Regional programs / Africa regional award 72062419CA00001 · 2020–2021 · conflict mitigation and reconciliation · Mercy Corps
The goal of the program is to promote peace and stability in West Africa through the application of participatory community-based projects that seek to increase social cohesion between ethnic groups and, ultimately, resilience to violent extremist (VE) influence. The program will employ a suite of qualitative and quantitative research tools to measure the presence of social cohesion and resilience to recruitment by violent extremist organizations (VEOs) using a staggered evaluation design. The evaluation will target 40 villages across four departments of the Tillabri Region. PEACE will seek to establish a base of evidence about the relationship between social cohesion and resilience to recruitment by and support for VEOs in the region. In close collaboration of community members, the program will design small-scale social cohesion projects targeted to objectives such as increased dialogue between conflicting groups, improved collective action for local development, and better cooperation in management of natural resources. These small-scale projects will then be tested to determine their impact on social cohesion and resilience to VE influence. The program will work in close
Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-72062419CA00001 (2019). The source's own text.
Operated in: Niger, Burkina Faso.
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| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
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| Mercy Corps | implementer | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
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Scope: regional. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
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| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
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| 72062419CA00001 (cooperative agreement, FY2019) | 2020 to 2021 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| 2021 |
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| Burkina Faso | 2020 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Conflict mitigation and reconciliation 52%; Good governance 11%; Social policies, regulations and systems (incl. gender, population) 10%
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