December 2020
The three European Union funded British Council programmes - ACT, MCN and RoLAC - have supported stakeholders to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through a series of interventions.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN) Programme has supported stakeholders to:
- Strengthen the traditional justice system
- Respond to sexual and gender-based violence
- Support community policing initiatives
- Support civil society initiatives on preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The Agents for Citizen-driven Transformation (ACT) Programme has supported stakeholders to:
- Strengthen the capacity of CSOs to deliver effective advocacy campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Support CSO advocacy groups with small scale grants and technical assistance to implement advocacy campaigns on COVID-19.
The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme has supported stakeholders to:
- Respond to sexual and gender-based violence
- Support the criminal justice system to respond to COVID-19
- Promote inclusive responses to COVID-19
- Support the improvement of regulation and legislation on pandemics.
Read more about some of these activities below.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
