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NIGERIA > Chad Cameroon Niger BACKGROUND Borno State, situated in Northeastern Nigeria within the southern basin of Lake Chad, boasts a rich cultural heritage and significant historical importance. For over a decade, the state has faced challenges due to insurgency led by Non-state Armed Groups (NSAG). This conflict has resulted in numerous issues, including security concerns from terrorism, displacement, and humanitarian crises. Additionally, there is limited access to essential services such as healthcare, education, and sanitation. Environmental degradation and the impacts of climate change further characterize the state. The humanitarian and security context in Borno State is complex and fragile. Some studies were indicating with an estimated 88% of households were food insecure due to food inflation and other interlinked challenges; about 90% of farmers were unable to engage in farming due to lack of capital, inability to purchase farm inputs and access related challenges[1] . [1] Food Security and Nutrition Situation in Jere LGA, Borno State, Nigeria Despite the efforts of Borno State , the security situation continues to make humanitarian access difficult in many areas of Borno State and is also seriously disrupting the region's economy. Cross-border trade supplying the main cereal and livestock markets throughout the eastern Sahel has been severely disrupted, leading to high prices for basic prices of basic foodstuffs. Some farmers have left their lands and casual employment is falling, preventing the poorest Nigerians and many foreign migrants of essential income. AREAS OF INTERVENTION Following the successes of RESILAC 1 recorded in Jere LGA in Borno State, Phase 2 of the project aims to scale up activities and replicate approaches and methodologies both in the RESILAC areas already intervened and in new localities in Borno State of the Lake Chad Region. In this context, the project will be implemented in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Jere and an accessible part of Konduga LGA in Borno State (Konduga of RESILAC1 of Jere LGA. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT In addition to the national offices of Action contre la Faim and CARE Nigeria based in Abuja, three national organisations are involved in the implementation and governance of the project: Neem Foundation , Novel Alliance for Development Aid (NADA) and Rehabilitation Empowerment and Better Health Initiative (REBHI). Each organisation has dedicated staff to implement the project. INSTITUTIONAL ANCHORING The operational steering committee, which meets in Abuja, is chaired by the Governor of Borno Region while the national steering committee is chaired by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.

Les dernières publications du projet. VIDEOS Mental health at the heart of professional reintegration In the Far North of Cameroon The Far North Region of Cameroon has been confronted for several years with attacks by armed groups which lead to population movements and contribute to amplifying the pre-existing problems of chronic malnutrition and food insecurity. Since September 2017, this situation has caused several thousand internal displacement in the country and caused inflation of 30 to 60% on certain foodstuffs [1] . The four municipalities in the RESILAC project intervention zone, Dargala, Koza, Mindif and Mora, concentrate 56% of the population of this region living below the poverty line [2] . The most affected are young people and women. The economic difficulties that the latter encounter in the region (precarious labor market, limited natural resources for production, insufficient income) frequently lead to a state of psychological distress. This is often coupled with trauma related to the resurgence of insecurity, intra-family conflicts and gender-based violence. Thus, young people have great difficulty in drawing from within themselves the resources necessary for their economic reintegration [3] . The RESILAC project deploys new strategies on a daily basis to enable young people and women in Cameroon to draw from themselves the resources necessary to reintegrate themselves into the job market on a long-term basis. Regain confidence in the future The psychological problems considerably affect the capacity and the will of the people affected to cooperate, to live together, to project themselves into the future in a confident and solid way. Post-traumatic stress disorder is considered "the main factor behind the persistence of mental disorders after conflict situations"[1]. Mental health programs are therefore necessary to enable individuals and populations to recover, to be more resilient and to embark on a project for the future with greater self-confidence. This is why RESILAC integrates psychosocial care into economic recovery activities, allowing young people who integrate the training-reintegration system to benefit from the Problem Management + (PM+) protocol. This is a protocol originally developed by the World Health Organization, which, through weekly individual sessions, of approximately 90 minutes, for five to seven weeks, supports individuals in the management of their psychological and subsistence problems, their family conflicts and traumas. Training of health workers from on-site medical centers also enables them to develop