Technical Assistance to the preparation of a Strategy and the Identification of a Post – Emergency Programme for Eastern Congo

Detailed description of project Back

The war has had a devastating effect on the population of RDC; specifically the eastern regions have suffered tremendously. Since 2001 the EC has been engaged in providing humanitarian assistance in these regions. It is only since the end of 2003 that the security situation allowed the undertaking of rehabilitation activities. At the end of 2004, it can finally be concluded that the RDC is in a “post-conflict” situation where external assistance can be usefully provided to help the country to achieve political, economic and social stability. The European Commission will finance an additional Programme of 70 M Euro on top of the current 30 MEURO but with more emphasis on “rehabilitation” and less on emergency aid. Its objective is the improvement of the living conditions of the war affected population, in particular displaced persons, returnees and demobilized with minimum access to basic services, transport and limited very limited resources. Under this contract assistance has been requested to prepare an overall analysis and strategy in which this Programme should be integrated.

Type of services provided

PROMAN is providing the services of a Cartographer, while AEDES is providing the Economist (Team Leader), a Rural Development Expert and a local Civil Engineer.

The team will:

• Prepare a detailed study of the situation, the needs, the potential, the actions already undertaken and the national sector policies;
• Define a strategy for an EC intervention on the basis of this study including the geographical and sector priorities;
• Elaborate a logical framework for the future Programme and define the selection criteria for future activities based on the established priorities;
• This will result in the presentation of a Financing Proposal for an amount to be defined depending on the strategy and the Terms of Reference for the recruitment of the required Technical Assistance to implement the Programme.