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Gillebert, Dirk

Dirk
Gillebert

Since my experience in northern Central African Republic, I have become aware of the important work that the International Organization for Migration is doing to prevent violence and address root causes of conflicts. My profile combines conflict analysis and social cohesion with project management skills, while I have significant experience in data systems as well. In the past, I have worked on conflict related to seasonal livestock migration and the effects of the arrival of IDPs and refugees on local communities. Concordis International has given me the opportunity to lead research projects and publish reports. First, I was tasked with analyzing the data and writing the report on peaceful transhumance in the northern Central African Republic. This was part of our flagship project – built on in-depth consultations with hard-to-reach local communities. I went on to become the project manager and to participate in the data collection for the next report. For my last project, with the help of two teams, which I formed and supervised – i.e. our project officers collecting data in the Central African Republic and HQ staff supporting analysis and editing – I wrote 11 conflict analysis reports in 3 months. The reports aimed to provide humanitarian decision makers with concise analysis about local conflict dynamics for them to adequately adapt their activities to the realities on the ground, making them conflict-sensitive. Additionally, I have led peacebuilding projects and managed a base of operations. As a project manager, I performed risk analysis and budget follow-up; built logframes and facilitated activities; and communicated with stakeholders about our research and achievements – from partner organizations and potential donors to government institutions. And, in the past, I have organized international conferences and many trainings. Results- and detail-oriented, I enjoy working in a team, while also having the ability and methods to work independently. My extensive intercultural experience helped me to develop humility, awareness of my positionality, and respect for diverging opinions as an essential basis to build strong analyses.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2931
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Roles

  • Concordis International

    Non-governmental Organisation, Paoua, Central African Republic
    Project Manager

  • Concordis International

    Non-governmental Organisation, Remote, United Kingdom
    Project Assistant

  • Médecins Sans Frontières

    Non-governmental Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
    Project and Program Manager

  • BlueSquare

    Other, Brussels, Belgium
    Project Manager

  • BlueSquare

    Other, Bujumbura, Burundi
    Regional Representative

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Promoting peaceful and safe seasonal migration in northern Central African Republic

Authors Guillaume de Brier, Peer Schouten, Peter Marsden, ...
Description
Since the 2012 crisis and its culmination in the 2013 coup d’état, the borderlands of the Central African Republic have turned into a hotspot of violent conflict involving migratory (transhumant) herders and farmers, armed groups and self-defence groups. This has further eroded already compromised social cohesion and governance institutions. Against this backdrop, FCDO’s UK Aid Direct and the European Union’s BEKOU Trust Fund awarded Concordis a three-year programme entitled, “Promoting peaceful and safe seasonal migration in northern Central African Republic”. This aims to contribute to peace and poverty reduction in northern CAR by fostering community-based conflict resolution between nomadic herders and settled populations. The programme covers the borderlands between CAR, Chad, Sudan and Cameroon, focusing on the prefectures of Ouham-Pendé, Ouham, Bamingui Bangoran and Vakaga. The first phase of the programme comprised a large-scale mapping and consultation exercise, collecting detailed quantitative and qualitative information through individual questionnaires and focus groups with those involved in or affected by seasonal transhumance, consulting over 2,500 people in the targeted areas between February and June 2019. The purpose of this consultation was to identify grassroots challenges to peace and opportunities to promote social cohesion and economic development. It is intended to inform subsequent phases of the conflict resolution programme and provide a baseline against which impacts of ensuing interventions may be measured. This report covers the consultation in the prefectures of Ouham-Pendé and Ouham, with the key challenges, project figures and findings, as well as a suite of recommendations, presented in graphic format immediately below. A detailed discussion of the methodology is provided as an annex at the end of the report. For the intervention to deliver sustainable outcomes, it is necessary to avoid the temptation of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. The implementation of the recommendations offered here requires distinct approaches in each area, recognizing existing initiatives and listening to the needs, fears and hopes stakeholders express. This entails discussions being held at the local level with representatives of all stakeholder groups, in order to plan and deliver interventions that are responsive to the lived reality of each unique situation.
Year 2021
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This project was made possible thanks to funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Ares(2017) 5627812-77012.

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