their skills in psychosocial care, in a region lacking mental health care. The individual results are very encouraging in the municipalities where this monitoring has been implemented. This is particularly the case for Maimouna, 29, mother of 2 children, resident of the village of Djamboutou (commune of Dargala). " I suffered from insomnia, lack of appetite, general fatigue and difficulty concentrating." Proven symptoms of depression and generalized anxiety were observed during his clinical evaluation. Maimouna was accompanied by the PM+ for 7 weeks, during which she learned “ several strategies for stress management and gradual resumption of activity” . In the middle of the course, she was able to identify an IGA selling food in a market. RESILAC assisted her in building her business plan and getting her business started. Since then, she says, “ I finally got back to sleep, and the anxiety of being alone all day long disappeared ”. Fatou, 20 years old, mother of 2 children and resident of the village of Gaboua (municipality of Koza), also testifies: “ I was working in a local NGO as a 'peer educator' but my income was neither sufficient nor stable to take care of my family. For several years, I had tried to integrate the public service, without success. I also separated from the father of my children, I didn't have a stable job, I had a real sense of failure. " Fatou found herself plunged into a state of intense psychological distress associated with psychosomatic pain. She then joined a community interest project (TICOM) of RESILAC and participated in the psychosocial care PM +. During the sessions, Fatou developed an action plan: register for an information group on public service competitions, get information from resource people, start a commercial activity, promote dialogue with the father of their children. Thanks to the savings resulting from the TICOM works and managed with her VSLA, she bought sheep whose resale will bring her an economic profit. The improvement in her condition also allowed her to renew social ties. “ Some physical pain is still present, but I have regained sleep and appetite, and I feel a real improvement in my general well-being ”. Save to stabilize Young people and women are also monitored and supervised, thanks to an efficient education-training-economic integration system, which allows them to choose a promising micro-project and to strengthen their technical and management capacity in order to invest in complete safety. their savings. Thus, during the months of June and July 2020, in the town of Mindif, the beneficiaries of a worksite were trained on new techniques for fattening and rearing small and large ruminants (oxen, sheep and goats), and simplified accounting themes - including the management of accounting tools (cash registers and inventory management), support for carrying out purchases in accordance with the standards of the Dziguilao market, the creation of purchasing commissions [1] , etc. Marthe, mother of two, recounts the creation of an AGR for the production of peanut oil in the village of Maoudine (Mindif): “We formed a group within our community, and we learned how to grow, spread, dry and crush fresh peanuts to turn them into oil and kibble. From now on, we sell these products and put the profits in the common fund of our VSLA [2] . At the moment we use pots and plates to press the oil, but our goal is to purchase specific pressing equipment. In the meantime, every Sunday, we organize meetings to see the progress of our contributions ”. In addition, the project increases women's awareness of the leadership that has led to the occupation of decision-making positions within VSLAs [3] . This is the case of mixed VSLAs in the town of Mindif, whose offices are, for the moment, 46% women. In any case, the psychosocial care carried out by the RESILAC project does not claim to definitively solve the beneficiaries' problems. On the other hand, it allows a psychological mobilization which makes individuals autonomous and puts them at the center of their own change by means of a reflection on the different ways of managing their emotional problems and daily life. Find this article on the websites of our partners: Action Against Hunger: https://www.actioncontrelafaim.org/a-la-une/la-sante-mentale-au-coeur-de-la-reinsertion-professionnelle/ [1] World Bank 2020 data [2] Initial baseline, June 2019 - Groupe URD / RESILAC and https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/country/cameroon/overview [3] Capitalization report, PM + for the benefit of economic recovery, May 2020 [4] Inception report of the SMPS RESILAC study - Groupe URD - November 2020 [5] Training report of the TICOM2 worksite in Domayo (municipality of Mindif) - June 22 to July 10, 2020 [6] Association Villageoise d'Epargne et de Crédit [7] Village Savings and Credit Associations

Trésor, a legal officer who helps victims of violence TRAINING PROCESS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FOLLOW-UP (SMPS) SET UP BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: BAGA SOLA DISTRICT, CHAD Trésor MENODI is a legal officer working for the Association of Women Lawyers in Chad. She is committed to fight against violence towards women. She has received SMPS training set up by the RESILAC project. She shares her experience and discusses the challenges that remain in her country.

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. On December 14, 2020, ACF's SMPS-GP teams in Mora received Nora for psycho-trauma care. Nora is a young woman of 30 years old, head of household and mother of 6 children. She sells wood on a daily basis, fetching it from the bush over long distances, then selling it in the IDP camp. At her request, she was followed up individually because of the situation of her husband. Indeed, her husband was suspected of being part of an organized armed group (GAO), and as such, she did not want to share her story in the middle of everyone; she thus expressed her need to be listened to privately. Nora's distress began in late 2015, when one day on her way home from the fields, her husband was arrested and to this day, no one knows what happened to him. Later in 2016, Nora was celebrating her little brother's wedding and the atmosphere was jovial and friendly. Then suddenly, the GAOs burst in unbeknownst to everyone. The village was instantly plunged into terror and fear invaded the wedding celebration. Her sister-in-law, the young bride, was kidnapped and Nora's younger brother was killed before her eyes. From then on, Nora lived in a very precarious situation with her children, sleeping in the fields at night to return to the city, which was quieter during the day, to look for food for her family. This already fragile equilibrium was completely overturned the day the GAO returned to the village and burned everything in their path: houses, fields, livestock. They also looted property, killed innocent people and abducted young boys to join their armed group. Nora fled, and after 7 days of walking with her children and neighbors was able to return to the Igawa camp where we met her. As a result of these different traumatic experiences, Nora started to develop a withdrawal, she doesn't talk much anymore, she cries every night. She says she has sleep disturbances, bad dreams and appetite problems. The situation of her missing husband has taken away her taste for life. Her nights are restless because she keeps hearing the gunshots of the invasion of her village, which echo in her head as if it were yesterday. The SMPS-GP team offers individual follow-up to help Nora regain her social balance and reduce her psychological distress. It was essential to normalize her feelings about her traumatic experience. TPS also encouraged her to seek social support, to talk to people she trusts, especially to help her seek information about her husband. As a result of our sessions, Nora has gradually regained her confidence. In addition, the "safe place technique" was applied to the beneficiary because for her, everything had become dark in her mind and she never recalled beautiful memories and only thought about the painful moments she went through. At this point, we thought it would be helpful to have her practice this technique, the approach to which is to clear her mind and imagine a calm and peaceful place within her in which she can escape. She states: "My garden that I used to water and watch grow gives me a sense of accomplishment. It was the only place that allowed me to escape and be away from my problems and the screaming children. The fact that I can imagine it again, gives me a feeling of calmness and lightness, I can even smile. Our exchanges allow me to see life differently, not to despair anymore, but to fight to find my husband and be there for my children". Thus, as the treatment progressed, Nora began to see life differently, and continued to fight for her children. So far, the search for her husband by her village chief and the Red Cross has been unsuccessful.

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Zabi: Sewing a better future MICRO-PROJECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SET UP BY RESILAC: GONGULONG COMMUNITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JERE, STATE OF BORNO, NIGERIA Zabi Umar (center) with beneficiaries of the RESILAC labor-intensive work program in Gongulong The Gongulong community in the Jere local government area of Borno State experienced a stalled conflict with prolonged attacks that negatively impacted the community's livelihood. Zabi ALHAJI MARU, a 33-year-old widow, the sole breadwinner for her seven (7) children, the youngest of whom is barely five years old, benefited from the economic and social recovery project. This project provided short-term employment opportunities to the most vulnerable households through income-generating activities, including the construction of irrigation and water systems, in order to mitigate the economic and social effects of the ongoing conflict in the region. "Before the intervention, I earned a living by sewing, knitting and making embroidery for community members. Before, I earned barely five thousand naira per month because the sewing machine was always defective and I could not meet the demands of my clients, so I did not earn enough to feed my children, let alone send them to school. A change in Zabi's activities occurred in 2019 with the RESILAC project. She was identified to participate in the "cash for work" activity. As a result, Zabi earned N50,000 (USD 137,725) per month for three consecutive months. RESILAC's cash-for-work program has directly enabled 300 young people (229 men and 71 women) to benefit from cash-for-work assistance, opening up a new career path for them. To help them maintain their income, a Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) was created, with participants striving to save their business profits to improve their capital. This translates into more economic opportunities for women. The increase in her income has enabled Zabi to provide a better life for her family; her children can now go to school. "After I received the money, considering the problems I had with my sewing machine, the first thing that came to my mind was to buy a new sewing machine. Afterwards, business has been flourishing and customers are now more satisfied. I'm very happy to have been part of this project which has given hope to my community," Zabi said excitedly as she worked on a piece of fabric she was sewing. Zabi also bought a sewing machine for her eldest daughter as a wedding gift. "With a heart full of gratitude, my income has increased so much that I can feed my children and send them to school," says Zabi with a sigh of relief all over her face, wearing her beautifully decorated scarf with the RESILAC-ACF brand, as she shares her story. Zabi Umar sewing clothes with the machine purchased with the money she received as a beneficiary of the RESILAC labour-intensive work program. Zabi with her children. From now on, they can go to school.

