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• Raise awareness and increase communities’ preparedness to violent extremism in districts and cities particularly affected by it.

• Build the capacity of community members and at-risk individuals to positively engage with other groups and worldviews and to promote social cohesion.

• Help civil society organizations design and implement their own effective interventions

• designed to prevent or counter violent extremism.

• Contribute to the peaceful reintegration of former combatants.

  
  

Objectives of the Evaluation

• The main objective of the evaluation is to assess the results, achievements, challenges and lessons learnt of the Bridges to Peace project in contributing to reducing incidents of violent extremism and support for such acts in Uganda. The evaluation is expected to analyse the effectiveness of the project strategies to achieve the intended outcomes and to provide recommendations for maximising impact and enhancing future projects’ implementation. The evaluation will be of interest to KAF, UMYDF and the EU, and will inform the Bridges to Peace final report to the EU.

• The evaluation will assess and analyse the effectiveness of the project by responding to the following key questions:

Relevance and added value

• Is the project relevant to the needs of the country and the project beneficiaries when it comes to addressing the recent uptick in violent extremism?

• Are the project’s theory of change and methodology relevant for attaining the objective of contributing to reducing incidents of violent extremism and support for such acts in Uganda? • Coherence of the project:

• Does the project show internal coherence e.g., are there synergies and interlinkages between the different components of the project, and with other peace and security

• projects led by KAF and UMYDF? o Does the project show external coherence e.g., does it add value and avoid duplication of efforts? Is there complementarity and efforts towards coordination and interactions with other stakeholders and donors involved in similar actions during the life of the project?

• How has the project managed to remain relevant and to adapt to the evolution of the context, especially the volatile security situation?

• Has the project engaged the right target groups to meet its objectives?

• Have both women and men been involved, and how has gender been considered in the project activities (including intersectionality)?

Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Has the project achieved its intended results? Were there any unintended outcomes and outputs (both positive and negative)?

• Which strategies employed have been most and least effective in achieving the project’s objectives? Why?

• Has the project effectively increased community awareness of the risk of violent extremism, and target groups’ capacities in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE)?

• (Change in attitude, values or behaviour at individual level)

• Has increased knowledge on P/CVE encouraged the target groups to share what they have learned with their communities and engage in P/CVE activities? (Change in attitude, values or

behaviour at group level)

Impact and Sustainability

• What was the effect of the baseline research on the project’s intervention strategy?

• Has the project contributed to increased interaction between different faith groups, and

• between at-risk community leaders and state authorities? (Change in relationships)

• Has the project led to the creation of sustainable collaboration among target groups, or

• between UMYDF and other stakeholders engaged in P/CVE?

• How relevant are the experience and lessons learned drawn from the project to KAF’s and UMYDF’s work beyond the lifespan of the project? And to the P/CVE work of other CSOs and policymakers from the region and internationally?

• What are key recommendations for strengthening the project’s ability and strategy for achieving its outcomes and overall vision?

• Has the project contributed to strengthening KAF’s and UMYDF’s capacities and preparedness to further conduct P/CVE projects in the future?

  
  

Methodology

• The evaluation will be both an objective and consultative exercise, and will involve the following elements:

• Documentary review: a review of relevant documentation; including the original project document; project reports and updates; baseline research report; training resources; audio-visual material.

• Stakeholder interviews: including with the project teams of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Uganda

• Muslim Youth Development Forum; project donor (European Commission); and people and communities engaged in the project activities.

• Focus group discussions: with a group of stakeholders as necessary and relevant.

• Activity observation: follow some of the on-the-ground and/or wider dissemination activities.

• The use of specific methods for evaluating peace work, such as Reflecting on Peace Practice1 and

• Outcome Harvesting2, or methodologies particularly adapted to evaluate sensitive P/CVE programmes3 (e.g. random response and endorsement experiments to assess level of support for the use of violence) will be particularly relevant.

• The evaluator(s) will be expected to use a ‘do-no-harm’ approach when designing and implementing the external evaluation. Particular attention will be given to the sensitive and security-relevant nature of preventing and countering violent extremism when developing the methodology for data collection, especially interviews with target groups. Extra care will be needed to ensure that information is not mishandled or inappropriately shared and that it complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation.