The validation was held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel. The project is being led by the Ministry of Interior and the Office of the President alongside the West Africa Network for Peace building The Gambia and UNDP.
The project intervention seeks to highlight non-coordinated and ad-hoc nature of conflict prevention and peace building mechanism in the country.
At the validation ceremony, Assan Tangara, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Interior, who deputised for the minister, recalled that in 2013, the UNDP defined infrastructure for peace as a network of interdependent system, resources, values and skills gathered by government, Civil Societies, communities and institutions to promote dialogue and consultations to prevent conflict through peaceful mediation in areas where violence occurs at any given time.
“ It’s our responsibility as peace advocates to ensure that everyone lives safe and secured environment without fear or threat of violence and any other forms of violence not tolerated by law or their traditional norms and practices.”
Alhagie Ababucarr Cham, chairman of the Technical Working Group, expressed hope that the long awaited structure, as expressed by Gambians during the recent WANEP conducted regional consultation in The Gambia specific infrastructure for peace, would decisively enhance their capability to deal positively, with a huge sense of togetherness and in peace.
Aissata De, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), informed that UN have come a long way towards promoting initiatives that has led to the establishment of the I4P since 2018, adding that its partners have also conducted the 2019 conflict and development analysis, which she said, identified conflict drivers and peace engines. This, she added, has triggered the design of several UN PBF projects in The Gambia.
Dr Makie Taal, vice chancellor for American International University for West Africa (AIUWA) in The Gambia has announced the expansion and introduction of new courses in the university to give access to more Gambians and non-Gambians alike to pursue professional studies.
A young Gambian author Muhammad Laity Badjan has recently launched his first book titled ‘The Government and Society of the Day’.
The National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) will today, Monday 17 August 2020 continue the first phase of its ‘Nafa Quick’ package meant to support Gambia government mitigate the coronavirus as well as help 83,000 households across the country.
In a move to augment the mobility strength of the Ministry of Health in ensuring quality health delivery, Riders for Health (RFH) The Gambia recently handed over (30) new motorcycles to the Ministry of Health (MoH) at a ceremony held at its Kanifing headquarters.
