During this quarter, the TDRP made progress in supporting the plan and implementation for the African Union DDR Program (DDRP), maintains its technical and financial assistance provided at the country level in Mali, DRC, CAR and Yemen. A roundtable meeting was also held that brought together over 25 DDR practitioners to discuss lessons learned and DDR implementation challenges. This report contains brief updates of this work and activities.

1. SUMMARY

During this quarter, the TDRP made progress in supporting implementation for the next phase of the African Union DDR Program (DDRCP), maintains its technical and financial assistance provided at the country level in CAR, Mali, DRC, Yemen and continues to monitor events in South Sudan. This report contains brief updates of work undertaken at country level over this second quarter and covers progress made and the key partnership agreements reached with the African Union (AU).

During this quarter, the TDRP made progress in supporting implementation for the next phase of the African Union DDR Program (DDRCP), maintains its technical and financial assistance provided at the country level in CAR, DRC, and Mali and continues to monitor events in South Sudan. This report contains brief updates of work undertaken at country level over this first quarter and covers the key partnership agreements reached with the African Union (AU).

During this quarter the TDRP made significant strides in supporting planning for the next phase of the African Union DDR Program (DDRCP) and has also continued to provide technical and financial assistance at the country level in CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan. Knowledge management support has also been provided to Yemen. This report contains brief updates of work undertaken at country level over the last quarter and a more in depth profile is provided of our work with the African Union (AU).

During the first quarter, TDRP activities covered technical assistance, operational and financial support in Central African Republic [CAR], Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], Republic of Mali and Republic of South Sudan, in addition to the ongoing assistance provided to the African Union [AU] Peace and Security Department in coordination with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations.