Theme: Security Sector Reform

Final Evaluation – Early Warning Early Response Mechanisms in Northern Nigeria – October 2019

From 2015 to 2019, Search for Common Ground (Search) implemented a project entitled “Early Warning / Early Response Mechanisms in Northern Nigeria,” funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). The overall goal of the project was to expand and strengthen early warning…
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Baseline – Improving Collaboration between Security and Defense Forces and Communities in the Liptako Gourma Region – September 2020

This baseline study was carried out as part of the “Improving Collaboration between Security Forces and Communities in the Liptako Gourma Region" project, which is implemented by Search in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, in partnership with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), and with support from the Danish Ministry…
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RAPPORT SEARCH ÉTUDE DE BASE PAF01

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Conflict scan – Maji ya amani – September 2020

Au mois d’Août 2020 Search a réalisé, un conflit scan dans le Groupement de Luberizi et dans les Groupements de Kigoma et Lemera en vue de comprendre les évolutions, les nouvelles dynamiques de conflits et comment les activités de projet ont exacerbé ou amélioré ces dynamiques. Ce conflict scan entre…
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Report – SFCG Among Family and Friends – August2020

The research team in consultation with Search for Common Ground (Search), the Sudanese National Commission on Counter-terroism (SNCCT), and the US Embassy identified three target areas for this research: South Darfur, Kassala, and Khartoum. These locations were selected based on the diversity of risk factors they represent, as outlined below,…
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Final Evaluation – Terrain d’Entente – January 2020

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…
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Policy Brief – Transnational Dimensions of Conflict Between Farmers and Herders in the Western Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin

This paper draws on the expertise of African researchers and practitioners to examine the transnational dimensions of farmer-herder relations across the Western Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin. As conflicts between these two communities escalate in the region, it is vital for all stakeholders to coordinate and advance sustainable solutions…
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Mid-term Evaluation – Promoting Civilian Engagement in Security Sector Reform Processes in Tunisia – May 2018

"Promoting Civilian Engagement in Security Sector Reform Processes in Tunisia" was a project implemented by Search for Common Ground in collaboration with Al-Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center (KADEM) between October 1, 2015 and March 31, 2018. The project aimed at facilitating the transition from a vertical security reform system within government…
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RAPPORT D’EVALUATION DES RESULTATS : PROJET DE MISE EN ŒUVRE DES ACTIVITÉS DE DIALOGUE ET DE SÉCURITÉ COMMUNAUTAIRE DANS LE SUD DE MADAGASCAR

Project for the implementation of dialogue and community security activities in southern Madagascar. This project is funded by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF), from June to December 2019. Search's contribution to this projects is based on the theory of change that "if defense security forces and youth have increased…
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FOSTERING COLLABORATION TOWARDS PEACE IN CENTRAL SAHEL

Located in the tri-border area between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, the Liptako-Gourma region is at the crossroads of illegal activities, population displacement, inter-community conflicts, and violence carried out by violent extremist groups. Tensions are aggravated by the lack of basic government services and the proliferation of national and foreign…
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