Reintegration of War-Affected Youth and Children in Post-Conflict Settings: A framework for intervention programmes

The present paper is an attempt to understand the complex issues involved in rebuilding educational systems in post-conflict settings and to draw a framework for intervention programmes aimed at supporting educational reconstruction efforts. As an emerging area of action, post-conflict educational reconstruction still needs to be substantiated and studied. Although prepared and implemented at the country level, intervention programmes could have a sub-regional umbrella for overall coordination, financing and sharing of experiences. This umbrella could integrate or go in parallel with, for example, the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (MDRP) for the Great Lakes Region in Africa, or elsewhere. This approach is justified by the similarities of certain issues related to adolescents and children who took part in armed conflicts and, to the urgent need to demobilize and reintegrate them.