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We build the capacity of young civic actors and their organisations in Sudan, and produce practical knowledge they use in the field: guides, a journal and articles.

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Guide to Protecting Humanitarian Responders and Strengthening Their Role in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
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In the field with civil actors

Workshops, consultations and training with young people, women and their organisations, from Khartoum and Tawila to Kampala.

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Knowledge-building workshops, Kampala, June 2024
From the initiative’s work in Tawila, North Darfur, 2021
Training young people from Darfur, Khartoum, 2022
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Issue 1 · June 2026
Darfur: Context and Insights
Special file: Social cohesion
Journal · Latest issue

In this issue

17 pieces by 12 researchers, including 7 policy papers you can read interactively (in Arabic).

  1. 05FrameworkSocial cohesion strategy: Darfur 2030
  2. 11PolicyPlace-based humanitarian response: El Fasher
  3. 13Working paperInstitutionalising Judiya in Tawila
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Projects

Project details
CompletedFebruary – July 2025

Darfur civil society consultations

El Fasher · Nyala · Ed Daein · El Geneina · Zalingei

Safety protocols, a good-practice guide and a peer network for Emergency Response Room volunteers.

79 participants · 20 interviews · 60 surveys
CompletedJune 2024

Knowledge-building workshops for youth organisations

Kampala, Uganda

Three days on human rights, resilience and context analysis, and a database of actors across the five states.

40 civic actors · 24 organisations and initiatives
Halted by the warUntil April 2023

Assessing development indicators in Darfur

Tawila locality, North Darfur

A pilot model for intervention priorities, with the Economic and Social Research Bureau.

Stopped when the war broke out on 15 April
Completed2021 – 2022

Building the capacity of fifty young people

Khartoum

Strategic management, proposal writing, volunteer management, leadership and negotiation.

50 young women and men · 12 training days
In developmentObservatory Darfur Social Cohesion Observatory Share what you see in your area, or answer five questions on the cohesion pulse. The Institute verifies every contribution before it counts. Enter and take part
Now fundingRecovery Fund Darfur Recovery Fund Now funding grassroots groups: emergency rooms, women’s groups and peace committees. Apply for your initiative directly, or support the Fund. Visit the Fund
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projects in Darfur, Khartoum and Kampala
5
Darfur states
160+
responders consulted for the protection manual
40
civic actors in the Kampala workshops

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