HSCL led a consortium that implemented the Gate's Foundation-funded "Coordinating and Mobilizing Civil Society Response in Nigeria" (COMCIRIN) project to strengthen the capacity, coordination, and mobilization of civil society's response to COVID-19, to mitigate community transmission and minimize the health, social and economic impact at the community level. This involved establishing relationships with CSOs who have deep experience working across communities in the 36 + 1 states in Nigeria on varied development issues. Key TA implementation of the project was guided across four different pillars - coordination, capability, communication, and accountability.
Project Goal
To gain a deeper understanding of community experiences with the pandemic and its response to better inform policy and action.
Objectives
- To promote behavior change and contribute community insights to the COVID-19 response at national, state, LGA, and community levels
- To improve the capacity of CSOs to contribute to the government’s COVID-19 response efforts; support communication and promote behavior change and contribute to community insights into the COVID-19 response
- To identify multi-sectoral local innovations responses for the pandemic at the LGA and community levels
Related Activities
- Established mechanisms to foster accountability and provide feedback that positively influences government policy and strategies
- Strengthened the technical and organizational capacity of the CSOs, and Improving coordination and integration of CSOs' efforts at the subnational and community level in contributing to the COVID-19 response within their communities,
- Mapped and tracked COVID-19 response innovations.