West Africa: Civil society strengthening for conflict prevention study

Abstract

This synthesis report covers the assessment of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Côte d'Ivoire and Mail and their capacity to undertake conflict prevention and management functions. The overall assessment examined CSO conflicts resolution capacity at three levels: (a) the local community level (b) around issues of with a national scope, and (c) those conflicts that had a cross-border or subregional dimension. This assessment is one of two studies (the other being an assessment of Anglophone countries) conducted for the West Africa Regional Program of USAID as part of a broader study entitled West Africa: Civil Society Strengthening for Conflict Prevention.