Traditional Governance Researcher Study Tender, Solomon Islands - 41980979

Procurement Summary

Country : Solomon Islands

Summary : Traditional Governance Researcher Study

Deadline : 15 Apr 2020

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 41980979

Document Ref. No. : 64724

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Honiara
Solomon Islands

Tender Details

Significant progress has been achieved in the post-conflict peacebuilding and state building processes. The key areas in these processes are the Townsville Peace Agreement between the warring parties, a national reconciliation program that deals with issues directly and indirectly related to the civil unrest of 1998 to 2003, the law and order and institutional rebuilding and strengthening efforts by the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission`s work, and the post-TRC activities and efforts. Much of the programs that directly relate to the above, particularly reconciliation have already been dealt with considerable achievement. This provides the policy impetus to focus more on conflict management and prevention and building the capacities of both formal and informal institutions to be able in dealing with conflict management, prevention and the pursuant of conflict sensitive socio-economic development.In this manner successive governments, including the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) have seen the importance of strengthening and formalising local governance in rural areas. This gives rise to the Traditional Governance Policy, which is deemed part of the fundamental reform program of DCGA.This is not a new realisation by successive and the current governments, but traditional leaders all over the country over the years, even during the early years after independence, have put it to successive governments that local governance at the periphery must be formally recognised to support and compliment the work of formal governance.This call was formally reinforced through the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee on the work of RAMSI in 2009. This Report is the basis for the Traditional Governance Policy which is currently being implemented. Besides, the Peace and Conflict related Development Analysis (PCDA) conducted in 2004 also noted that higher levels of violence have occurred in areas in Solom...

Documents

 Tender Notice