This working paper explores reinsertion and reintegration processes and how these connect (or are expected to connect) with donor-led strategies for post-conflict reconstruction and long-term development. DDR has long been recognised as essential for post-conflict stability, but in the 2000s, there has been emphasis on enhancing the linkages between short-term, time-bound DDR process and long-term reconstruction and development programmes and processes in post-conflict states. The importance of situating reintegration into the wider context of long-term development has been stressed by the UN, whose best practice guidelines emphasise that reintegration should: 'support a broader national strategic plan for reconciliation, reconstruction and development.' This does not suggest a restructuring of DDR activities, which aim to establish an environment conducive to long-term economic development rather than fostering long-term development, but a bridging of short- and long-term agendas.

A reinserção social é um processo contínuo que pressupõe o anterior pertencimento de uma pessoa a uma sociedade, pessoa esta que, após privação dessa vida social, retornará ao seu convívio por meio de \"reeducação\", \"reintegração\" e \"ressocialização\". Entende-se que o processo de reinserção social do egresso do sistema penitenciário tem seu início desde o momento de aprisionamento e se estende no contexto de liberdade. Tal processo tem encontrado entraves em seu desenvolvimento, constatados no alto índice de reincidência prisional. O presente trabalho pretendeu compreender o processo de reinserção social, seus entraves e facilitadores na visão de egressos do sistema penitenciário e de técnicos das Centrais de Atenção ao Egresso e Família (CAEFs) da região noroeste do estado de São Paulo. O trabalho adotou o método de estudo qualitativo exploratório-descritivo de campo, realizado com 9 técnicos das CAEFs e 13 egressos do sistema prisional. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, nos meses de março, abril e maio de 2018 e analisados de acordo com a técnica de análise temática indutiva. A análise foi realizada sob o referencial teórico de Urie Bronfenbrenner (teoria bioecológica). Os resultados da análise temática indutiva dos egressos constituíram três categorias: 1) Os reveses da reinserção social no contexto de encarceramento na visão dos egressos; 2) Os reveses da reinserção social no contexto de liberdade na visão dos egressos; 3) Facilitadores da reinserção social na visão dos egressos. Os principais reveses em contexto de encarceramento apontados foram: abuso de poder, falta de estrutura física e humana, negligência, alianças negativas e efeitos do tempo no contexto de encarceramento. No contexto de liberdade, os reveses apontados foram: falta de direitos, de trabalho e rede social. Como facilitadores aparecem: família, religião e características pessoais. Os resultados da análise temática indutiva dos técnicos constituíram outras três categorias: 1) Os reveses da reinserção social no contexto de encarceramento na visão dos técnicos; 2) Os reveses da reinserção social no contexto de liberdade na visão dos técnicos; 3) Facilitadores da reinserção social na visão dos técnicos. Como principais achados no contexto de encarceramento, mencionaram-se os reveses: falta de recursos físicos, humanos e falta de projetos. No contexto de liberdade: A sociedade (macrossistema) produtora de violência estrutural e mantenedora do preconceito e estigma, falta de recursos físicos e humanos nos CAEFs para o desenvolvimento do trabalho. Como facilitadores, foram apontados a família e o CAEF, este como um lugar em desenvolvimento. Consideramos, a partir das análises, que o processo da reinserção social não pode ser compreendido apenas em uma perspectiva, ele é multifatorial. A reinserção não acontece apenas por um microssistema - trabalho, religião ou família. Estes são facilitadores, mas a reinserção social parte de uma mudança macrossistêmica, um guarda-chuva maior que resguarda todos os outros contextos em interação / Social reintegration is a continuous process that presupposes a person\'s previous belonging to a society, a person who, after being deprived of that social life, will return to his or her life through \"reeducation\", \"reintegration\" and \"resocialization\". It is understood that the process of social reinsertion of the egress from the penitentiary system has its beginning from the moment of imprisonment and extends in the context of freedom. This process has found obstacles in its development, verified in the high rate of prison recidivism. The present work aimed to understand the process of social reintegration, its obstacles and facilitators in the view of prisoners from the penitentiary system and technicians of the Centers of Attention to the Egress and Family (CAEF) in the northwest region of the state of São Paulo. The study adopted