I.      GENERAL OBJECTIVE 

Provide technical, strategic, and methodological support to Nigeria’s Youth, Peace, and Security Coalition throughout the process of developing the Second Youth Peace and Security National Action Plan (NAP) ensuring national ownership, effective youth participation, and alignment with national policies, international and regional standards, and the specificities of the Nigerian context.

II.            SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

The national expert will:

·        Design and adapt a comprehensive and detailed methodology for all stages of the NAP development process (mapping, consultations, workshops, etc.) using a participatory approach;

·        Conduct a document review and map the key Youth, Peace, and Security actors in Nigeria;

·        Develop the appropriate tool for gathering and analyzing the inputs of the national stakeholders.

·        Develop training modules and facilitate capacity-building, synthesis, and NAP YPS development workshops;

·        Draft the National Action Plan and related documents (reports, commitment sheets, action plans, implementing schedules, etc.);

·        Ensure the coordination of the independent external evaluation of the first NAP YPS ;

·        Support the establishment of the national coordination and monitoring mechanism;

·        Provide strategic and methodological support and advice to Nigeria’s Youth Peace and Security Coalition during all stages of the process in conjunction with the project team, capitalizing on similar experiences in the sub-region related to this Agenda.

III.           MAIN TASKS 

The national expert will report to the EPSG Project Manager based in Abidjan and will work closely with Nigeria’s Youth, Peace, and Security Coalition, the Federal Ministry of Youth, technical partners and other stakeholders.

 He/she will perform the following tasks:

1.      Initial review and planning

·        Participate in the scoping meeting with stakeholders;

·        Contribute in planning all related activities, based on the needs shared by stakeholders.

2.      Methodological and technical support

·        Develop/review the complete roadmap for developing the second PAN-JPS, including methodology, budgeting, and planning;

·        Design data collection tools for consultations with relevant stakeholders;

·        Develop training modules for the capacity-building workshop and deliver these trainings.

3.      Support the implementation of activities:

·        Support the organization and facilitation of the consultations;

·        Coordinate project activities with the relevant stakeholders and partners

·        Conduct a literature review and stakeholder mapping;

·        Support the facilitation of workshops to synthesize, develop, present and validate the NAP.

4.      Technical writing and capitalization:

·        Draft the provisional and final versions of the YPS NAP

·        Follow-up the work sessions and strategic discussions on the YPS NAP with the relevant stakeholders

·        Produce technical reports on the various activities.

IV.         EXPECTED DELIVRABLES 

The completion of this mission includes the production of several deliverables. Some deliverables can be produced remotely. Below is an indicative list of the expected deliverables. 

·        Updated roadmap for the development of the NAP

·        Approved work schedule;

·        Methodological notes for each of the activities in the roadmap

·        Data collection tools for mapping and consultations

·        Training modules and materials for capacity-building activities

·        Document review report and stakeholder mapping

·        Regional/state consultation reports

·        workshop and activities report;

·        First draft of the YPS NAP;

·        Final version of the YPS NAP submitted for approval by national authorities;

·        Full mission report + support for the official NAP presentation ceremony.