Central African Republic Evaluations
 | RAPPORT D’ÉVALUATION FINALE – Renforcer les coalitions pour la paix : prévenir les atrocités et favoriser l’inclusion sociale de la République CentrafricaineLa République Centrafricaine est en proie à des conflits violents depuis 2013. Les accords de Khartoum,signés en février 2019 par le gouvernement et quatorze groupes armés, ont suscité des espoirs de paix.Pourtant, les violences n’ont pas cessé et les tensions politiques se sont exacerbées. En janvier 2021, leconflit s’est à nouveau embrasé suite à la réélection de Faustin Archange Touadéra. Malgré la tenue d’un dialogue républicain en 2022, la rencontre a souffert de l’absence d’acteurs clés, tels que l’opposition et les groupes armés, dont l’implication est cruciale pour une paix et une réconciliation durables. Cela a fait naître des doutes, alimentant ainsi les voix qui s’élèvent contre le processus de paix. Le projet DRL Le projet “Renforcer les coalitions pour la paix : prévenir les atrocités et favoriser l’inclusion sociale en République Centrafricaine” a vu le jour en bénéficiant du financement du bureau DRL (Democracy, Human Rights and Labor) du Département d’État américain. C’est en collaboration avec trois partenaires locaux dont le réseau de la Société Civile en République Centrafricaine (SCRCA), l’Association des Femmes Professionnelles de la Communication (AFPC) et le Conseil National de la Jeunesse Centrafricaine (CNJCA) que le projet a été mis en œuvre par Search for Common Ground dans les régions stratégiques de Bangui et Bambari pour une durée totale de 47 mois. Après près de quatre ans de mise en œuvre entre septembre 2018 et août 2022, ce projet a connu deux extensions en août 2019 et en août 2021, et fait à présent l’objet d’une évaluation finale pour en dégager les derniers enseignements en vue de soutenir la stratégie d’engagement de Search et du bureau DRL en RCA. |
| Final Evaluation – Youth Talk – July 2022Search implemented “Youth Talk – Empowering Young People through Media” in Central African Republic, Mali, and South Sudan between 2019 and 2022, with support from the Bezos Family Foundation. The project aimed to empower youth in the three conflict-affected countries and give them opportunities to raise issues, address topics of interests, etc. through producing radio programs. It had three interconnected objectives: 1) To amplify the voice and agency of young people around each country’s critical social and political issues related to building lasting peace; 2) To strengthen mutual understanding and collaboration between youth and older adults; and to 3) To capture and share learning and tools with donors, policy makers, and practitioners. The project successfully empowered hard to reach youth by providing them with a range of transferable skills that they have been able to use both within and beyond the project. It leveraged the power of media to amplify their voices: 90% of surveyed community members found that the radio programs produced by the young journalists as part of the project bring an added value on critical social and political issues, a significant improvement from the baseline. “”Youth Talk”” also strengthened mutual understanding and collaboration between youth and older adults, including decision-makers, and had a positive impact on the wider communities’ perceptions of the validity of young journalists’ and youth’ perspectives. In terms of sustainability, in addition to attitudinal and behavioral change brought about by the program among both youth participants and adults, the final evaluation identified several initiatives beyond the scope of the project, started by youth journalists in Mali and by |
| Evaluation – STRENGTHENING COALITIONS FOR PEACE PREVENTING ATROCITIES AND FOSTERING SOCIAL INCLUSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – EN, July 2020Seven years after the start of the violent conflict in 2013, the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains volatile despite the deployment of a peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) in 2014 and a peace agreement signed in February 2019. In light of the ongoing conflict, the international NGO Search for Common Ground (Search) strives to contribute to lasting peace with its project “Strengthening Coalitions for Peace: Preventing Atrocities and Fostering Social Inclusion in the Central African Republic”, funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). This project, with a duration of 30 months, is being implemented in coordination with local partners in Bangui and Bambari. It aims at empowering local peace structures, promoting social cohesion and religious tolerance, as well as at fostering dialogue and constructive engagement between citizens and authorities. One year after the start of the project, a midline evaluation was conducted and the results of this evaluation are presented in this report. The evaluation was conducted by Search with the support of an external consultant for data analysis and report writing. Search collected quantitative and qualitive data through a field study in Bangui and Bambari, which included a survey with a structured questionnaire that was administered to 394 people, 15 focus group discussions (FGDs) and 14 individual interviews with key project stakeholders (KIIs). The midline evaluation used the same methodology as the baseline study that had been carried out at the beginning of the project, and was therefore able to assess whether the activities implemented had already produced results in line with initial expectations. The values of the project indicators collected during the midline evaluation confirm that, in general, the project is on the right track and that initial positive effects can already be observed. Thank you for your support |
