Use of GECARR in conflict contexts: Democratic Republic of the Congo

World Vision carried out a GECARR in DRC in May 2016. This was at the request of the World Vision DRC office in the context of upcoming presidential elections scheduled for November 2016 and visibly growing tensions. The GECARR aimed to inform their preparedness activities as well as programming, security, advocacy and communications. Over the course of two weeks a GECARR facilitator team of six plus other national staff, spoke to 197 people across five regions of the DRC (Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Katanga and Gemena). 151 of the informants were community members (men, women, boys and girls) and 46 were representatives of NGOs, civil society, UN, donors and religious groups. Data collection was done through 28 key informant interviews and 15 focus group discussions. A scenario planning workshop was convened to validate data and identify and outline 3 key scenarios likely to unfold in DRC in the next 6-12 months. Several of the key trigger dates and events identified as a part of this scenario unfolded and continue to unfold as predicted.