Research Evaluation > Learning tools Program surveys Baseline Midline Endline Quarterly Surveys Feedback Day Iterative evaluations with mini-seminar (EIMS) Territory Diagnosis Program surveys Baseline Midline Endline Regional baseline survey - July 2019 Regional midline survey - September 2021 Regional endline survey - September 2022 Quarterly surveys Feedback Day > Feedback Feedback Day Region - December 2021 Survey results in the 4 countries - October to December 2021 Feedback Day Region - September 2021 Survey results in the 4 countries - July to September 2021 Only available in French Regional Feedback Day - June 2020 This report presents the results of the surveys covering the 2nd quarter 2020 in the 4 countries of intervention. Only available in French Feedback Day Région - September, 2020 This re port presents the results of the surveys covering the 3rd quarter 2020, carried out with 218 people in the 4 countries. Only available in French Feedback Day Région - Oct/December, 2020 This report presents the results of surveys covering the last half of 2020, conducted in our 4 countries of intervention. Only available in French EIMS Iterative evaluations with mini-seminars (EIMS) > EIMS 4 -Regional report This fourth and final EIMS was carried out in the four project countries with a focus on two dimensions: i) the institutional and partnership relations established within the framework of the project and ii) the utility of the EIMS itself within the framework of such a project. EIMS 2 - Regional report 2019 This second EIMS was carried out in Cameroon, Niger and Chad with the objective of analyzing the first achievements of the teams with regard to the project's programmatic framework and the evolution of the intervention contexts. Only in French EIMS 3 - Regional report 2020-2021 Resu lts of the annual evaluation exercise carried out in the 3 French-speaking countries to analyse the implementation of the projec t with a specific focus on the program phase out strategies. Only available in French Diagnostics Territory Diagnosis > Cameroon Diagnostics- 2020 Only available in French - K oza - Mora - Dargala - Mindif Territorial Diagnostics Chad - 2020 This report presents the territorial and community diagnoses conducted in the 4 communes in Chad. Only available in French

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. A remarkable journey within RESILAC Amadou Mamane Issakou: " Doing better with each phase" My name is Amadou Mamane Issakou. I am a 38-year-old agricultural engineer with 12 years' experience in the humanitarian sector. I joined the RESILAC project from its inception in August 2018 in Niger, where I served as Programme Manager for Labour-Intensive Works (HIMO) and agricultural production with ACF Spain in Diffa. Since July 2024, I have been the National Coordinator for RESILAC*2 in Chad. During my work on the RESILAC project, I have had some memorable experiences that have taught me a lot about myself. These experiences have considerably enriched my management skills. I discovered the importance of resilience and adaptability, I applied these lessons to improve coordination and team efficiency between 2020 and 2022, and once again, since I took up my new post. This period has been instrumental in my professional and personal development. As an anecdote, in June 2021, the Diffa Governorate invited me to a meeting presenting major projects in the region. During my presentation, I mentioned that our project did not have the same resources as those presented by the World Bank, which have a budget of tens of billions of euros. At the end of my presentation, the Secretary General of the Governorate took the floor and said: “RESILAC may not have the budget of other projects presented here, but I have had the opportunity to witness its achievements, which are so important for the communities, and to hear the many positive testimonials about it. You can be proud of your work." For me, this is what sets the RESILAC project apart. It is implemented through a multi-country, multisectoral approach (Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad, and Niger), addressing various sectors such as economic recovery, social cohesion, and sustainable land management. In its first phase, the project reached more than 30,000 people in Chad alone. It has integrated the humanitarian, development and peace dimensions in its implementation, enabling a more holistic and sustainable response to the region's complex challenges. The project has also placed particular emphasis on young people and women, providing them with employment opportunities and building their resilience in the face of climate change. This has helped to reduce unemployment and migration rate in the project area. The main difference I see between RESILAC*1 and RESILAC*2 lies in the will to improve by applying the lessons learned from the first phase: enhancing inclusion of the most vulnerable groups, reinforcing local governance through capacity-building, improving access to basic services, and strengthening community preparedness for climate shocks. This includes new initiatives to promote cross-border exchanges and foster climate-resilient production systems. What I particularly appreciate about RESILAC is the constant self-reflection and the drive to innovate. We are always striving to do better than before. We are always looking to do better than last time. The flexibility of the project allows us to adapt our actions to the changing needs of the communities. Seeing the positive effects and impacts on the smiling faces of programme participants is a source of great satisfaction and motivation. My only regret is that, given the limited budget allocated to the project, we are unable to do more in terms of developing market gardening spaces, building schools, and establishing health centers, which are sorely lacking in the project area.