the qualitative exploratory-descriptive field study method, carried out with 9 technicians from CAEFs and 13 graduates from the prison system. The data were collected through a semistructured interview in the months of March, April and May of 2018 and analyzed according to the technique of thematic inductive analysis. The analysis was carried out under the theoretical reference of Urie Bronfenbrenner (bioecological theory). The results of the inductive thematic analysis of the egresses constituted three categories: 1) The setbacks of social reintegration in the context of imprisonment in the view of the egresses; 2) The setbacks of social reintegration in the context of freedom in the view of the egresses; 3) Facilitators of social reintegration in the view of the egresses. The main setbacks identified were: abuse of power, lack of physical and human structure, neglect, negative alliances and the effects of time in the context of incarceration. In the context of freedom, the setbacks were: lack of rights, work and social network. As facilitators appear: family, religion and personal characteristics. The results of the inductive thematic analysis of the technicians constituted three other categories: 1) The setbacks of social reintegration in the context of imprisonment in the view of technicians; 2) The setbacks of social reintegration in the context of freedom in the view of technicians; 3) Facilitators of social reintegration in the view of technicians. The main findings in the context of incarceration were the setbacks: lack of physical resources, human resources, and lack of projects. In the context of freedom: The society (macrosystem) that produces structural violence and maintains the prejudice and stigma, lack of physical and human resources in the CAEFs for the development of the work. As facilitators, the family and the CAEF were named as a place of development. We consider, from the analysis, that the process of social reintegration cannot be understood only in one perspective, it is multifactorial. Reinsertion does not happen only through a microsystem - work, religion or family. These are facilitators, but social reinsertion is part of a macrosystemic shift, a larger umbrella that shelters all other contexts in interaction

The northern region of Uganda has been plagued by violent conflict for over two decades. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been waging war against the current government of Uganda under the leadership of President Museveni. The Acholi community resident in the North of Uganda has been most affected by this war. In recent years however Northern Uganda has enjoyed relative calm following an agreement for the cessation of hostilities between the LRA and the government to allow for peace talks. Following the anticipated end of this conflict, the international community, the government and local organisations have engaged in a number of interventions and mechanisms that would assist in peace building. A fundamental intervention that has been formulated and administered to this end is the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme for the ex-LRA combatants. The DDR process has had the sole objective of enabling formerly abducted children to transform their lives from violence into civility and community. It has been the premise that if this transformation were to occur then societies could be made peaceful. There has been growing support for these programmes but there has been very little analysis done of the utility of these programmes and the consequential impacts that these programmes have on the local indigenous communities. Though well intentioned, there is much work to be done to assess the utility and success of reintegration initiatives in granting the formerly abducted children and local populations' lifestyles that are reasonably free from fear and want.

Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) have become a key component of the postconflict peacebuilding orthodoxy. Therefore, this study evaluates the efficacy of Amnesty, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (ADDR) in conflict prevention and resolution using the 2009 Niger Delta ADDR programme as a case study. The study evaluated the effectiveness of the programme using the minimalist and maximalist framework advanced in the DDR literature. The key findings and conclusions of the Study were that a minimalist DDR would only achieve security stabilisation and return excombatants to the status quo- ante society with all the pre-conflict grievances unaddressed thereby bequeathing a high potential of relapse to violence. Furthermore, for DDR to be an effective conflict prevention and resolution mechanism and postconflict peacebuilding force, its conceptualisation, design and implementation must be maximalist in nature with a transformative agenda that aims to address the roots causes of violence.