| Rapport d’évaluation mi parcours – RENFORCER LES COALITIONS DE LA PAIX PRÉVENIR LES ATROCITÉS ET FAVORISER L’INCLUSION SOCIALE EN RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE – DRL Version Finale (FR)Sept ans après le début du conflit violent en République Centrafricaine (RCA) en 2013, la situation de sécurité reste volatile malgré le déploiement d’une mission de maintien de la paix (MINUSCA) et la conclusion d’un accord de paix en février 2019. Dans ce contexte, l’ONG internationale Search for Common Ground (Search) s’engage pour la promotion d’une paix durable avec son projet « Renforcer les coalitions de la paix: prévenir les atrocités et favoriser l’inclusion sociale en République centrafricaine », financé par le département DRL de l’État américain. Ce projet d’une durée de 30 mois est mis en œuvre avec des partenaires locales à Bangui et Bambari et se focalise surtout sur l’habilitation des structures de paix locales, la promotion de la cohésion sociale et de la tolérance religieuse ainsi que sur le dialogue et l’engagement constructif entre les citoyens et les autorités. Une année après le début du projet, cette intervention fait l’objet d’une évaluation à mi-parcours dont les résultats sont présentés dans ce rapport. L’évaluation a été réalisée par Search avec l’appui d’une consultante externe pour l’analyse des données et la rédaction de ce rapport. Pour collecter les données quantitatives et qualitatives, Search a mené une étude de terrain auprès des groupes cibles à Bangui et Bambari en réalisant un sondage avec un questionnaire structuré auprès de 394 personnes, et en menant 15 groupes de discussion (FGD) et 14 entretiens individuels (KII) auprès des interlocuteurs clé du projet. En s’appuyant sur la méthodologie de l’étude de base, réalisée au début du projet, l’évaluation a pu déterminer si les activités mises en œuvre produisent déjà des résultats en ligne avec les attentes initiales. Les valeurs à mi-parcours des indicateurs du projet confirment qu’en général le projet est sur la bonne voie et que de premiers effets positifs se font déjà ressentir. |
| Final Evaluation – Bolstering Judicial and Social Accountability Processes in Central African Republic – December 2018The second phase of “Bolstering Judicial and Social Accountability processes in the Central African Republic (CAR)” was funded by the US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) and implemented by Search and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative from February 2017 to August 2018. After years of armed conflict and violence in CAR, the election of a new President has brought about the need to reform most government institutions to fight against corruption and impunity, but also, ensure sustainable peace. The goal of this project was to support rule of law and peacebuilding in CAR through judicial and social accountability. As a result of this project, citizens increased their engagement with justice institutions. A total of 35% of people interviewed declare they willingly went to seek for assistance at one of the mobile legal clinic aid set up by the project. The gender sensitive component of the project was also well received by the target population having participants from the judicial systems declare their capacities in terms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) had improved in a way that allowed them to better understand the needs of the population. |
 | Engaging Youth and Community Leaders to Prevent Mass Atrocities in the Central African Republic, Central African Republic, 2016 – 2017The project aims to prevent high-risk atrocities between Muslims and Christians in targeted neighborhoods of Bangui. The main conflict issues addressed in this project are: political conflicts, conflicts related to the access to economic resources and conflicts linked to social discrimination. Land-disputes, access to services, domestic conflicts and conflicts related to power dynamics were also identified as having a role to play in the conflict scene. Search employs a variety of approaches to tackle the identified conflicts and their underlying causes, including providing positive and inspirational messages on violence prevention; promoting trust and collaboration amongst fighting communities; humanizing the “other” as perceived in the eyes of the youth; providing channels for youth to voice their concerns and be involved in decision-making discouraging their resort to violence; providing livelihoods training for youth offering alternative solutions to violence. Political conflicts are inherently linked to and shaped along ethno-religious lines. Such type of conflict is more common in places where there is a dominant ethnic group. More to this, lack of access to economic resources makes youth prone to political manipulation and, as a result, they are more likely to take up violent means to address grievances. |
 | Final Evaluation of Zo Kwe ZoThis report is the final evaluation of the project “Zo Kwè Zo,” which was implemented in collaboration with the Association of Women Communication Professionals (AFPC) with funding from USAID. The project started on 15 October 2015 and ended on 29 November 2017. It was implemented in the cities of Bangui, Bangassou and Bossangoa, in CAR. The project’s primary goal was to prevent intercommunity violence and support and inclusive peacebuilding process in CAR by: increasing youth participation in peacebuilding processes, amplifying non-violent and collaborative voices in the media, enhancing the capacities of non-state institutions to support transition processes, and strengthen the capacities of local partners to implement activities that bring conflict stakeholders together. |