Justice and Stability in the Sahel (JASS)

The JASS programme aims to prevent the further spread of violent conflict which has taken hold across the north and centre of the country from shifting southwards towards Mali’s main resource and population centres by tackling underlying drivers. The programme will work towards supporting achievement of its Goal by zeroing in two of the most critical factors pushing many Malians towards use of violence as a means of dispute resolution: the widespread perceptions of marginalization by certain groups of population constraining social mobility and dictating allocation of resources, and lack of legitimacy of the governance mechanisms over the attribution and access to resources.