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Purpose

The proposed project aims to ensure the continuity and scale up of a Conflict Sensitivity Center (CSH), which will act as a center of expertise for the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding community in the DRC, particularly for actors working in the eastern part of the country (North and South Kivu), Ituri, Kasai, and Tanganyika, all regions affected by numerous and diverse conflicts. Kivu), Ituri, Kasai, and Tanganyika, all regions affected by numerous and diverse conflicts. The DRC Conflict Sensitivity Hub (CSH) will be a center for quality conflict analysis (providing targeted research as well as concise syntheses with recommendations for follow-up) and conflict and gender sensitivity support (through capacity building, accompaniment, and creating a meeting venue to exchange on conflict and gender sensitivity). More specifically, the Center will develop four services:: - Research and analysis, to help better understand the contexts in which humanitarian, development and peace actors operate; - Capacity building for humanitarian, development and peace actors; - Support and technical assistance in mainstreaming gender and conflict sensitivity; and - Supporting research on the impact of mainstreaming conflict sensitivity.