Présentation des 4 pays d'intervention du projet NIGER > Chad Nigeria Cameroon Following the change of power in July 2023, the project's funders, the European Union and AFD, have decided to suspend financial support to Niger for this project. At the request of the Consortium, the situation could be reassessed by the funding agencies. From 2018 to 2022, the project was implemented in the Diffa region, more specifically in the communes of Chétimari, Diffa, Mainé Soroa and N'Guigmi. A total of 18 villages benefited from the project's holistic approach. Implemented by the country offices of Action against Hunger Niger and CARE Niger, in partnership with the Niger NGO Karkara, the project has reached more than 40,000 people. The approach has been hailed by the communities as relevant, as it listens to and responds to their needs. The project has also received a great deal of support from representatives of the local authorities (administrative and traditional). Sources: World Bank, AFD, Humanitarian Response, Initial Baseline (Groupe URD-RESILAC)

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Nora*, trader in mental health care PSYCHOSOCIAL MONITORING PROCESS IMPLEMENTED BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: IGAWA LOCALITY, MORA COMMUNE, CAMEROON On December 14, 2020, ACF's SMPS-GP teams in Mora received Nora for psycho-trauma care. Nora is a young woman of 30 years old, head of household and mother of 6 children. She sells wood on a daily basis, fetching it from the bush over long distances, then selling it in the IDP camp. At her request, she was followed up individually because of the situation of her husband. Indeed, her husband was suspected of being part of an organized armed group (GAO), and as such, she did not want to share her story in the middle of everyone; she thus expressed her need to be listened to privately. Nora's distress began in late 2015, when one day on her way home from the fields, her husband was arrested and to this day, no one knows what happened to him. Later in 2016, Nora was celebrating her little brother's wedding and the atmosphere was jovial and friendly. Then suddenly, the GAOs burst in unbeknownst to everyone. The village was instantly plunged into terror and fear invaded the wedding celebration. Her sister-in-law, the young bride, was kidnapped and Nora's younger brother was killed before her eyes. From then on, Nora lived in a very precarious situation with her children, sleeping in the fields at night to return to the city, which was quieter during the day, to look for food for her family. This already fragile equilibrium was completely overturned the day the GAO returned to the village and burned everything in their path: houses, fields, livestock. They also looted property, killed innocent people and abducted young boys to join their armed group. Nora fled, and after 7 days of walking with her children and neighbors was able to return to the Igawa camp where we met her. As a result of these different traumatic experiences, Nora started to develop a withdrawal, she doesn't talk much anymore, she cries every night. She says she has sleep disturbances, bad dreams and appetite problems. The situation of her missing husband has taken away her taste for life. Her nights are restless because she keeps hearing the gunshots of the invasion of her village, which echo in her head as if it were yesterday. The SMPS-GP team offers individual follow-up to help Nora regain her social balance and reduce her psychological distress. It was essential to normalize her feelings about her traumatic experience. TPS also encouraged her to seek social support, to talk to people she trusts, especially to help her seek information about her husband. As a result of our sessions, Nora has gradually regained her confidence. In addition, the "safe place technique" was applied to the beneficiary because for her, everything had become dark in her mind and she never recalled beautiful memories and only thought about the painful moments she went through. At this point, we thought it would be helpful to have her practice this technique, the approach to which is to clear her mind and imagine a calm and peaceful place within her in which she can escape. She states: "My garden that I used to water and watch grow gives me a sense of accomplishment. It was the only place that allowed me to escape and be away from my problems and the screaming children. The fact that I can imagine it again, gives me a feeling of calmness and lightness, I can even smile. Our exchanges allow me to see life differently, not to despair anymore, but to fight to find my husband and be there for my children". Thus, as the treatment progressed, Nora began to see life differently, and continued to fight for her children. So far, the search for her husband by her village chief and the Red Cross has been unsuccessful.

