Assessing the Social Stabilization and Conflict Mitigating Opportunities and Constraints Present in PIND’s Aquaculture Value Chain Project
This study examines The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta’s (PIND’s) aquaculture pilot project at the Ufuoma Fish Farm in Warri, to determine how the project currently contributes to social stabilization, ways in which it might increase stabilization, and potential opportunities for enhancing stabilization beyond the aquaculture program. To answer these questions, Mercy […]
NDPI-PIND 2014 Participatory Strategic Review
After four years of implementation, a Participatory Strategic Review (PSR) was completed to holistically assess the effectiveness of the initiative’s development strategies and approaches to date. The PSR aimed to identify, analyze, and understand the foundations’ impact and influence from a diverse range of stakeholder perspectives. Individuals from the public, private, and civil society sectors […]
PIND Briefing – Aftermath of Presidential Amnesty Programme in Niger Delta – August 2015
In 2009, after over three years of intensive militancy activities and violence in the Niger Delta which saw the nation’s oil production capacity drop to an all-time low, President Yar’Adua declared the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The programme provided amnesty from prosecution for ex-militants in return for the surrender of arms, and ongoing financial incentives to […]
NGOs TO PARTNER US AGENCY ON NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT.
The Non-governmental organizations have come together and concluded to tackle the issue of under development and poverty in the Niger Delta region. The NGOs that have taken this bold step are the Niger Delta Civic Engagement Forum (NDCEF), Foundation for Partnership Initiatives of Niger Delta (PIND) and United State Agency for International Development (USAID). They […]
PIND COMMISSIONS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION CENTRE IN DELTA STATE.
PIND COMMISSIONS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION CENTRE IN DELTA STATE. Energy consumption in Nigeria is currently in high demand and at a high frequency as a result, Partnership Initiative in Niger Delta (PIND) has been working very hard to provide technologies that reduce energy consumption, recycle waste and provide alternatives to the grid and traditional power […]
MADE Annual Review 2015
2015-16 was the second year of implementation of Market Development in the Niger Delta (MADE) programme by the service provider Development Alternatives International (DAI). It has made good progress in scaling up its activities from the previous year and in also starting some new interventions. MADE was able to consolidate its activities in five markets […]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN RIVERS STATE: FUEL TO AN ALREADY BURNING STATE
In the build up to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, there were fears and expectations from both local and international actors alike that the elections will be marred by violence. This report captures the dynamics that influenced the 2015 gubernatorial elections and how these compare to those influencing the local government elections that will […]
AFTERMATH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME: IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE NIGER DELTA
In 2009, after over three years of intensive militancy activities that saw the nation’s oil production capacity drop to an all-time low, President Umaru Musa Yar’dua declared the Presidential Amnesty Program. This report contextualizes the amnesty program, and holds the perceptions of mismanagement of funds against the actual state of affairs. The report also considers […]
NETWORK FOR PEACE: Working Together towards Stability and Peace
“The forum provided the opportunity and the platform to know what the stakeholders were doing and how best to address Nigeria’s election violence issues,” […]
2014 Youth Link Forum Report
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), and the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA), organized a two-day Youth Link Forum on the theme: “Linking Youths To Employability Skills […]