Nesta dissertação apresenta-se a pesquisa realizada junto a Vara de Execução das Penas e Medidas Alternativas (VEPMA) da Comarca de Porto Alegre/RS, responsável pela execução da prestação de serviços à comunidade. Discute-se o impacto dessa pena/medida alternativa na vida dos seus destinatários, buscando-se privilegiar o seu ponto de vista. O estudo é qualitativo e os dados foram coletados com a combinação de diferentes fontes: observação participante junto à equipe técnica da VEPMA, análise de documentos institucionais, questionário aplicado às entidades conveniadas ao Poder Judiciário e estudo de caso de uma dessas entidades, que reuniu observação participante e entrevistas com dirigentes e prestadores de serviços. Os dados são analisados e interpretados mediante leitura abrangente do real, composta por elementos históricos, sociais, jurídicos, econômicos, políticos e culturais, que perpassam e configuram o complexo fenômeno da prestação de serviços à comunidade. O olhar lançado sobre essa realidade, contudo, não procede a uma leitura totalizante, mas procura recuperar a dimensão do sujeito, permitindo identificar os sentidos atribuídos, as possibilidades e os limites dessa pena/medida alternativa como forma de educação, responsabilização e (re)inserção social. A pesquisa revela a importância das entidades conveniadas como contextos privilegiados, nos quais a prestação de serviços à comunidade ocorre, mediante as múltiplas interações entre os diversos atores envolvidos, favorecendo a socialização e a vivência de processos educativos. Nesse ambiente, os prestadores têm a possibilidade de estabelecer vínculos, sentirem-se úteis, aceitos e integrados, superando a noção de estigma que carregam os sujeitos que cumprem pena/medida. O estudo aponta os desafios da (re)inserção social e da responsabilização dos cumpridores, procurando lançar luzes ao aperfeiçoamento do trabalho. Conclui-se que a prestação de serviços à comunidade se revela um profícuo campo de possibilidades de transformação dos sujeitos, podendo contribuir para o desenvolvimento humano e sua felicidade, objetivos fundamentais da educação. / This paper presents the research carried out at the Court for the Execution of Penalties and Alternative Writs (VEPMA) of the County of Porto Alegre - RS that is responsible for the execution of the services to be rendered to the community. The discussion approaches the impact of this penalty/alternative measure on the life of their addressees taking their point of view into consideration. It is a qualitative study and the data were collected through the combination of different sources: participative observation close to the VEPMA technical staff, analysis of institutional documents, questionnaire applied to the entities covenant with the Judiciary Power and case study of one of these entities that gathered participative observation and interviews with the controllers and subjects that render services. The data are analyzed and interpreted by means of a broad reading of the real scenario, composed by historical, social, legal, economic, political and cultural elements that permeate and configure the complex phenomenon of rendering services to the community. Nevertheless, the glance launched into this reality does not proceed a whole reading but it searches to recover the dimension of the subject, that allows identifying the attributed senses, the possibilities and the limits of this penalty/alternative measure as a way of education, taking over responsibility and social (re)insertion. The research reveals the importance of the covenant entities as privileged contexts where rendering of services to the community occurs by means of multiple interactions among the several involved actors, by favoring the socialization and the experience of educative processes. Within this environment, the subjects who render the services have the possibility of establishing bonds, feeling themselves useful, accepted and integrated, overcoming the stigma notion that they carry upon serving penalty/measure. The study points out the challenges of the social (re)insertion and responsibility charge of the servers in the search of launching lights to the work improvement. The conclusion drawn is that rendering services to the community reveals itself as a rich field of possibilities for the transformation of the subjects being able to contribute for the human development and joy, the fundamental objectives of education.

