On June 10, 2023, the RESICOM project organized a theater forum on land conflict management for the people of the villages of Koéna, Sokongo and Ouarkoye in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. It was an opportunity to raise awareness of the sources of land conflicts, and to remind and encourage the use of endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms. The synopsis of the forum speaks of “a land conflict between a non-native population and the landowners of a village. The conflict has degenerated to such an extent as to divide the village in two. As the season sets in, the protagonists threaten to destroy the crops. To counter this, the RESICOM project coordinator meets with village resource persons to resolve the conflict, drawing on endogenous conflict management mechanisms such as village land conciliation commissions (CCFV), village natural resource management consultation frameworks (CCVR) and local peace committees (CLP)”.
As a reminder, this activity is part of RESICOM project Output 3.2: “Communities in project intervention regions use community frameworks (CLP, CCFV) for conflict management”. Studies show that women and young people are poorly involved in conflict management, and populations are not sufficiently aware of shared resource management. The project aims to address this problem through a range of activities:
- Strengthen the capacities of 300 leaders of women’s and youth organizations on themes related to social cohesion for awareness-raising activities: 200 women and 100 young leaders who will be strengthened by the project will raise awareness among 30,000 people, including 3,000 IDPs;
- Raising awareness of peace and social cohesion issues through 80 theatrical forums, 36 radio broadcasts (which have the advantage of reaching populations even in inaccessible areas) and 04 “regional community days”. These community days help to bring communities closer together, and foster better integration of IDPs into host communities through the intercultural and kinship activities they promote.
Forum theaters attract large audiences
