Nacsa-sl.org
Title
National Commission for Social Action
Description
The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) was established as a "Social Fund" in November 2001 by an Act of Parliament as the successor to the National Commission for Reconstruction, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (NCRRR). NCRRR was a ministerial-level government commission that co-ordinated post-conflict humanitarian, relief and reconstruction assistance and provided oversight to donor-funded projects, including ones financed by the World Bank, African Development Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
NaCSA is governed by a seven-person Board of Directors with a majority drawn from civil society. It is responsible both for completing the remaining tasks of the NCRRR in the areas of humanitarian co-ordination, reconstruction, resettlement and rehabilitation (RRR) and helping to assure a transition from relief to sustained economic growth and development. The "Social Fund" approach has been necessitated by the need to build durable human and technical capacity rapidly in one entity that can then provide effective assistance in multiple sectors in a post-conflict environment marked by extensive physical, institutional and psycho-social damage, weak and destroyed government infrastructure and capacity, and the need to re-establish governance in large parts of the country.
NaCSA funds projects that build physical and social capital, help reduce poverty and promote sustainable development, thereby helping to reduce the risk of renewed conflict. NaCSA does this in several ways, including by using a participatory approach to empower the poor, thereby enabling them to become actively involved in their own development. By working directly with communities, often in
Contact
- NACSA - Sierra Leone
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- Freetown W/Area
- Sierra Leone 10171
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- +232.76619948
