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7 VILLAGE MONITORING SYSTEMS: NIGERIA Lastly, the success of the project is owed to the strength of the collaboration and partnership that was established between CLEEN Foundation Nigeria, The University of California Los Angeles and The University of Toronto. [...] Among the consequences of these conflicts are the decimation and displacement of the population, loss of life, and the destruction of crucial social and economic infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, police stations and outposts and various markets. [...] As such, the functions of early warning include the continuous monitoring of violent conflicts, the provision of neutral information to appropriate authorities, the analysis of situations and prediction of their future trends, and changing the trajectory of conflicts in order to prevent or de-escalate violence.35 Such early warning approaches can be used pre- conflict, during conflict, and in post. [...] The survey tool was designed to collect information on the nature of attacks, the types of reactions that communities had to violence, the nature of existing EWER mechanisms in the communities, the respondent’s perceptions of the category and character of potential EWER Forum members, the respondents’ perceptions of the involvement of women in EWER Forum and individual motivations for belonging to. [...] The Commission was established with the objective of ensuring the “monitoring, mitigation and prevention of conflicts with the view to promoting peaceful and harmonious co-existence in the State.58” The Peace Commission is uniquely positioned to address coordination challenges and strengthen the linkages between state and non-state actors who are working to enhance early warning and early response.