Evaluering
Cross cutting evaluation of Norwegian People’s Aid’s work within the area of "Organizing for the defence and control of natural resources"
The quest for control over natural recourses has resulted in pressure on farmland and increase in extractive activities affecting among others small farmers and indigenous peoples. There has been increasing conflict over natural resources in programme countries and many of NPAs partner organisations are actively mobilising for democratic control over natural resources, the right to free prior and informed consent and access to or compensation for land. Partner organisations have different strategies according to the context, from resistance and protest to negotiations and (national and international) advocacy, among others. NPAs advocacy in Norway is based on and communicated with the partner agendas. The main purpose of the evaluation is to provide an (A) overview of NPAs support to partners who organise to gain access and control over natural resources and (B) to assess the quality of the support provided. The study should provide an overview and assessment of the different forms in which this work is implemented, and of how NPA and partners interpret their engagement.