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A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in more than 30 countries to improve the lives of those who are poor and marginalized. We strive for a world where all people exercise their voice, build their own solutions and take ownership of their future.
General Background
Violent conflicts in the border areas between Kenya and Ethiopia are shaped by the realities that define subsistence rural livelihoods.For example, climate change has led to rising temperatures and higher frequency and intensity of droughts that have changed the vegetation in the rangelands, forcing pastoralists to move further to find food and water for cattle.In addition, conflicts over land rights and access occur between private businesses, local governments, and different ethnic groups. In all cases, violent conflict erodes the positive social capital that holds communities together and pushes vulnerable and already marginalized people to migrate to locations they believe can allow them to attain secure livelihoods and alternative options for a stable, prosperous life.
Funded by the European Union Trust Fund for Africa, the Selam Ekisil (SEEK) project adopts a conflict systems based approach to address the multiple causes of conflict in cross border areas and to promote peace building, conflict management, and conflict resolution capacity at the community and cross border levels. It is part of the EU’s program for Collaboration in the Cross Border areas of the Horn of Africa, providing over 60 million euros of investment to prevent and mitigate the impact of local conflict and to promote economic development and greater resilience in four different cross border regions.
Ultimately, the prevalence and severity of conflict are shaped by the effectiveness of informal and formal institutional structures and forces that manage differences between groups. The three-year project will address drivers of conflict, insecurity, and instability, while strengthening the systems and institutions that peacefully manage and resolve conflict on the border of Southwest Ethiopia and Northwest Kenya.
It is against this backdrop that Pact will carry out a broad Political Economy Analysis (PEA) of the peace architecture across the cross-border area to inform overall Action direction and serve as the basis of overall activity design. The PEA will be structured to elucidate power dynamics, values and ideas that shape actors’ behaviors, and the relationships, interests and incentives. It will consider how actors interact with each other as a whole system and will consider relationships between different layers of peace structures. The PEA also will incorporate conflict analysis to capture and map local drivers of conflict and to provide an overview of the status of EWER and other peace architectures.
Key Question
What are the barriers and opportunities of Government and Non-Government Actors to engage effectively to prevent local conflict and/or mitigate its impact that will lead to sustainable peace and perceived improved quality of life?
Specific Background
In order to contribute to the prevention of local conflicts in the cross-border areas, mitigating the impact of conflicts and strengthening the broader institutional systems for conflict prevention, response, management and potentially resolution, and as part of the inception phase of the project, Pact will conduct a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) to inform the project and the Consortium strategy and intervention plan in the conflict prevention, management, and resolution (CPMR) sector for the coming three years of programming.
Scope of Work
This ToR is to manage the delivery of a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) in South-Omo-Turkana cluster, to provide an understanding of the contexts and conditions for the Government, civil society and other conflict management actors to improve performance in conflict management. The assignment consists of the following aspects:
Deliverables
Skills and Expertise Required
General Background
The shared border areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, also known as the Mandera Triangle, have experienced armed conflict, violent crime, extremist attacks, political instability and state failure for years. Insecurity stems from a complex mix of resource competition, clan power struggles and, more recently, the presence of armed terror groups. The existence of tri-country boundaries creates further complexities related to border management and security between administrations with varying capacities and agendas. Borderlands are often the site of illicit activities, such as trade in weapons, people and goods. These challenges become harder to manage among migratory populations.
Funded by the European Union Trust Fund for Africa, the Regional Approaches for Sustainable Conflict Management and Integration (RASMI) project adopts a conflict systems-based approach to promote peace-building, conflict management, and conflict resolutioncapacity at the community and cross-border levels. It is part of the EU's programme for Collaboration in the Cross-Border areas of the Horn of Africa, providing over 60 million euros of investment to prevent and mitigate the impact of local conflict and to promote economic development and greater resilience in four different cross-border regions.
RASMI, which means “reliable” in Somali, targets stakeholders in the Mandera Triangle who are most vulnerable to engaging in conflict, irregular migration, and recruitment into militias and terror groups. These stakeholders include youth, internally displaced people, and pastoralist drop-outs and marginalised ethnic groups. At the same time, RASMI engages local government agencies, women, religious leaders, security forces and the private sector – those who have the greatest capacity for managing conflicts and promoting peace.
Specific Background
In order to contribute to the prevention of local conflicts in the cross-border areas, mitigating the impact of conflicts and strengthening the broader institutional systems for conflict prevention, response, management and potentially resolution, and as part of the inception phase of the EUTF project, Pact will conduct a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) to inform the project and the Consortium strategy and intervention plan in the CPMR sector for the coming three years of programming.
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Scope of Work
This ToR is to manage the delivery of a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) in Mandera Triangle cluster, to provide an understanding of the contexts and conditions for the Government, civil society and other conflict management actors to improve performance in conflict management. The assignment consists of the following aspects:
Deliverables
Duration and schedule
Dates for assignment are for 6 weeks; estimated start date: March 5 – April 13.
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Applicants are requested to submit CV’s no later than February 15th, with a cost estimate to fulfill the deliverables above within the assigned dates of assignment. An applicant will be selected based on best value (combination of qualifications, price, and ability to meet timeline).
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