National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan 2017–21.

The National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan is a planning instrument with a multi-sectoral approach relating to the period from 2017 to 2021. The Government looks forward to a country that is finally healing, engages in a national reconciliation dialogue, implements concrete milestones on the path to lasting peace, and initiates recovery and a sustainable development process. The plan is based upon the following three Pillars: 1) Support peace, security, and reconciliation; 2) Renew the social contract between the state and the population; 3) Promote economic recovery and boost productive sectors.
The plan aims to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. Improving access to basic services (health, water) is among the priorities. The strategic objectives in this field also include access to safe drinking water and to sanitation. Concerning food security, the following strategic objectives are set out: food security is ensured for the most vulnerable households; their productive capacities and their livelihoods are restored and reinforced; less malnutrition among children and patients under an antiretroviral and tuberculosis treatment; communities build social cohesion, develop a savings culture, and share good practices by adopting a resiliency fund approach; national food and nutrition security policies are updated and operational; livestock and agricultural farmers coexist peacefully by putting in place consultative transhumance management facilities; socioeconomic reinsertion of vulnerable youth affected by conflicts is implemented in the agropastoral sector; coordination of the food security working group is reinforced and the early food and nutrition security alert system is operational.
Further the plan aims at ensuring environmental sustainability and the sustainable use of natural resources. The objective is to make agriculture not only more productive, but also sustainable. The following strategic objectives are established: improved access to inputs for the agropastoral and fisheries sectors; research and outreach methods are updated and deployed, and more adequate techniques are disseminated; agricultural production increases and cash crops are expanded; livestock production increases and its value chains are expanded; fisheries production increases and its value chains are expanded.
The plan aims at reducing not only urban poverty, but also rural poverty. Special attention is given to the role of women.
As mentioned, Pillar 3 is devoted to the promotion of economic recovery and development of productive sectors. It outlines actions concerning agriculture and livestock farming, extractive and forestry industries. The aim is to enable more inclusive and efficient agricultural systems. The Plan includes measures for private sector development and employment: improved business support and financial services, vocational training, entrepreneurship, and employment. The Plan promotes gender equality and recognizes the importance of empowering women, among others, in the rural sector: ensuring economic empowerment and educational opportunities to men and women is of fundamental transformative importance. Youth inclusion is promoted as well.
Regarding governance, the second priority Pillar concerns the renewal of the social contract between the State and the population. The strategic objectives under this Pillar include: (i) redeploy administration across the country and put in place an inclusive local governance system; (ii) provide basic services to the population across the country, particularly in the areas of education, health, and water, by initiating a progressive transfer of capacities and resources to national structures; (iii) strengthen macroeconomic stability and good governance, including public financial management and controls, revenue generation, and anti-corruption measures.