Evaluation of Dare to Hope, a project to create socio-economic alternatives to migration in Nigeria

Title Dare to Hope – Creating socioeconomic alternatives to migration in Edo State, Nigeria

Location Nigeria, Edo State

Duration 2020-2023

Partners ActionAid International Italia ONLUS, ActionAid Nigeria, VIDES, Salesians of Don Bosco, IDRC, Kairos Initiative, QUID Project

Funding body Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

 

Context

The majority of Nigerian migrants trying to reach Italy and Europe in general come from the Edo State. The push factors for migration include the lack of socio-economic alternatives for young people and the lack of information concerning the risks of irregular migration and human trafficking. The project Dare to Hope intervenes in the urban area of Benin City, the peri-urban area of Auchi and the rural area of Uromi, the three of hem identified as migration hubs.

The project Dare to Hope aims to provide support to young people in the 18-35 age group to foster socio-economic rights through awareness-raising activities on migration and its risks, creation of alternative livelihood tools, and capacity-building of government agencies to create socio-economic alternatives and migration management. The project specifically acts on 3 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations Development Program: SDG10 – Reducing Inequalities, SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.

 

General Objective

The Local Development Unit has been involved to carry out the the mid-term and final evaluation of the project. The mid-term evaluation provided useful recommendations to guide project implementation, while the final evaluation helped to understand the main achievements of the project during its implementation and identified lessons learned.

 

Our contribution

The evaluation methodology consisted of :

  • Analysis of the achievement of outcome and impact indicators, as proposed in the Project Logical Framework, through validation of the Monitoring Matrix;
  • Use of mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) and a participatory approach that allowed us to take into account the perceptions of beneficiaries, partners and project operators, as well as to include them directly and actively in the evaluation activities;
  • Desk analysis work of project documents, result-oriented monitoring, and data collected by project partners during activities; and

The combination of the different viewpoints reported by stakeholders at different levels, combined with the quantitative analysis of data collected within the project and evaluation activities and the desk analysis of project documents, enabled the evaluation questions to be answered.

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