[{"bbox": [93, 153, 1163, 208], "category": "Text", "text": "is equally necessary for sustainability, where states must develop complimentary but context specific policies on rehabilitation, reintegration, and reconciliation processes, and the prevention of recruitment and recidivism."}, {"bbox": [131, 227, 787, 254], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**5. Bottom-up and context specific reintegration and reconciliation**"}, {"bbox": [93, 254, 1163, 538], "category": "Text", "text": "For reintegration to be successful it needs to go hand-in-hand with community-level reconciliation to promote an increased understanding for and acceptance of low-risk former associates and victims/survivors. Experience has shown that differences can be reconciled and a gradual increase in trust between parties can be achieved by allowing community structures, civil society organisations (in particular, those representing women, children and people with disabilities' rights and needs) religious practices, and local customs and values to guide the reconciliation process. In locations of interventions, there is a significant demand and motivation for community-level self-sustenance via a variety of viable livelihood opportunities. The results of a series of engagements with the community members revealed the dynamic nature of what an individual or community members can engage in at a specific time as a means of self-sustenance, despite economic/trade surveys and engagement with returnees as rights holders providing an overview of the best possible means of self-sustenance before interventions are provided."}, {"bbox": [131, 556, 524, 583], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**6. Mentoring and Peer Group Support**"}, {"bbox": [93, 583, 1163, 782], "category": "Text", "text": "Mentorship and case management are key to sustainability when provided in a gender responsive manner. Peer group support sessions, for example, are highly effective in improving the well-being of girls and women, strengthening their resilience, and building a protective environment for returnees. To ensure greater impact and community engagement, it is important to capacitate and work closely with religious, traditional and community leaders. Furthermore, to promote their chances of development and well-being in the longer term, these systematic linkages must be made with education, vocational training, social protection and income generation services and equal opportunities for all men, women and children – in all their diversity-, not only those directly affected by the conflict."}, {"bbox": [131, 799, 625, 826], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**7. Multiple Targeting Approach to Reintegration**"}, {"bbox": [93, 826, 1163, 1053], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition to supporting the provision of targeted (or individual) reintegration services to low-risk former NSAG associates, the EU Support for Reconciliation and Re-integration of Former Armed non-state Combatants and Boko Haram Associates programme (S2R) has also supported vulnerable community members and Volunteer Security Outfits in a multiple targeting approach to reintegration. Evidence from the Action has shown that if CJTF and vigilantes who opt to return to civilian life, and selected vulnerable community members, are also targeted with socioeconomic support, DDRR efforts are broadly accepted and welcomed. By ensuring that those people living in the most marginalised situations are included, and the selection criteria is gender, disability, and conflict sensitive, greater reintegration and reconciliation success can be achieved."}, {"bbox": [131, 1071, 824, 1098], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**8. Volunteer Security Outfits (VSO) Reintegration and Reconciliation**"}, {"bbox": [93, 1098, 1163, 1237], "category": "Text", "text": "Disassociation and reintegration of VSO members is contextual. It requires significant political engagement. VSO's are still considered important mechanisms of community security, and the reintegration of large caseloads has a potential to create a destabilising non-intended effect. Gradual approaches, accompanied by information outreach and sensitisation campaigns have proved important in creating confidence amongst membership of the VSO's and the State institutions."}, {"bbox": [131, 1257, 862, 1284], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**9. Reintegration linked to broader stabilisation and peace-building efforts**"}, {"bbox": [93, 1284, 1163, 1455], "category": "Text", "text": "Reintegration should not be a standalone programme. It requires solid anchoring in broader peacebuilding and stabilisation initiatives, and linkages with economic recovery, and transitional justice mechanisms. It has been demonstrated that having a variety of partnerships (with the government, sister UN Agencies, non-governmental organisations, community leadership, and other institutions) is a crucial approach to reinforcing deeper and broader effectiveness of the reintegration programme. It has been particularly effective when coordinating and complimenting other EU funded efforts and wider transition, recovery, and developmental programming."}, {"bbox": [131, 1472, 333, 1499], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**10. Criminal Justice**"}, {"bbox": [93, 1499, 1150, 1642], "category": "Text", "text": "The two previous EU-UNODC CT criminal justice projects have been successful mainly because they have remained focused on strengthening the capacity of a selected group of Nigerian criminal justice officers and have closely partnered with the agencies who have responsibility for terrorism. The continuation of this successful model will build strong partnerships that have been established, while also expanding incrementally to address emerging issues such as the challenges in developing an approach to prosecuting, rehabilitating and reintegrating persons"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 24 of 39"}]