Northern Uganda Peace Initiative

PADCO is currently bringing expertise to the Government of Uganda (GOU) to help facilitate the negotiation of peace with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). In particular, the NUPI team will guide the President's Peace Team (PPT) and/or others designated by President Museveni by developing a strategy and an organizational and management plan for the PPT to engage the LRA effectively.

The NUPI team's first priority is to explore, coordinate, and assist the PPT in negotiating ways to provide humanitarian relief to the people of Northern Uganda.

Thereafter, the team's priorities are to:

• prepare the PPT for their first meeting with the LRA by providing technical assistance and training to assist the GOU's negotiating team in devising
  
  
• a strategy for engaging the LRA effectively; review past peace initiatives and assist the President's Peace Team or other designated agencies or officials in understanding and internalizing the lessons from these past peace efforts;
  
  
• develop Terms of Reference for the PPT and its members, which will include results to be achieved, a strategy for achieving those results, activities and operational procedures, monitoring and evaluation procedures to determine if results are being achieved and lessons internalized, administrative support, and an operational budget for the next two years;
  
  
• train/coach PPT members in structured conflict resolution and negotiation; and
  
  
• assist the PPT and other GOU officials in understanding the LRA leadership's psychological make-up, as well as the spiritual aspect of Joseph Kony's and the LRA's power base.

For further information, please contact Cynthia Irmer, cirmer@padcoinc.com, +1.202.944.2564.