81249063-Impact Evaluation for the Project Strengthening Capacities to Resolve Conflict between Farmers and Herders in Nigeria's Middle Belt (COREFHE)

Strengthening capacities to resolve conflict between farmers and cattle herders in Nigeria's Middle Belt For decades, a conflict over land use has been brewing in different West African countries (Nigeria, Mali, and Niger) between settled farmers and nomadic cattle herders. The reasons for this are diverse and can be broken down into three factors: dwindling natural resources (climate change, strong population growth), poverty, and the displacement of numerous people from Nigeria's Northeast due to violent criminal activities by Boko Haram. The central government and the governments of affected federal states have not yet found an effective answer to the increasing conflict. GIZ is seeking to hire contractors to prepare and conduct an impact evaluation for the following project: Strengthening capacities to resolve conflict between farmers and herders in Nigeria's Middle Belt (COREFHE). The impact evaluation will be conducted under the supervision of and in close collaboration with the GIZ project team. The objective of the consultancy is to offer an informed basis for local decision-makers and development cooperation (DC) projects and to enable the context-sensitive planning and implementation of activities in a complex and fragile project context. As a result, decision-makers at state and community (ward) level in Nigeria shall be enabled to promptly respond to changes in their respective political, economic and social environment as well as to use data and conclusions of the impact evaluation to plan and implement activities for conflict de-escalation and/or to prevent conflict.