 The reform plan adopted in 2005 envisaged the formation of eighteen integrated brigades through the brassage process as its first of three stages . The process consists firstly of regroupment , where fighters are disarmed . Then they are sent to orientation centres , run by CONADER , where fighters take the choice of either returning to civilian society or remaining in the armed forces . Combatants who choose demobilisation receive an initial cash payment of US $ 110 . Those who choose to stay within the FARDC are then transferred to one of six integration centres for a 45 @-@ day training course , which aims to build integrated formations out of factional fighters previously heavily divided along ethnic , political and regional lines . The centres are spread out around the country at Kitona , Kamina , Kisangani , Rumangabo and Nyaleke ( within the Virunga National Park ) in Nord @-@ Kivu , and Luberizi ( on the border with Burundi ) in South Kivu . The process has suffered severe difficulties due to construction delays , administration errors , and the amount of travel former combatants have to do , as the three stages ' centres are widely separated . Following the first 18 integrated brigades , the second goal is the formation of a ready reaction force of two to three brigades , and finally , by 2010 when MONUC is anticipated to have withdrawn , the creation of a Main Defence Force of three divisions . 
