"Focusing on the case study of Mosul, the session discusses the role of development actors in addressing local fractures within a country that are aggravated by protracted conflict." 

Understanding and efficiently managing these local dynamics and historical grievances are essential in order to forge a path for the country or the community experiencing conflict toward sustainable peace. 

Mosul, a city in Iraq with a previous population of approximately 1.4 million, has experienced widespread destruction of public and private infrastructure during its liberation from the IS in July 2017. The objective of a GIZ project is to strengthen the resilience of returnees, internally displaced persons and host communities of the districts Mosul and Hamdaniya. To achieve this, basic public social infrastructure is rehabilitated and income generating measures as well as interventions contributing to peaceful coexistence and peacebuilding are implemented. By addressing these three fields of activity in a singular approach, the physical reconstruction of social infrastructure in the areas of education and health is directly linked to the improvement of social cohesion (peacebuilding).

An example on how transitional development assistance strengthens the resilience of affected people and institutions in Nineveh, Iraq, has been provided by the funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and is available here.

This session is part of the Fragility Forum 2020 Virtual Series and draws from the messages and recommendations of the Building for Peace Report.