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Transitional Areas Peace Fund (TAPF) Program

Name: Transitional Areas Peace Fund (TAPF) Program
Duration: November 2008 - March 2012
Donors: UK Department for International Development (DFID)

More than three years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Sudan is still transitioning from managing conflict to pursuing pro-poor development, characterized by high needs, limited and uneven capacity and rapidly increasing oil revenues. The Transitional Areas--Abyei, Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan--face significant challenges in building institutional capacity; developing effective systems of governance; addressing widespread poverty; building sustainable environmental recovery; delivering a safe and stable environment for the population; increasing productive capacity; re-developing traditional agricultural production; improving delivery of basic services; developing infrastructure; preparing for the return of potentially large numbers of refugees and IDPs; and developing information and statistics systems. To address these challenges effectively and in a sustainable manner requires a focus on security and stability.

Building upon Pact's successful programming in the Transitional Areas and Southern Sudan, as well as successes of other community-focused activities in the region, Pact has developed the Transitional Areas Peace Fund Program. The overall goal of this program is to support sustainable peace and reconciliation as a foundation for recovery and development in the transitional areas of Sudan. It seeks to help create an "enabling environment" for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) by serving as the Managing Agent of a fund which will undertake four key types of activities in the Transitional Areas.

These activities are:

  • Developing a monitoring tool that will be used to measure the enabling conditions for the CPA and a strategy to share the results
  • Building the capacity of local partners to advocate for peace through a variety of training workshops
  • Providing a grant pool for targeted strategic interventions that will enhance stability and support local reconciliation
  • Developing mechanisms to supporting networking and sharing of experiences in the transitional areas.

Staff contacts

Judith McCallum
Peace Advisor
Juba
jmccallum@pactsudan.org
Kimberly McClain
Program Officer
Washington DC
kmcclain@pactworld.org
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  • Enhanced Role of Youth in Peace Building, Feeder Roads in Eastern Equatoria and Jonglei states in Southern Sudan
  • Promotion of Community Security in Jonglei, Lakes and Warrap States
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