UNDP released a comprehensive fact sheet on the Central African Republic, taken from its National Human Development Report 2007/08 (to be published soon). It provides an excellent overview of recent data on Central African development, poverty, education and health. The fact sheet is available in English and French.
Click here to download the fact sheet (PDF, 744 KB)
Assistance to the displaced in Kamba Kota and Batangafo in Ouham province
Departure of Toby Lanzer, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in CAR
Background and security
Deadly attack near Sibut
On 16 July, bandits, also known as zaraguinas, opened fire on the vehicle of the official representative of the Forestry Ministry, Pierre Ndikini, in the region of Sibut, about 180 km north of Bangui. Mr. Ndikini was fatally wounded and died soon after in the Sibut hospital. The next day, another attack targeted the truck of a humanitarian NGO in the same region. Continue Reading »
The Needs Analysis Framework analyzes the humanitarian needs in the Central African Republic, mainly of civilians living in the northern areas affected by conflict and violence. As a consequence of poverty and under-development, and aggravated by the violent conflict and banditry, urgent needs exist in all sectors. First and foremost, the humanitarian crisis in CAR is a protection and human rights crisis, with 305,000 people being forced to flee their homes. But many people also have no access to hospitals, health centres, schools, and markets, they have no drinking water and cannot work their fields, and many have no roof to protect them from the rains. Continue Reading »
An English-language overview of the security sector reform process in CAR is now available. Written with support from UNDP and based on government documents and the proceedings of April’s SSR seminar, Crucial steps: Security sector reform in the Central African Republic offers a summary of the current status of CAR’s security and justice services, as well as information on proposed reforms and projected implementation timelines. Continue Reading »
UNDP-CAR launched its first annual report today, providing an accessible, thorough overview of the office’s activities in 2007. The aim of the report is to improve UNDP visibility and transparency at the country office level and to engage donors, partners and the interested public in UNDP’s work in CAR. Continue Reading »
17 April 2008
CAR’s historic security sector reform seminar came to a close Thursday evening with President François Bozizé declaring that the government would work to abide by the timeline established by participants. Continue Reading »
16 April 2008
The third day of CAR’s SSR seminar came to a close this evening after having presented reform proposals for the country’s security and justice sectors. Based on earlier discussions of the current state and needs of individual sectors, working groups offered reform proposals with implementation timelines of up to 24 months. Continue Reading »
15 April 2008
CAR’s security sector reform seminar concluded its second session on Tuesday, completing presentations on the state of the country’s security and justice services and breaking into working groups focused on initial reform proposals. Continue Reading »
14 April 2008
The Central African Republic launched its historic four-day seminar on security sector reform today in the Bangui Sports Complex conference rooms. President François Bozizé officially opened the seminar, accompanied by National SSR Committee President General Antoine Gambi, Prime Minister Faustin Touadéra and UNDP Resident Representative Toby Lanzer. Presentations were delivered by members of the National SSR Preparatory Committee and by national experts, focusing chiefly on the current state of the following sub-sectors: Continue Reading »
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) will launch an historic, four-day seminar on security sector reform on Monday (14 April 2008), demonstrating the country’s willingness to move beyond its tumultuous past and advance the development objectives set out in its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Continue Reading »
The UN System in CAR held a series of public information days earlier this week at the Alliance Française in Bangui, culminating in United Nations Day on Wednesday, October 24. The public was invited to visit stands set up by most UN agencies, ask questions and debate agency representatives, as well as attend presentations on UN activities in the country.
Following the Development Partner Consultation in June 2007, the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) is preparing for its next milestone meeting. President Bozizé and Prime Minister Doté will present the country’s first poverty reduction strategy on October 26 during a round table meeting in Brussels. Many international organizations and donor countries will be present to discuss development and reconstruction plans for the years 2008 to 2010.
On 26 June 2007, 14 countries and 18 international and international financial organizations met for a first consultation of development partners on the situation in the Central African Republic. This meeting will be followed by a wider donor round table in October 2007.
During the consultation, the CAR Government presented its reconstruction strategy for the landlocked, conflict- and debt-burdened country. Government representatives also illustrated the current situation in a number of sectors, such as economy and finance, security sector reform, infrastructure, gender, education, health, rural development.
All documents and presentations for the conference can be accessed at www.car-conference.net. For the government’s reconstruction strategy see the presentation by Sylvain Maliko, Minister of Economics, Plan and International Cooperation, below.
About HDPT Central African Republic
The Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT) unites all organizations working to alleviate the humanitarian and development crisis in the Central African Republic: United Nations agencies, the Red Cross Movement, NGOs and other organizations. For more information, visit About HDPT CAR or email us at info[at]hdptcar.net
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14 April 2008
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) will launch an historic, four-day seminar on security sector reform on Monday (14 April 2008), demonstrating the country’s willingness to move beyond its tumultuous past and advance the development objectives set out in its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. 
The UN System in CAR held a series of public information days earlier this week at the Alliance Française in Bangui, culminating in United Nations Day on Wednesday, October 24. The public was invited to visit stands set up by most UN agencies, ask questions and debate agency representatives, as well as attend presentations on UN activities in the country.
Following the Development Partner Consultation in June 2007, the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) is preparing for its next milestone meeting. President Bozizé and Prime Minister Doté will present the country’s first poverty reduction strategy on October 26 during a round table meeting in Brussels. Many international organizations and donor countries will be present to discuss development and reconstruction plans for the years 2008 to 2010.
