The project Terrain d’Entente, was implemented in Mali and Niger from November 2018 to November 2019, with support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This 12-month project, implemented by Search, aimed to strengthen mutual trust and collaboration between communities, local authorities, and security forces in the regions of Gao and Ménaka in Mali and Tillabéry in Niger.
The final evaluation highlights that engaging with security forces (FDS) continues to be an efficient approach to advance stability in the region: respondents overwhelmingly see the FDS as key actors in their security: 96.4% are convinced that collaboration between communities, security actors, and authorities contribute to peace and stability in their community – this is an increase of +32 pts as compared to the baseline. The evaluation highlights positive results when it comes to relations between communities and the FDS. Exchange frameworks among stakeholders were efficient in fostering broad collaboration: 70% of the participants appreciated their inclusiveness, as well as joint activities: 68.8% of the respondents said they contributed to increased trust, 69.1% said they contributed to peaceful interaction and rapprochement, and 85.5% that they were inclusive. 60.4% of the respondents say they are well informed about security issues, a 10 pts decrease as compared to the baseline. Awareness of radio programs was relatively low, esp. in Mali (26.8%; 45.3% in Niger). Listening clubs could help increase listenership and information about the security situation.
