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About HDPT CAR
Aug 26th, 2007 by Kersten Jauer, HDPT CAR

The HDPT CAR
The Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT) unites all organizations working to alleviate the humanitarian and development crisis in the Central African Republic: United Nations agencies, the Red Cross Movement, NGOs and other organizations.


These organizations collaborate on humanitarian and development strategies and work together when implementing projects. Read our Aid page for a list of major international aid organizations working in the country. For more info on the current crisis in CAR go to the Country page.

Why we started the HDPT CAR
For different (and good) reasons, humanitarian and development assistance are often done seperately. Yet, bringing all humanitarian and development partners together is critical in the case of the Central African Republic. The current HDPT Central African Republichumanitarian crisis is in many ways the product of over 20 years of under-development. The average Central African is today worse off than he or she was two decades ago. Over 67 percent of the population now lives on less than a dollar a day. Since autumn 2005, a rebellion has gripped the countryÌs north and has forced about 291,000 people to flee their homes. One million people have been affected by the violence.



Unlike in neighbouring Sudan and Chad, CARÌs Human Development Index (HDI) has been declining for decades. The Central African Republic now ranks 172 out of 177 on the UNÌs Human Development Index. Almost nowhere in the world is therefore uniting all efforts more urgent than here: Working together to help the Central African population emerge from poverty.

This website and our intranet
This website was set up to explain the humanitarian and development crisis in CAR to a wide audience. Many non-professionals have hardly heard about the Central African Republic before, which is why this site focusses on accessible maps, photos, and multimedia.

If you are a humanitarian and development professional and require more in-depth and technical info on the country and organizations working here, please use our intranet. There youÌll find all the contacts, reports, maps, data, tools and forms you need. Getting an account for the intranet is very very easy, check our intranet page.

More info and contact
If you would like to know more about the country, organizations or you are looking for a particular contact, please write to info[at]hdptcar.net. We will forward your request to the right person.

You can find the key contacts for organizations working in CAR on our Aid page. Hundreds of other contacts are on the intranet.

For acronym insiders: IASC Country Team, HCPT, HDPT, :-S ?
If you are a humanitarian professional and wonder whether there exists an IASC Country Team in CAR, then the answer is: the HDPT is the IASC Country Team - the United Nations Country Team, the Red Cross Movement and NGOs working together.

We have not adopted the new acronym HCPT (Humanitarian Community Partnership Team) for what used to be IASC Country Teams.

Unlike in other contexts, we are integrating humanitarian and development work to improve collaboration and our assistance to the population of the Central African Republic. Therefore: Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team - HDPT CAR.

More info on humanitarian and development collaboration
For the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the inter-agency forum for coordination, policy development and decision-making involving the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners, click here.
For the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), set-up by the Secretary General to improve the effectiveness of the UNÌs development efforts at the country level, click here.
For the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, click here.
For global NGOs networks, check the sites of the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), the American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction), or the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR).



About HDPT Central African Republic
The Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT) unites all organizations working to alleviate the humanitarian and development crisis in the Central African Republic: United Nations agencies, the Red Cross Movement, NGOs and other organizations. For more information, visit About HDPT CAR or email us at info[at]hdptcar.net

Resources
About HDPT CAR
Overview
Agriculture
Economy
Education
Governance
Health
Security
Maps
Facts
Population: 4.3 million
Living below US$1/day: 67%
GDP per capita: USD $400
Human development: 171 of 177
Life expectancy: 43 years
Child mortality rate: 176 per 1,000
Adult HIV prevalence: 6.2%
Adult literacy rate: 54% (m), 32% (f)
Without safe drinking water: 74%
Acute malnutrition <5 years: 10.1%
Affected by violence: 1,000,000
Internally displaced: 198,000
Download the Central African Republic Fact Sheet (PDF) - 52KB
Funding
CAR Common Humanitarian Fund
CAR Emergency Response Fund
UN Peacebuilding Fund
UN Central Emergency Response Fund
OCHA Financial Tracking System
Eye-witness


Interviews with Dr Ione
Dr Ione describes her incredible experiences in the Central African Republic. A thrilling eye-witness account of the countryÌs history.

Reference Documents
Coordinated Aid Programme for CAR (2008)



Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper




CAP for CAR (2008) - Mid-Year Review




2008 Needs Analysis Framework



Rebuilding CAR

Donor conferences on rebuilding CAR.
Development Partner Consultation (June 2007)
Development Partner Round Table (October 2007)
CAR Ministry of Economics, Planning and Int. Cooperation
Security Sector
Detailed information on the reform of the security and justice sector in the Central African Republic
Country Profiles
CAR @ AlertNet
CAR @ Answers.com
CAR @ BBC News
CAR @ Freedom House
CAR @ HumanitarianAppeal.net
CAR @ InfoPlease
CAR @ NationMaster
CAR @ DoingBusiness.com
CAR @ NY Times
CAR @ ReliefWeb
CAR @ IRIN News
CAR @ Topix
CAR @ Wikipedia (English)
CAR @ Wikipedia (French)
CAR @ World Fact Book
Photos

News
An overview of news and updates from different sources on our netvibes page.
Recent Posts
News bulletin 81 (13-20 Oct 2008)
ÎDo More GoodÌ in the Central African Republic
UN appeals for aid to help Central Africans break Îcircle of poverty and conflictÌ
News bulletin 80 (06-13 Oct 2008)
News bulletin 79 (29 Sep - 6 Oct 2008)
UNICEF publishes July / August 2008 report
New fund gives $2.5 million to priority projects in the Central African Republic
Google News
Central African growth slowing as oil price falls: regional bank - Reuters South Africa
DGAP-News: Uranio AG appoints SRK to conduct a site visit to the ... - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
Central African Republic / African Development Bank (AfDB) Group ... - Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqu»s de presse)
Africa: New Governance Index Should Poll Public Opinion - AllAfrica.com
Administrator Central African Republic (rep.notice) - Oneworld
Third year will be real test for Peacebuilding Commission, its ... - ReliefWeb (press release)
Central African Republic amnesty passed despite boycott - Reuters South Africa
Issues
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