The Peaceful and Resilient Borderlands Programme (PRBP) is a regional initiative aimed at addressing the interconnected challenges facing borderland communities across the IGAD region. These communities continue to grapple with recurring conflict, climate-related shocks, weak governance systems, and socio-economic marginalization, all of which undermine stability, resilience, and sustainable development.
Through an integrated and conflict-sensitive approach, the programme seeks to reduce the impact of local conflicts while strengthening the resilience of communities living in border areas.
Encourage partnerships between border communities to share resources, address common challenges, and build stronger regional ties.
Economic recovery
Enhanced access to income generating opportunities and shared natural resources for borderlands community members
Social Cohesion
Enhanced capacities of formal and informal cross border stakeholders in conflict prevention and management and social cohesion building with a particular focus on women and youth.
Thematic Areas
The Peaceful and Resilient Borderlands Programme (PRBP) addresses the interconnected drivers of fragility, conflict, and vulnerability across the IGAD borderlands through four integrated thematic areas.
This thematic area focuses on strengthening cross-border coordination mechanisms, conflict prevention systems, and early warning structures across the IGAD borderlands.
This thematic area focuses On strengthening awareness, understanding, and implementation of IGAD cross-border policies, protocols, and cooperation frameworks ...
Effective coordination, knowledge sharing, and institutional collaboration are central to achieving sustainable cross-border peacebuilding and resilience outcomes.
The project area comprises of three specific cross-border clusters of Karamoja, Moyale Moyale and Mandera triangle in the countries of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and Kenya. These four countries form a significant part of the Horn of Africa, with all four countries being member states of IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development). ✓ Karamoja Cluster (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan), ✓ Moyale-Moyale Cluster (Ethiopia, Kenya) and ✓ Mandera triangle Cluster (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia)
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"To live in Africa’s borderlands is to recognize the strength of our people and harness it to build peace and resilience for generations to come."
-MARY GORETTY-
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IGAD inducts Cross-Border Development Facilitation Coordinators to Strengthen Peace and Resilience in Borderlands
Nairobi, Kenya – 03 July 2026: Strengthened cross-border coordination, improved conflict prevention systems, enhanced use...
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Co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and implemented by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) in partnership with IGAD.
