary cities and their surroundings) that host a large share of the forcibly displaced population. It consists of following sub-components: (i) access to resilient socioeconomic infrastructure and services; and (ii) resilient livelihoods and local economic development interventions. The third component, regional dialogue, coordination and data and capacity building aims to strengthen regional collaboration and build local capacity to support a harmonized regional response to existing fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) drivers through a community-centered approach. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening regional collaboration for recovery and stabilization; (ii) national capacity building for regional collaboration; and (iii) local-level capacity building, citizen engagement, and social inclusion. The fourth component, project management will follow a decentralized approach using, as much as possible, the existing government structures at the national, subnational, and local levels, as well as local-level community institutions (to be established or strengthened). The fifth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will establish a contingency fund that could be triggered in the event of a man-made crisis or natural disaster, through formal declaration of a national emergency, or upon a formal request from one of the governments.