In order to work more effectively BASICS II has developed Country Results Teams (CRT) as the vehicle through which technical and administrative support (headquarters and field office) is coordinated for BASICS II countries in order to facilitate implementation of country workplans and to obtain successful performance results. Responsible for monitoring the administrative and budgetary aspects of the CRT work, and to see that the team members have the information and support they need.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)and its partners plan to spend some US $10.9 million for humanitarian action in Rwanda during 2002, according to a UN Children's Fund report made available to IRIN on Thursday. This effort is part of a broader UNICEF goal to ensure that the rights of all children are realised, and in this way "support Rwanda's transition from emergency to long-term human development".

The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is currently implementing an education initiative in two largely nomadic regions of Niger. The programme focuses on sustaining school enrolment in a Catholic primary school in the northern Tuareg region of Tchirozerine, as well as in public primary schools in Bermo, primarily inhabited by the Peul people, a statement from CRS said.