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In August 2012, Integrity won the commission to assist Pact in understanding whether increased programming in livelihoods would support the organisation’s peace building objectives. Our approach was to explore the influences and causal relations between conflict, livelihoods and peace building, rather than strictly positioning peace building within a livelihoods framework or vice versa.

Tristan Salmon and Lydia Stone lead a team of 12, along with our local M&E Officer Mike Salla, in the research. A pilot study and field research was conducted in four locations in Upper Nile State: Malakal, Kodok, Nasir and Baliet. Research data was collected by a team of nine consultants and researchers who conducted 373 field interviews, 18 focus groups and 59 key informant interviews. Field data was inputted by the National Bureau of Statistics and analysed by Integrity researchers. Field interviews used a 10 page questionnaire with a mix of coded and open questions covering ethno-graphic and social information, details of livelihoods, remittances, experience of conflict, effects of conflict and attitudes towards cattle raiding/rustling and other conflict drivers.

For more information please contact Marc Buchner at mb@integrityresearch.co.uk.

Integrity in South Sudan is in the process of implementing its second major research project for the Safety and Access to Justice Programme (SAJP), a DFID-funded security sector reform programme. SAJP works with the South Sudan Police Service at its Headquarters in Juba and in four of South Sudan's state capitols (Wau, Kuajok, Torit and Bor), helping to establish model police stations to demonstrate effective community policing.

Earlier this year, led by Juba Head of Office Marc Buchner, and supported by Field Managers Abraham Awolich and Jessica Hayes, Integrity undertook a qualitative research programme at each of SAJP's four sites. Aimed at elucidating the links between formal and informal security structures in each state, Integrity deployed a team of researchers and field mangers to each of the four sites to undertake a series of focus groups and key informant interviews. The results will be used by SAJP to inform its approach to assisting local level engagement with these service providers.

This week, the fieldwork component of a six site research project to update SAJPs baseline data commenced. Led by Integrity Director Andrew Cleary and James Khalil, and supported by Field Managers Zacharia Akol and Abraham Awolich and a team of 12 enumerators and 6 interviewers, Integrity is deploying four research methodologies in the four states with an SAJP presence, in addition to Beintu (Unity State) and Juba (Central Equatoria State).

In all six locations, Integrity is conducting:
a) Exit polling of the central police station
b) Interviews with police and government leaders
c) Micro-surveys of the general populace
d) Focus group discussions (in Beintu and Juba only)

Integrity is working with the South Africa-based Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention on the design and analysis phases of the project, expanding our organisations' partnership that commenced with our earlier work led by Marc, Abraham and Jessica. 

The Integrity team looks forward to continuing their work with SAJP and contributing to a more community and service-oriented police service in South Sudan.

Andrew and Abraham providing pre-research training to the team.

Between April and June Integrity evaluated the civil society support programme implemented by L’Agence Française de Développement, the French Development Agency (AFD), in the occupied Palestinian territories. In particular the evaluation examined how civil society is best capacitated, what role French NGOs supported by AFD can play and what their value added has been.

The evaluation was undertaken by our Head of Evaluation, Martine Zeuthen and our regional evaluator Jalal Al Husseini as part of a 4 person team led by our evaluation partner Channel Research.

The tools used included a thorough document review, financial assessment, interviews with key stakeholders, implementers and partners and visits to Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenine, al-Alzarieh and Jerusalem. The final report is currently being written and will be shared for external distribution later in the year.

If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact Martine at mz@integrityresearch.co.uk.