Enhancing localisation in Northeast Nigeria via institutional and programmes capacity strengthening of L/NNGOs, CBOs and Community-based mechanisms for Child Protection, Education  WASH sectors partners. This project is an innovation intervention geared towards enhancing localization in the Northeast response. The project will focus on building institutional and programmes capacity of Child Protection, Education-In-Emergencies and WASH sector Local and National Non-Governmental Organizations (L/NNGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs). Lessons learnt from the localization approaches in the past is that one-off trainings have never delivered quality institutional and programmes capacity strengthening hence why this project shall be deploying a 6 month Holistic mentorship approach for the institutional and programmes capacity strengthening for 60 L/NNGOs and CBOs in collaboration with the Northeast Nigeria CP AoR, EIEWG and WASH Sectors. 

Out of the target 60 L/NNGOs and CBOs, 20 shall be recommended by CP AoR 20 recommended by EIEWG and 20 recommended by the WASH sectors respectively. The 60 L/NNGOs shall be selected from Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (The BAY States).   

This project shall be implemented in close coordination with the OCHA-Nigeria Localization focal person. The 6-month mentorship programmes shall extensively cover topics on:

1.	Effective Finance amp Grants Management
2.	Effective Human Resource Management
3.	Effective Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
4.	Effective Humanitarian Programmes Planning and Implementation
5.	Effective Supply Chain Management and Procurement
6.	Support for Organizational Strategy, Policies and Procedures Development

It is important to note that this project will not just end with the 6-months mentoring. This project will end with an action phase where the best 6 L/NNGOs and CBOs from the institutional capacity building programme will be sub-granted with $10,000 each to implement Child Protection, Education-in-Emergencies and WASH response that will be jointly developed by the 6 L/NNGOs in collaboration with the Northeast CP AoR, EIEWG and WASH Sectors respectively.

Through the action projects to be implemented by the 6 L/NNGOs across the BAY States. 8000 target beneficiaries will be reached. 2000 children will be reached with the Child Protection intervention (Community-based PSS) 4000 learners will be reached with the EIE intervention (Back to School Drive) and 2000 individuals will be reached with WASH intervention (Hygiene Promotion).

The implementation by the 6 L/NNGOs shall be closely monitored, and lessons will be properly documented and shared. The essence of the sub-grant to the 6 L/NNGOs is to provide them with the opportunities to apply their respective policies and demonstrate prudence in finance management which positions them for more direct grants from donors and also qualify them for becoming eligible partners of the OCHA Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF).

GOALPrime is currently the Northeast CP AoR Co-lead Organization, the Localization focal point Agency for EIEWG and a National NGO representative in the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) of the trio of Northeast CP AoR, EIEWG amp the WASH Sector as well as the Nigeria NGO representative to the Global CP AoR Strategic Advisory Group hence making GOALPrime the best organization better positioned, technically and strategically to implement this Innovative Localization Initiative.