Nesta dissertação apresenta-se a pesquisa realizada junto a Vara de Execução das Penas e Medidas Alternativas (VEPMA) da Comarca de Porto Alegre/RS, responsável pela execução da prestação de serviços à comunidade. Discute-se o impacto dessa pena/medida alternativa na vida dos seus destinatários, buscando-se privilegiar o seu ponto de vista. O estudo é qualitativo e os dados foram coletados com a combinação de diferentes fontes: observação participante junto à equipe técnica da VEPMA, análise de documentos institucionais, questionário aplicado às entidades conveniadas ao Poder Judiciário e estudo de caso de uma dessas entidades, que reuniu observação participante e entrevistas com dirigentes e prestadores de serviços. Os dados são analisados e interpretados mediante leitura abrangente do real, composta por elementos históricos, sociais, jurídicos, econômicos, políticos e culturais, que perpassam e configuram o complexo fenômeno da prestação de serviços à comunidade. O olhar lançado sobre essa realidade, contudo, não procede a uma leitura totalizante, mas procura recuperar a dimensão do sujeito, permitindo identificar os sentidos atribuídos, as possibilidades e os limites dessa pena/medida alternativa como forma de educação, responsabilização e (re)inserção social. A pesquisa revela a importância das entidades conveniadas como contextos privilegiados, nos quais a prestação de serviços à comunidade ocorre, mediante as múltiplas interações entre os diversos atores envolvidos, favorecendo a socialização e a vivência de processos educativos. Nesse ambiente, os prestadores têm a possibilidade de estabelecer vínculos, sentirem-se úteis, aceitos e integrados, superando a noção de estigma que carregam os sujeitos que cumprem pena/medida. O estudo aponta os desafios da (re)inserção social e da responsabilização dos cumpridores, procurando lançar luzes ao aperfeiçoamento do trabalho. Conclui-se que a prestação de serviços à comunidade se revela um profícuo campo de possibilidades de transformação dos sujeitos, podendo contribuir para o desenvolvimento humano e sua felicidade, objetivos fundamentais da educação. / This paper presents the research carried out at the Court for the Execution of Penalties and Alternative Writs (VEPMA) of the County of Porto Alegre - RS that is responsible for the execution of the services to be rendered to the community. The discussion approaches the impact of this penalty/alternative measure on the life of their addressees taking their point of view into consideration. It is a qualitative study and the data were collected through the combination of different sources: participative observation close to the VEPMA technical staff, analysis of institutional documents, questionnaire applied to the entities covenant with the Judiciary Power and case study of one of these entities that gathered participative observation and interviews with the controllers and subjects that render services. The data are analyzed and interpreted by means of a broad reading of the real scenario, composed by historical, social, legal, economic, political and cultural elements that permeate and configure the complex phenomenon of rendering services to the community. Nevertheless, the glance launched into this reality does not proceed a whole reading but it searches to recover the dimension of the subject, that allows identifying the attributed senses, the possibilities and the limits of this penalty/alternative measure as a way of education, taking over responsibility and social (re)insertion. The research reveals the importance of the covenant entities as privileged contexts where rendering of services to the community occurs by means of multiple interactions among the several involved actors, by favoring the socialization and the experience of educative processes. Within this environment, the subjects who render the services have the possibility of establishing bonds, feeling themselves useful, accepted and integrated, overcoming the stigma notion that they carry upon serving penalty/measure. The study points out the challenges of the social (re)insertion and responsibility charge of the servers in the search of launching lights to the work improvement. The conclusion drawn is that rendering services to the community reveals itself as a rich field of possibilities for the transformation of the subjects being able to contribute for the human development and joy, the fundamental objectives of education.

