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CARE COTE D’Ivoire Emergency Response – 2011 : How conflict

sensitive?

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Context analysis

Inter-ethnic conflict has existed in Cote d’Ivoire for many years due to land management issues : the south west of the country with forest and land favourable to cocoa and coffee production hosted various ethnics groups coming from the other regions of the country and neighbouring countries (Mali, Burkina, Niger, etc) :

Autochtones, are the people of the region, Allochtones, people coming from other regions of Cote d’Ivoire Allogenes , people coming from the other countries. According to the lessons learned from previous CARE projects :

1. In the Bandama Valley, most inter-community conflicts are between farmers and ranchers on the one hand, and poor migrants and indigenous fishermen commonly

2. In the Western Region, conflicts are mostly between migrants and indigenous populations over land tenure issues.

3. In the region of Abidjan, the fragile harmony that used to exist between different communities has been seriously shaken by the recent post-election crisis, causing communities to flee the city

Destruction of people’s networks and social capital over the time (due land managements tensions) has been exacerbated by the theory of Ivority and the recent post-election conflict.

OBJECTIFS SPECIFIQUES ObjectiveObjective : : respond to the immediates needs of 50,000 people (IDP, respond to the immediates needs of 50,000 people (IDP,

Returnees and host families) and contribute to improve the living Returnees and host families) and contribute to improve the living conditions of affected population in the regions of Montagnes, Moyen conditions of affected population in the regions of Montagnes, Moyen Cavally, Lagunes and Vallée of Bandama.Cavally, Lagunes and Vallée of Bandama.

Key sectors Key sectors : : WASH WASH (hygiene kit, PUR tablets, latrines desinfection (hygiene kit, PUR tablets, latrines desinfection and disluging, garbage collection, hygiene promotion, Wells chloration, etc), and disluging, garbage collection, hygiene promotion, Wells chloration, etc),

Food and Food Security, Health and Psychosocial support Food and Food Security, Health and Psychosocial support ((listen centerslisten centers) and social cohesion promoting) and social cohesion promoting

Coverage and main achievement: - 45 villages of Duekué, Man, Guiglo, Blolequin, 7 camps in Guiglo in West of the - 45 villages of Duekué, Man, Guiglo, Blolequin, 7 camps in Guiglo in West of the

Country, more than 20 Quarters of Bouaké, Man and Abidjan citiesCountry, more than 20 Quarters of Bouaké, Man and Abidjan cities

- 66,000 People (40% of women) reached by food distribution (737 tons)- 66,000 People (40% of women) reached by food distribution (737 tons)

- more than 372, 000 people reached by Water sanitation and hygiene promotion - more than 372, 000 people reached by Water sanitation and hygiene promotion activities activities

- Arround 300 people (mainly children and women) reached trough listen centers- Arround 300 people (mainly children and women) reached trough listen centers

CAREEmergency Response to the post Electoral crisis

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Distribution des vivres axe Guiglo - Blolequin

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OBJECTIFS SPECIFIQUESMan – Vidanges de Latrines à Dioulabougou

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OBJECTIFS SPECIFIQUES

Phase 1: – March to July,2011Phase 1: – March to July,2011 Save lives and provide immediate assistance including food, WASH Save lives and provide immediate assistance including food, WASH

and psychosocial to affected populationand psychosocial to affected population

Phase 2:   July, 2011 to May 2012Phase 2:   July, 2011 to May 2012. . Support the returnees and reintegration of ex refugies and ex IPDS Support the returnees and reintegration of ex refugies and ex IPDS

to their homes villagesto their homes villages Support the process of rehabilitation and resilience of affected Support the process of rehabilitation and resilience of affected

population and returnees trough psychosocial support, socio-population and returnees trough psychosocial support, socio-economique rehabilitation, access to water and sanitation, health economique rehabilitation, access to water and sanitation, health and improve social cohesionand improve social cohesion

Beneficiaries Beneficiaries : IDPs, returnees (ex refugies and ex IDPs back to their villages) and host communities.

Partnership with local NGOS Partnership with local NGOS (MESAD, CGCAB, ASAPSU,CARITAS) and traditionnals and religious leaders.

Collaborations : Municipalities, clusters and others INGOs and UN (ONUCI, UNICEF, WFP, UNHCR etc)

Implementation strategy

Conflict sensitive approches

Emergency Preparedness : 2 scenario of the EPP are related to conflict (Cote d’Ivoire electoral violence and Guinea/Liberia post electoral violence)

CARE staff demonstrated a strong understanding of the context in which the CO operates and the interactions between its intervention and the context. Previous projects, notably AUDIO and PRECOS, have been working on social cohesion in order to prevent inter-ethnic conflicts from further damaging relations among various populations in the Western region of the country. Two of the emergency project managers were staffs from these previous conflict sensitive project. Their expertise have been crucial for creating confidence in the field between CARE and the various ethnics groups affected by the crisis

New staff selected based on the knowledge of the areas and trained on CARE value, CARE Accountability framework, organizing distribution

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Conflict sensitive approaches

Beneficiaries registration committees set up by CARE with the participation of the community representatives include : allochtone, allogene and autochtones groups

CARE published the list of selected households and the precise quantities of food each of them was entitled to in a strategic location 24 hours before the distribution so that beneficiaries, community representatives and church leaders could comment or complain

Post-distribution monitoring was carried out later and church leaders, community representatives and beneficiaries were interviewed to see how satisfied they were.

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Bouaké – Orientation et formation des enquêteurs de la CGCAB

Challenges

Working with local partners : the partnerships with local NGOs were fruitful, however a serious lack of communication and participation was observed, with beneficiaries stating that while they appreciated the hygiene kits they received, they did not know which organisation provided them to them. They were also unaware of the selection criteria

Lack of funding have limited the capacity to set up the complain mechanism at all level

Staff turnover : making the CO loosing the existing capacity in term of conflict and peace building²

Towards the transitional post conflict programming : necessity to start addressing the underlying causes of conflict while supporting the rehabilitation process of affected population