Programme on Assistance for Camp Transformation through Inclusion, Violence Prevention, and Economic Empowerment (PROACTIVE)

CTR Reference No.

ACA / 2021/ 428-097

Title of the project

Programme on Assistance for Camp Transformation through Inclusion, Violence Prevention, and Economic Empowerment (PROACTIVE)

Implementing organisations

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Location/s

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)

Operational Duration

(start date – end date of activities)

07 January 2022 to 06 January 2024

Allocated budget

(EU contribution only)

EUR  4,109,113.17

Overall and Specific objectives (simplified – for publication)

With the support of the European Union, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) developed Project PROACTIVE with the objective of contributing to efforts in enhancing local capacities to facilitate transition and transformation of the six (6) major declared camps of the MILF into peaceful and productive communities. The project will pursue the following indicative outputs: 1. Enabling environment for sustainable employment and enterprise development created, 2. Initial peace dividends delivered, and confidence-building promoted, through improved access to basic communal services and facilities, and 3. Social cohesion and community resilience strengthened through enhancing capacities and participation of local stakeholders—including women, youth, and faith-based leaders—in peacebuilding, promoting a culture of peace, and conflict transformation

Main target groups

Former combatants, both males and females, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as well as their communities, which are situated in the six major camps targeted for transition into thriving communities

Main activities (simplified – for publication)

The proposed action will be implemented through an area-based approach that will take into consideration the specific context, location, and resource base of the target areas. As such, the programme will be informed by the Camp Transformation Plans (CTP) 2021-2026 completed in January 2021.

The main components of the project are  the following: 1. Inclusive and Sustainable Livelihoods interventions; 2. Support for the provision of Peace Dividends; 3. Strengthening Social Cohesion and Community Resilience

Sustainability of the Project

Sustainability of the above-mentioned results will be ensured at the very start by engaging and involving the relevant ministries, agencies and LGUs in the BARMM, who will assume accountability for the outputs of the project.

Local Social Formations (LSFs) will be supported and capacitated in the management of enterprises and will be linked to relevant agencies or entities for possible technical, referral and resource support beyond the project’s lifespan. And, during the project’s execution, assurance activities such as programme monitoring visits will also be made to ensure momentum in activities that were initiated.

At the end of the Project implementation, capacities, systems and mechanisms will have been put in place in the camps and at the BARMM level to make the transition of the camps as smooth and efficient as possible. This will help ensure that support from the BARMM Leadership, particularly the relevant agencies and ministries will continue beyond the lifespan of the Project.

Sustainability may also be drawn from other institutional infrastructures that may be developed in the course of Project implementation. Counterpart resources will be sought, whenever possible, from the relevant stakeholders to strengthen ownership of project interventions.

Target SDGs

SDG 16