| The overarching goal of the TDRP is to promote peace and security in the Great Lakes region, which in turn will create the right conditions for stability and development.
The program has the following goals:
1. Provide technical support for the implementation of existing demobilization and reintegration (D&R) programs in the Great Lakes region.
2. Expand D&R coverage by providing emergency financing for new D&R operations or ongoing programs with funding gaps; and
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3. Facilitate dialogue, information exchange and learning on D&R to address the regional aspects of conflict, improve the quality of D&R efforts, strengthen coordination on policy and programming, and generate lessons for future programs.
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The TDRP is based on the following guiding principles:
- Country ownership of DDR programs: Countries of the Great Lakes region lead the D&R efforts that the TDRP and other development partners support.
- Reintegration of ex-combatants into civilian life: The TDRP supports social and economic reintegration – defined as the process through which formerly disenfranchised ex-combatants are reincorporated into, and accepted by, mainstream society as community members.
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- Phasing out of DDR in the Great Lakes: The TDRP assists governments in the region to phase out of, and transition from, DDR to broader recovery and development programs that benefit communities and war-affected populations.
- Inter-organizational harmonization: The TDRP supports collaboration among key actors in the Great Lakes region with a view to harmonizing approaches, reducing duplication of efforts, creating synergies and building on comparative advantages of organizations involved in different aspects of D&R.
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