The RSF Annual Report 2022 offers an overview of activities conducted throughout the calendar year in and across the JAP locations of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe State (the socalled “BAY” states). Specifically, these include six JAP locations from the first implementation phase (2019-21), namely Banki, Buni Yadi, Damboa, Gulak, Monguno and Ngarannam, to which were added two new locations – Ngala and Gwoza – for Phase II of the RSF Nigeria Window (2021-24). The strategy for this second phase was expanded beyond the “immediate” stabilization efforts of the first phase to an “extended” form of stabilization that seeks to strengthen government capacities and rebuild citizens’ trust in public institutions, pursue at pace the socio-economic reintegration of former combatants and their dependents, and promote community-led reconciliation. Programmatically, the ultimate aim lies in paving the way out of stabilization and towards early recovery, development and a sustained peace

Perception surveys conducted in 2022 across JAP locations confirmed UNDP’s “proof of concept” regarding its three-pillared approach to immediate stabilization – with local populations expressing satisfaction with the security services provided, and with government support for community-led reconciliation processes. Central to these positive perceptions are the establishment and sustained functioning of the Community Stabilization Committees (CSCs), one of a number of participatory platforms promoted by the RSF to ensure local engagement in decision-making processes, increase trust amongst community members, and consolidate collaborative linkages between communities, security actors and local government.