Aid in Sudan has the potential to contribute to peace, or to unintentionally fuel conflict. The Conflict Sensitivity Facility is designed to develop and test innovative ways that donors, aid organisations and coordination mechanisms can build their understanding of the context, apply this understanding to help them avoid doing any harm, and maximise their contributions to long-term, sustainable peace.

Despite growing awareness and interest in conflict sensitivity, many donors, aid organisations and coordination mechanisms do not have adequate systems, tools and policies to enable, motivate, oversee and learn from conflict-sensitive practices. Aid workers do not have time or resources to invest in sufficient understanding of the context, nor the knowledge and resources to understand how to provide aid in a more conflict-sensitive way.

Building on lessons from our sister facility, the Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility in South Sudan, CSF meets this challenge by supporting aid actors with relevant analysis, targeted technical support and safe spaces for discussing complex dilemmas and building conflict sensitive practice in the sector.

This approach helps us to understand the total effect of our actions in local contexts and design interventions with a keener understanding of conflict dynamics. Ultimately, our aim is to support the delivery of Better Aid in Sudan.