The programme is based on the assumption that Niger Delta communities have the capacity to plan, execute and manage their WASH facilities on a sustainable basis if their capacity is adequately built on conflict sensitivity and conflict management. The basic tenet is that if effort is made to build the ability of local actors and players to understand conflict, evaluate the causes of conflict, mitigate conflict – both its growth and impacts, and at the same time build skills to address the causes and impacts of conflicts within the communities, it would ensure WASH programme sustainability and improve cohesion and peaceful co-existence amongst programme communities.
This baseline study therefore aimed at assessing the level of understanding of conflict as well as conflict management capacity of key stakeholders in the implementation of the EU/UNICEF WASH programme in 10 LGAs across 5 Niger Delta States.
