This evaluation is based on the Report of the Senior Officials meeting of the AU Horn of African Initiative (AUHOAI) that was held in Mombasa in 2022, where Member States requested the Commission to undertake the Evaluation of the Initiative to ascertain its relevance and effectiveness in supporting Member States on issues of prevention of Trafficking in persons and Smuggling of Migrants in the Re. [...] The meeting took stock of the work done for the last 5 years based on the Plan of Action and agreed to undertake an evaluation of the Initiative with the aim of revamping and positioning it to support its Member States on merging challenges of irregular migration in the region. [...] Following the identification of the above challenges, member states recommended that the AU Commission in close collaboration with Member States and other relevant key stakeholders conduct an evaluation of the AU-HoAI to identify gaps and opportunities to be considered to revamp the initiative and ensure that the initiative brings much needed value and that it responds to the needs and realities f. [...] 1.4 Objectives of the AU-HOAI evaluation The main objective of the evaluation included the following: a) Review the AU-HOAI relevance to the needs of the member countries, b) Identify the initiatives potential Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) in a bid to strengthen it to be able to respond to Member States’ needs. [...] The Structural Design, Modality and leadership of the of AU-HOAI initiative The Evaluation found out that there is no clear Terms of Reference to define the leadership and modality of the Initiative.
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Table of Contents
- Table of Content 2
- Contents 3
- AUC 4
- AU-HOAI COMESA CoESPU EAC ECCAS ECOWAS 4
- EU GCM 4
- IOM IGAD KII 4
- IR MPFA 4
- NGO 4
- OECD DAC OCHA 4
- OHCHR RECs ROC SDG SLO SoM SWOT TiP TOR UN UNECA UNEG UNHCR INTERPOL 4
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
- CHAPTER 1 6
- BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION 6
- 1.1 Situational Analysis on Irregular Migration in the Horn of Africa HoA region 6
- Prevention 7
- Protection 7
- Prosecution 7
- Partnership 7
- 1.2 Background to the AU Horn of Africa Initiative 8
- 1.3 Justification for the Evaluation of the AU-HOAI 8
- Objectives of the AU-HOAI evaluation 9
- CHAPTER 2 10
- THE EVALUATION APPROACH 10
- 2.1 Methodology 10
- Table 2 KIIs breakdown 11
- Key Informant Organization Number 11
- AU-HOAI secrétariat 11
- Representatives of AU-HOAI member states 11
- Partners 11
- Table 2 Triangulation scales used in the evaluation 12
- Scale Description 12
- 3 High degree of triangulation 12
- 2 Satisfactory degree of triangulation 12
- 1 Limited degree of triangulation 12
- 2.2 Ethical guidelines for evaluation 12
- 2.3 Challenges encountered during data collection 13
- CHAPTER 3 13
- EVALUATION FINDINGS 13
- 3.1 Introduction 13
- I. Relevance of the AUHOAI to Member States needs on prevention of TIP and SOM in the Region 14
- II. The Structural Design Modality and leadership of the of AU-HOAI initiative 14
- III. Decision making and Follow up on Implementation 15
- IV. Complementarity and Synergy to the AU New Policies on TIP and SOM in Africa 16
- CHAPTER 4 17
- RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 17
- 4.1 Conclusions 17
- 4.2 Recommendations 18
- I. Develop and adopt a clear Terms of Reference to define clarity on structure modality and leadership of the Initiative 18
- II. Develop and adopt a strategic Plan of Action to guide the work of the Initiative 18
- III. Establish and operationalize thematic Working Groups for the AU-HOAI 18
- IV. Develop and operationalize funding and resource mobilization strategy for the AU-HOAI 19
- V. Develop Strategic partnership with other similar Processes and AU RECs on TIP and SOM Issues 19
- Annex 1 Evaluation Matrix 20
- Main evaluation 20
- Means of 20
- Sub-questions Data sources Data collection tools 20
- Approachesroadmap to data analysis 20
- RELEVANCE 20
- The extent to 20
- HOAI initiative is suited to member states needs 20
- EFFECTIVENESS 24
- Measure of the 24
- How is the 24
- COHERANCE 25
- Extent to which the initiative was 25
- Annex 2 Key Informant Guides 27
- AU-HOAI secretariat 27
- What have been the reasons to explain the opportunities and enabling factors 27
- How has this initiative worked Has it enhanced ownership and leadership by the Core 27
- What can be done to improve on the leadership and ownership of this process 27
- What explains the challenges experienced in implementation For example 27
- How has the responded to the protection needs of migrants Has 27
- Is there a commentcomplaint mechanism in place to collect feedback and 27
- How has the adjusted due to a change in the context How has the 27
- How did the prioritize what needs to respond to 27
- How has the incorporated any lessons that you may have learned 28
- Representatives of Member states Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia and Sudan Djibouti Kenya Somalia and South Sudan 28
- Has your country been involved in the If so in what way How is the aligned with your government priorities 28
- What explains the challenges experienced 28
- What other relevant initiatives bilateralmultilateral can be leveraged 28
- UN Agencies Partners of AU 29
- What is your understanding of the AU-HOAI initiative What does it seek to 29
- How does respond to the priorities of member states in migration 29
- How does the prioritize what needs to respond to How has the adapted its activities to the changing TIP and SoM 29
- Promising areas Development of national TiP and SoM prevention 29
- Anything should have been done differently 29
- How has the incorporated any lessons that you may have learned 29
