📋 Tender Overview
Finding durable solutions for up to five hundred thousand current and formerly displaced persons (IDPs) in Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria, is a critical step towards lasting peace and development in the region. This project, which is part of a multi-pronged SDC support to local authorities, will contribute to facilitate local integration and return of IDPs by enhancing agricultural productivity, providing livelihood and employment opportunities, strengthening community disaster risk reduction, and access to justice.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Nigeria
Migration and Development
Agriculture & food security
Disaster Risk Reduction
Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking)
Agricultural development
01.12.2024 - 30.11.2027
CHF 3’000’000
The project in brief
Background Yobe has been the second most affected state by the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging Northeast Nigeria since 2009. While parts of Yobe remain insecure and the state is the fifth poorest in the country, substantial areas of Yobe are relatively safe, its legal and policy framework are highly favourable towards IDP integration, local communities have been rather welcoming and the Yobe State Government (YSG) has shown leadership and proactivity in developing an ambitious action plan to find durable solutions to internal displacement for 150 000 IDPs and 350 000 returnees. In line with its global commitment to durable solutions, Switzerland has been supporting the YSG to increase its visibility and fundraising opportunities for its durable solutions action plan. This project will complement and strengthen existing Swiss durable solutions support to Yobe, by providing essential services to IDPs and host communities, and by deploying human resources support to the YSG for the implementation of the plan.
Objectives The overall goal of the project is to enhance access to essential services and economic opportunities for internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and vulnerable members of host communities.
Target groups
IDPs (60%) and vulnerable host community members, including returnees (40%)
Farmer households (livestock and crop producers)
Youth (15 to 35 years old) and children
Persons living with disabilities (10% of total beneficiaries)
Communities prone to natural disasters
Medium-term outcomes Outcome 1: Improved socio-economic well-being and self-reliance. Outcome 2: Increased resilience to climate variability and shocks. Outcome 3: Enhanced access to justice and inclusive community peacebuilding.
Results Expected results:
6,000 households (HH) targeted with farming inputs and trained on good agronomy practices
3,000 HH receive livestock restocking and training on livestock management
3,000 women/youth trained on vocational training and supported with start-up kits
900 HH in need of immediate assistance supported with multi-purpose
