Consultant of Mapping Local Ownership in Climate‑Adapted Livelihoods and Human Mobility Dynamics in North Africa

Introduction

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Project Context and Scope

1. Duty Station of the Consultancy: Remote and working with IOM Regional Office for MENA- Cairo, Egypt. 

    

2. Duration of Consultancy: Three (3) months starting from July till September 2026, subject to the medical clearance.

3. Nature of the consultancy:  Category B Consultancy

4. Project Context and Scope:   

   Communities across North Africa are increasingly exposed to climate change, environmental degradation, and related livelihood stressors, which in turn influence patterns of human mobility, including seasonal and circular labour mobility, voluntary immobility, and rural–urban movement. In response, local actors – including cooperatives, women’s groups, youth initiatives, informal livelihood networks, and community‑based organisations – are developing locally grounded, climate‑adapted livelihood strategies that strengthen resilience at community level. 

    

   Despite the centrality of these locally led efforts, evidence on local ownership in climate‑adapted livelihood systems remains fragmented and insufficiently reflected in national adaptation, development, and migration governance frameworks. In particular, there is limited consolidated analysis on how community‑driven livelihood strategies interact with human mobility outcomes and how these dynamics are addressed within policy processes. 

    

   Within this context, the Climate Change and Migration Data (CCMD) Programme seeks to commission an International Research Consultant to conduct a multi‑country qualitative study across North Africa, covering Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Sudan. The consultancy will generate comparative evidence on locally owned climate‑adapted livelihood systems, map key grassroots actors, and analyze the interaction between livelihood adaptation and mobility dynamics, with a view to informing climate‑mobility‑sensitive policy and programming. 

    

• Regional Data Hub (RDH), IOM Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

• CAD, IOM MENA Regional Office 

• Programme Framework: Climate Change and Migration Data (CCMD)  

Strategic Alignment:  

• IOM Strategic Plan 2024–2028  

• IOM Institutional Strategy on Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC)  

• Climate Mobility Roadmap  

• Denmark’s Strategy for Engagement with IOM (2023–2026)