📋 Tender Overview
The project envisages to unlock the potential of displacement-affected communities (DACs) by providing access to capital, skills development, market opportunities and entrepreneur-friendly policies. The project aims to deliver on long-term economic growth, self-reliance and decreased dependency of DACs on aid. This sustainable approach offers a pathway out of poverty and towards thriving entrepreneurial livelihoods in Kenya.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Kenya
Humanitarian Assistance & DRR
Migration
Human rights
Protection, access & security
Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking)
Emergency food assistance
Migration generally (development aspects and partnerships)
Humanitarian efficiency
Human rights (incl. Women's rights)
01.07.2024 - 30.06.2028
CHF 3’965’000
The project in brief
Background Kenya has generously hosted forcibly displaced people since the early 1990s, with the vast majority living in camps. The Dadaab Refugee Complex in Garissa County is the biggest refugee-hosting area in Kenya. In April 2024, over 382,639 displaced people were hosted in Dadaab. The Government of Kenya (GoK) has recognized the need for more comprehensive solutions and initiated a shift from encampment to integrated settlement policy. The Refugee Act 2021 along with key policy documents on national and county level are aiming at the transformation of refugee camps into integrated settlements and to lift restrictions imposed on displaced persons. However, the operationalization of this shift is still lagging behind and the socio-economic integration of refugees remains hampered. This credit proposal (CP) is based on a market assessment commissioned by Switzerland, identifying opportunities for a thriving market economy in the Dadaab Refugee Complex. The openness of the current GoK adminstration to shift from a securitized encampment policy towards integrated settlements, expressed through the Shirika Plan, allows for a durable solutions project in the Dadaab Refugee context. The proposed project is a third phase and part of the EP Regional Support to Durable Solutions of Displacement-affected Communities 2019-2033’ spanning over Kenya, Somalia (Saameynta) and Ethiopia (IOM Durable Solutions) and the broader Horn of Africa (Financing Durable Solutions Initiative).
Objectives Improve social integration, digital and financial inclusion, and economic self-reliance for refugees and host communities (DACs) in Dadaab Refugee Complex within Garissa County. This will be achieved through market-led, private sector solutions that strengthen local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), increase trade and enhance the rights of DACs in government policies. Ultimately, this will lift DACs out of aid dependency.
Target groups With Switzerland’s financial support, Inkomoko will reach out to:
5,000 additional DAC clients, targeting two main groups: refugees (80%) and their hosts (20%). In line with its gender policy, Inkomoko thrives