Nesta dissertação apresenta-se a pesquisa realizada junto a Vara de Execução das Penas e Medidas Alternativas (VEPMA) da Comarca de Porto Alegre/RS, responsável pela execução da prestação de serviços à comunidade. Discute-se o impacto dessa pena/medida alternativa na vida dos seus destinatários, buscando-se privilegiar o seu ponto de vista. O estudo é qualitativo e os dados foram coletados com a combinação de diferentes fontes: observação participante junto à equipe técnica da VEPMA, análise de documentos institucionais, questionário aplicado às entidades conveniadas ao Poder Judiciário e estudo de caso de uma dessas entidades, que reuniu observação participante e entrevistas com dirigentes e prestadores de serviços. Os dados são analisados e interpretados mediante leitura abrangente do real, composta por elementos históricos, sociais, jurídicos, econômicos, políticos e culturais, que perpassam e configuram o complexo fenômeno da prestação de serviços à comunidade. O olhar lançado sobre essa realidade, contudo, não procede a uma leitura totalizante, mas procura recuperar a dimensão do sujeito, permitindo identificar os sentidos atribuídos, as possibilidades e os limites dessa pena/medida alternativa como forma de educação, responsabilização e (re)inserção social. A pesquisa revela a importância das entidades conveniadas como contextos privilegiados, nos quais a prestação de serviços à comunidade ocorre, mediante as múltiplas interações entre os diversos atores envolvidos, favorecendo a socialização e a vivência de processos educativos. Nesse ambiente, os prestadores têm a possibilidade de estabelecer vínculos, sentirem-se úteis, aceitos e integrados, superando a noção de estigma que carregam os sujeitos que cumprem pena/medida. O estudo aponta os desafios da (re)inserção social e da responsabilização dos cumpridores, procurando lançar luzes ao aperfeiçoamento do trabalho. Conclui-se que a prestação de serviços à comunidade se revela um profícuo campo de possibilidades de transformação dos sujeitos, podendo contribuir para o desenvolvimento humano e sua felicidade, objetivos fundamentais da educação. / This paper presents the research carried out at the Court for the Execution of Penalties and Alternative Writs (VEPMA) of the County of Porto Alegre - RS that is responsible for the execution of the services to be rendered to the community. The discussion approaches the impact of this penalty/alternative measure on the life of their addressees taking their point of view into consideration. It is a qualitative study and the data were collected through the combination of different sources: participative observation close to the VEPMA technical staff, analysis of institutional documents, questionnaire applied to the entities covenant with the Judiciary Power and case study of one of these entities that gathered participative observation and interviews with the controllers and subjects that render services. The data are analyzed and interpreted by means of a broad reading of the real scenario, composed by historical, social, legal, economic, political and cultural elements that permeate and configure the complex phenomenon of rendering services to the community. Nevertheless, the glance launched into this reality does not proceed a whole reading but it searches to recover the dimension of the subject, that allows identifying the attributed senses, the possibilities and the limits of this penalty/alternative measure as a way of education, taking over responsibility and social (re)insertion. The research reveals the importance of the covenant entities as privileged contexts where rendering of services to the community occurs by means of multiple interactions among the several involved actors, by favoring the socialization and the experience of educative processes. Within this environment, the subjects who render the services have the possibility of establishing bonds, feeling themselves useful, accepted and integrated, overcoming the stigma notion that they carry upon serving penalty/measure. The study points out the challenges of the social (re)insertion and responsibility charge of the servers in the search of launching lights to the work improvement. The conclusion drawn is that rendering services to the community reveals itself as a rich field of possibilities for the transformation of the subjects being able to contribute for the human development and joy, the fundamental objectives of education.

