IGAD intends to undertake a study to review the possibility and viability of forming pastoralist cooperatives and to determine the feasibility of group-based risk transfer mechanisms to insure against drought impact and related production losses, in the context of cross-border dynamics and pastoralist mobility. To achieve this, IGAD has recently entered into partnership with the USAID and therefore, IFRAH, representing IGAD, is seeking qualified consultants to help IGAD to carry out the tasks of studying the viability of forming pastoralist cooperatives and the feasibility of group-based risk transfer mechanisms in the IGAD region.

This assignment aims at assessing the possibility of forming pastoralist productive cooperatives and determining the feasibility of group-based risk transfer and risk sharing mechanisms to insure against drought impacts, in the context of cross-border dynamics and pastoralist mobility in the IGAD region.