Témoignages écrits et vidéo de nos bénéficiaires et des membres de l'équipe RESILAC. Mahamat, specialized land farmer LEARNING PROCESS FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES IMPLEMENTED BY THE RESILAC PROGRAM: COMMUNE OF NGARANGOU, CHAD MAHAMAT ADAM TCHARI is married, and father of 4 children. He resides in the Canton of Ngarangou (Mamdi Department, Chad). He is one of the beneficiaries of the RESILAC project. He is a maize farmer, with the other members of his market garden group. In the photos, he is weeding his maize. He tells the story: "Before the RESILAC project, I was a Community Master. I did market gardening but in a traditional way without many techniques. The RESILAC project then arrived in my region, and developed a market garden site in Ngarangou. I decided to enroll in workshops at a Champ Ecole Paysan [a group of 20 to 25 people who meet once a week to cultivate a training plot throughout the growing season and learn together how to solve production problems], during which we were taught new farming techniques. In the past, it was impossible for us to do market gardening in large areas. But since then, thanks to the installation of the solar irrigation system that gushes water at all times, we have managed to do market gardening on more than 4 hectares! From now on, I intend to persevere in my activity because economically, I have become stable".

A positive outcome of partnership with RESILAC AJED-MR: " Contributing to rural community self-realization" The Association des Jeunes pour le développement du Monde Rural (AJED-MR) is a Cameroonian development and humanitarian organization founded in 2001, working for a world where “well-being is a right”. Its mission is to contribute to the self-realization of rural communities by mobilizing citizen power against poverty, crisis and climate change. Its activities cover the following key areas of intervention (1. Decentralization and citizen participation; 2. Economic, social and environmental resilience; 3. Community development; 4. Capacity-building for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), etc.), closely linked to the National Development Strategy (SDN30) and the Sustainable Development Goals. The partnership with RESILAC began in October 2018, when a call for expressions of interest was issued by RESILAC consortium members( ACF and CARE) to select local implementing organizations: AJED-MR bid and was selected. During RESILAC phase 1, AJED-MR was in charge of activities under pillars 2B and 2A in the communes of Mindif and Koza, and pillar 1C in the communes of Dargala, Koza, Mindif and Mora. By the end of the project, this partnership had achieved very satisfactory results , with 44 AVEC (savings and credit associations) set up, 343 young people integrated into various wealth production or agricultural trades, 20 local agreements for natural resource management drawn up and validated, 36 farmer field schools (CEP) set up, etc. “If the RESILAC project hadn't existed, Cameroon would have created it, ” said Mr. NDJJDA VAGAI, Mayor of the Commune of Mindif, at the opening ceremony of a session of the Comité Communal de Développement Economique et Social (CCODES), in 2020. This was to highlight the importance of the project for communities in his commune. Considering RESILAC results which are still visible on ground after two years of interruption between the two phases of the project, AJED-MR is of the view that the sustainability of the gains made is assured and that a scaling-up of good practices is possible by the beneficiaries and decentralized local authorities in view of the political will expressed by the mayors with the constant support of AJED-MR from its community base. AJED-MR stressses its delight in partnering with RESILAC 2 once again, and looks forward to embracing all the support, knowledge and practices that the RESILAC project will make available. The Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) drawn up after the organization's self-assessment is expected to continue with the structuring work by developing policies to further improve the organization's governance, and also to maintain its position in humanitarian coordination and decision-making bodies steered by the public authorities in the Far North. The association’s hope is that, by the end of RESILAC 2 in 2028, it will become a well-structured, highly-quoted, reliable and competent civil society organization, able to apply for funding tenders on a par with international NGOs.