UNDP 2022-2024 Lake Chad Stabilization phase 2

UNDP summarizes results from 2023 in the latest annual report as follows: Security and justice At the outcome level, perceptions on safety and security in JAP locations have increased to and have remained stable at high levels over time. Across Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria, the number of households reporting that they felt safe and secure rose from 50 percent in 2020 to 86 percent in 2023, an increase of 36 percentage points. This translates into approximately 1,150,000 people (620,000 women) reporting safety and security in 2023, an increase of 480,000 people (260,000 women) from 2020. Satisfaction with the state provision of security services remains stable in RSF JAP locations. In 2020, the average satisfaction was 53 percent. It increased by 30 percentage points to 83 percent in 2021 and remained at this level through to 2023. The percentage of households who report having access to justice continues to increase. In 2023, 69 percent reported having access to justice, up 12 percentage points from 2022 and 43 percentage points from 2021. Overall, JAP communities benefitted from significant progress across all security and justice interventions. Essential social services The percentage of households satisfied with access to essential social services has increased from 53 percent in 2020 to 78 percent in 2023, an increase of 25 percentage points. This translates into approximately 1,040,000 people (565,000 women) reporting improved access to essential social services, an increase of 585,000 (310,000 women) from 2020. JAP communities have benefitted from significant progress across all essential social services interventions. In 2023, there were 1,560 achievements across all indicators. Cumulative progress against all indicators is 116 percent. Livelihoods From 2020 to 2023, the percentage of households satisfied with state efforts in providing livelihood opportunities rose from 60 percent to 78 percent, an increase of 18 percentage points. This improvement reflects a rise in the number of people reporting confidence in the state in promoting local economic opportunities, with the figures increasing by approximately 580,000 to reach a total of about 1,050,000 people, of whom 560,000 are women (up from 295,000 women in 2020). At the output level, JAP communities have benefitted from significant progress across all livelihoods interventions. In 2023, there were 6,912 achievements across all indicators. Cumulative progress against all indicators is 96 percent. Regional cooperation In 2023, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) transitioned from the UNDP-led RSSRR Secretariat to LCBC-managed RS-SRR implementation, thereby enhancing regional collaboration. Cross-border collaboration remained an integral programming component, including an informative study on cross-border trade that identified barriers and investment opportunities. The 4th Governors Forum emphasized peace, collaboration, and RS-SRR progress; the 2nd Annual International Forum on the Development of the Lake Chad Region focused on sustainable development; and the 3rd High-level Conference highlighted RSFs role and garnered over US$500 million in support. Launched platforms including GIStabilize, LCBC Community Connect aid coordination, and the Conflict Analysis Network (which facilitates conflict understanding and strategy development among UNDP field teams and partners).

Quote from the 'Revised Project Document Amendment and Extension to August 2024, Regional Stabilisation Facility for Lake Chad, August 2021': 'While robust national and multi-national military operations have re-taken territory previously controlled by Boko Haram and factions, a new approach is required to consolidate these gains and establish the conditions necessary to transition from military to civilian responsibility for security. The RSF is a rapidresponse mechanism that relevant authorities can sequence with military operations. The first phase of the Regional Stabilisation Facility concentrated on two results areas: - Immediate stabilization of specific areas, cleared of Boko Haram and other armed group control, but where communities remain vulnerable to continued infiltration and attack; and - Initiation of extended stabilization activities across the Boko Haram-affected States and Regions, through support, to implement the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) Regional Stabilisation Strategy. The amended and extended Regional Stabilisation Facility builds on the results and lessons learned of the nearly first two years of RSF implementation, resulting in a clear proof of concept. The extended phase will thus focus on increasing the scale of stabilisation by connecting, enlarging, or increasing the number of intervention sites. Stabilisation achievements will be consolidated, and the ground prepared for a handover to peace-building and development actors. The Facilitys overall objective is to improve the social contract in insurgency-affected areas of the Lake Chad Basin. As in the previous phase, the Facility is divided into immediate and extended stabilisation. Under the immediate stabilisation outcome "Community stability and State presence increased in JAP locations", which is at the centre of the first 18 months in each site, 3 outputs contribute to the expected results: 1.1 Community security and justice systems established and operational in JAP (Joint Action Plan) locations, 1.2 Essential social services infrastructure constructed and/or rehabilitated, functional, and accessible, 1.3. Targeted households provided with livelihood opportunities. The extended stabilisation outcome the post-immediate stabilisation phase has 4 outputs with the aim to support local, national, and regional stabilisation structures to oversee, coordinate, and implement stabilisation and recovery efforts: 2.1 Stabilisation actors have knowledge to consolidate the stabilization achievements and promote social cohesion, 2.2. Improved cross-border coordination and cooperation, 2.3 LCBC capacity developed to steer and support RSS (i.e. the LCBC Regional Strategy for the Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience of the Boko Haram affected Areas of the Lake Chad Basin) implementation and governance structures, 2.4 Improved LCBC coordination and oversight of TAP [Territorial Action Plan] implementation, The amended and extended phase of the RSF has furthermore a stronger focus on conflict sensitivity and gender.'