Reconstituted Tambura County Peace Response Mechanism (CPRM) I Photo by Duku David
Tambura – South Sudan – South Sudan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (SSPRC) through its unit of Conflict Early Warning and Early Response Mechanism (CEWERU) reconstituted Tambura CPRM and Conducted a 4-day training to them on how to use the Mobile Application (AlertMe) to report conflict early warning.
Under the theme, “Strengthening Early Warning and Response Structures and Capacities,” the training took place from October 19th – 22nd 2023 in Tambura town, Western Equatoria state. This initiative was supported by UNDP and attended by 20 (4 female) participants from the different payams in Tambura County which then forms the CPRM.
Mr. Natal Cosmas, The Executive Director Tambura County during his opening remarks “I wish that we had the mobile app earlier. What happened in the county would not have happened if this system was there before. The situation would have been arrested before it’s escalation.”
The CPRMs gained skills on how to use the Mobile Application to report conflict alerts from their different areas for early response by the local authorities. Participant’s understanding of conflict early warning, data collection analysis and reporting was also enhanced.
SSPRC is an independent government institution tasked with mitigation and prevention of conflict at the community level. It established Ceweru in 2012 to operationalize the conflict early warning system to help government respond to and mitigate conflict before they escalate into violence with the purpose of saving lives and property.
