EDD 2017 - Debate Lab: Supporting partnerships for sustainable peace and resilience in the Central African Republic

This lab debate will gather representatives from the Central African civil society, national and local authority, together with the donor community to discuss each other’s role and complementarity in the country’s reconstruction and engagement for sustainable peace.

Using the New Deal framework for engagement in Fragile and Conflict-affected States (FCAS), panellists will engage in an honest and lively debate around the root causes of fragility in CAR, while looking at the complementarity between civil society and decentralized authority for building stability and community resilience from the top down.

Starting from a policy perspective for implementing an integrated approach to conflicts and societal resilience in FCAS, panellists will then delve into the national context of the CAR, looking at how the New Deal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Goals (PSG) can serve as a vehicle for meeting the Agenda 2030 in the country.