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Over the post-conflict period, Burundi has known a rapid population growth, with young people aged under 25 representing approximately 65%. According to UNICEF (2022), young people in Burundi are confronted with different challenges that include unemployment representing 42.3% and 30.1% respectively in rural and urban. Ranking 187th out of 191 countries in the 2023/2024 Human Development Index (UNDP, 2023), Burundi’s capacity to capitalise on its large youth population is still limited.
Peacebuilding organisation in Burundi have been implementing programmes and projects to strengthen Burundian young people's resilience to political manipulation and improve their participation in peace initiatives. In additions to soft delivery (dialogue sessions, training on Non-Violence Communication, etc.), they establish or encourage collective/federating livelihoods activities. However, these interventions have produced mixed results. This confirms the observation by Interpeace that there is still a lack of evidence about the best ways to integrate livelihoods and peacebuilding (Interpeace, 2024).Therefore, it is relevant to investigate into the how local organisations integrate peacebuilding and livelihoods in their projects in favour of young people, with the aim to suggest what should be done to improve the outcomes. To achieved this, the paper will focus on collective/federating livelihoods activities undertaken by young people affiliated with different political parties, established through the project “Tuganire Twubake” (Dialogue for Building) implemented by Centre d’Alerte et de Prevention des Conflits (CENAP) in Bujumbura, Ngozi and Muyinga provinces.