A la Maison d’Arrêt de Fresnes, on fait pratiquer le karaté aux détenus. Si les bienfaits du sport en prison sont un principe admis, qu’en est-il des effets pédagogiques de la pratique d'un sport de combat en milieu carcéral ? L’analyse des conduites motrices agressives en karaté, vérifiera si cette pratique apporte une régulation des affects, en comparant 188 observations réalisées en milieu associatif et 77 en détention. Ces observations discriminent l’agressivité licite, sur une échelle de valeurs graduées de -2 à 2 (sur la base d'indicateurs comportementaux objectifs annonciateurs du degré d'agressivité). Bousculant des idées reçues, les résultats révèlent que les karatékas associatifs (KA) sont plus agressifs – sur le plan « praxique » (1,71, écart-type = 0,58) et « kinésique » (1,42, é-t = 0,81) - que les karatékas détenus (KD) – respectivement 0,86, é-t = 1,17 et 0,3, é-t = 1,08. De leur côté, les processus de civilité s’expriment sur des moyennes de -2,00 pour les KA contre -0,81 pour les KD. Le karaté peut-il alors avoir une place en prison comme activité sportive ? La réponse semble affirmative. Sous réserve de processus ré-éducatif global, cette activité ne pouvant cependant garantir par elle-même solutionner le problème de la réinsertion. / At the Detention center of Fresnes, some prisoners go in for karate. If the benefits of sport in prison are an accepted principle, what about educational effects of the practice of a combat sport in prison? The analysis of sports practice aggressiveness in karate will verify if this activity brings a regulation of affects, by comparing 188 observations realized in associative environment and 77 in detention. These observations discriminate licit aggressiveness, on a scale of gradual values from 2 to 2 (on the basis of warning objective behavioral indicators of the degree of aggressiveness). Pushing aside preconceived ideas, the results reveal that the associative karateka (AK) is more aggressive - on the plan "praxique" (1,71, standard deviation = 0,58) and "kinesique" (1,42, s-d = 0,81) - than the prisoner karateka (PK) - respectively 0,86, s-d = 1,17 and 0,3, s-d = 1,08. On their side, the processes of civility express themselves on averages of -2,00 for the AK against -0,81 for the PK. Can the karate then have a place in prison as sports activity? The answer seems affirmative. Subject to global rehabilitation process, this activity can not however guarantee by itself to resolve the problem of the reintegration.

The Northern region of Uganda has been plagued by violent conflict for over two decades. The Lord¿s Resistance Army (LRA) has been waging war against the current government of Uganda under the leadership of President Museveni. The Acholi community resident in the North of Uganda has been most affected by this war. In recent years however Northern Uganda has enjoyed relative calm following an agreement for the cessation of hostilities between the LRA and the government to allow for peace talks. Following the anticipated end of this conflict, the international community, the government and local organisations have engaged in a number of interventions and mechanisms that would assist in peace building. A fundamental intervention that has been formulated and administered to this end is the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme for the ex-LRA combatants. The DDR process has had the sole objective of enabling formerly abducted children to transform their lives from violence into civility and community. It has been the premise that if this transformation were to occur then societies could be made peaceful. There has been growing support for these programmes but there has been very little analysis done of the utility of these programmes and the consequential impacts that these programmes have on the local indigenous communities. Though well intentioned, there is much work to be done to assess the utility and success of reintegration initiatives in granting the formerly abducted children and local populations¿ lifestyles that are reasonably free from fear and want. / John & Elnora Ferguson Trust

The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants constitutes one of the most crucial activities in a post-conflict peacebuilding context with important effects upon the wider transitional process from war to peace. The efficient implementation of DDR programmes can reassure belligerent parties of the possibility of a permanent cessation of hostilities, as they are often the most visible element of the peace agreement. Moreover, a well-planned and flexible reintegration process can also promote the viability of long-term peace locally, nationally and internationally.1 Since the end of the Cold War, DDR initiatives have been undertaken in more than 25 war-to-peace transition contexts: Afghanistan, Aceh, Angola, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), El Salvador, Eritrea, East Timor, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Liberia, Mindanao, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tajikistan and Uganda. In 2007, over 1,129,000 combatants were taking part in DDR programmes in 20 countries at an estimated cost of US$ 2 billion; one estimate suggests that it worked out to be around US$1,686 per ex-combatant. Some 2/3 of former combatants were from African countries; 42% were members of the armed forces and 58% belonged to armed militias, guerrilla groups and paramilitary groups. Of this statistic, nearly 10% were child soldiers.