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This set of Guidance Notes updates key sections of the 2015 EU Staff Handbook on Operating in Situations of Conflict and Fragility, especially those with a more practical focus. Therefore the CS Guidance Notes aim at supporting conflict sensitivity assessments in EU Delegations and Headquarters in relation to specific programmes - and along the programme cycle - while also providing an initial guidance in specific sectors or thematic areas. The NDICI Global Europe has set a variety of requirements in relation to conflict sensitive programming. These notes also intend to facilitate the follow up on specific recommendations stemming from mandatory conflict analyses for fragile and conflict affected countries. The notes are in relation to: 1) The EU policy framework on fragility and conflict, resilience and peace; 2) Conflict sensitivity in the programme cycle; 3) Conflict prevention and peacebuilding; 4) Conflict Sensitivity and Gender; 5) Democracy and Human Rights; 6) Working with National Actors; 7) Working with International Actors; 8) Economic development & Employment; 9) Climate change, the environment and natural resources; 10) Sustainable agriculture, land issues and food security; 11) 11 Conflict sensitivity and resilience implications of the COVID-19 pandemic; 12) Education



Find here the Guidance notes on conflict sensitivity in development cooperation