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Government control will be an option, where
necessary.
• Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights
Pillar – The APRP will be administered with a
high degree of transparency and
professionalism. In order to ensure the
protection of human rights, the APRP will be
open, transparent, and compliant with the
Afghan Constitution.
• Social and Economic Development Pillar – A
National Community Recovery Program will
be developed as a component of the National
Solidarity Program III, with additional
training, facilitation and operational guidelines
for conflict affected areas. The National Rural
Access Program will also benefit the
communities where reintegration occurs, with
employment and vocational training
opportunities offered through infrastructure
projects in priority districts. Both programs
will be funded from the Afghan
Reconstruction Trust Fund.
Process, Activities, and Expected Results
The APRP is a flexible and simple umbrella
framework for funding reconciliation and national
and local peace and reintegration activities from
the Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund. The
program delegates to the Afghan people, in
Government and civil society, the central
leadership role in building peace in their country.
Three-Stage Process – The APRP proposes a
three-stage peace and reintegration process
presented below with program outputs for each
stage.
• Stage One – Social Outreach, Confidence-
Building, and Negotiation: Provincial and
district leaders will conduct outreach to
individuals and their communities who
demonstrate their intent to join the peace
process and will facilitate confidence-building
activities, negotiations, and grievance
resolution among the Government,
communities, victims, and ex-combatants as
necessary. The means for achieving this may
include: peacebuilding capacity development
and disseminating information about the
program.
• Stage Two – Demobilization: Those who join
the peace process will be demobilized through
a social and political process that begins with
an initial assessment, vetting, weapons
management, and registration. Immediate
humanitarian assistance may be provided, if
necessary.
• Stage Three – Consolidation of Peace:
Following the political and security processes
of the first two stages, a standard needs
assessment tailored to the requirements of the
APRP will be used to assist communities,
districts and provinces to select from a “menu
of conflict recovery options.” Not all options
will be available to every community, due to
the challenges of access, capacity and security,
and the diverse needs of different
communities.
• The “menu of options” includes but is not
limited to: improving access to basic services,
civic education, literacy, technical and
vocational education/training, and
employment. Other options include: the
Community Recovery Program, an
Agricultural Conservation Corps, a Public
Works Corps, and also integration into the
Afghanistan National Security Forces.
APRP Scale and Scope – Immediate priority
provinces for introduction of the program are
Helmand, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost, Baghlan,
Badghis, Kunduz, and Herat. However, the
program is flexible and will respond to emerging
opportunities in any province, depending on the
availability of resources and capacity.
Institutional and Organizational Development –
The Joint Secretariat will be managed by a CEO,
with the assistance of three Deputy CEOs for
administration and logistics; program delivery; and
local conflict resolution and reconciliation. The
existing capacity of the Peace through Strength
(PTS) and Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups
(DIAG) programs will be utilized to support
APRP, and a consolidated organizational structure
will soon emerge.
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