Primary research on questions that shape programme design — risk, conflict, markets and household practice.
Community needs assessments, baseline surveys, feasibility studies and market studies that give a project a defensible starting point — and, occasionally, the evidence to redesign it before money is committed.
In Somali-speaking areas, moderation, transcription and translation are handled by native speakers with substantial research experience. In qualitative research, the difference between a competent translation and an excellent one is frequently the difference between a finding and a missed one.
What we deliver
- Community needs assessments and situational analyses
- Feasibility studies and market studies
- Survey design, sampling, enumeration, data management and analysis
Environmental and social impact assessment
NAGIRA fields ESIA experts who assess the environmental and social consequences of proposed projects, against country-specific ESIA regulations and the international standards that lenders, regulators and boards actually apply — including the guidelines of UNEP, the World Bank, IUCN and FAO. The purpose is to establish whether a proposed project is environmentally sound and socially sustainable, and to identify precisely what must change if it is not.
- Environmental and social impact assessments and environmental audits
- Environmental and social management plans (ESMPs)
- Stakeholder consultation, disclosure and grievance mechanism design
- Rangeland, ecosystem and natural resource assessments
- Climate risk, vulnerability and adaptation analysis
- Participatory disaster risk assessments
6 assignments between 2015 and 2022, commissioned by Save the Children, International Rescue Committee, World Vision, COOPI, Norwegian Refugee Council and INTERSOS. Each one is listed below.