Information and referral service and provincial fund (IRS/PF) for the reintegration of demobilized soldiers in Mozambique : internal review of activities -- final report

The IRS provides counseling and assistance to the demobilized and is implemented by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The PF provides funding for projects and is implemented by IOM (northern and southern regions) and by the Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (in the central region). With the aid of flexible mechanisms and well documented administrative procedures, the PF started up rapidly and attended to a large number of demobilized soldiers in a relatively short period of time, reaching all quantitative targets for PF implementation, including numbers of demobilized soldiers reached, delivery rate on budget expenditures, and average expenditures per demobilized soldier. In sum, about 20% of all demobilized soldiers (close to 10,000) have participated in over 650 PF projects in 6 provinces. Also, demobilized soldiers represent more than half of the participants in PF projects, thus meeting or exceeding the 50% demobilized solider inclusion criterion for PF funding. Implementing agencies have by and large been successful in completing their projects. Collaboration with partner organizations has generally been productive and successful. According to their own accounts and those of various stakeholders contacted during the assessment, the majority of demobilized soldiers in Mozambique consider themselves as successfully reintegrated soldiers or as civilians. (Author abstract, modified)