REINTEGRATION ASSISTANT - Climate-Sensitive Reintegration (UG)

CONTEXT Cameroon faces complex and interlinked drivers of migration: insecurity, unemployment, social pressures, environmental degradation, and climate change. The RRR Action Document highlights that climate-related vulnerabilities—such as droughts, soil degradation, deforestation, floods, and reduced agricultural productivity—are increasingly shaping livelihood instability and contributing to migration decisions, particularly in the Far North, North, East and some parts of the West regions. Environmental pressures act as risk multipliers: they intensify poverty, food insecurity, and competition over resources, further pushing individuals—especially youth—toward irregular migration routes, including dangerous Mediterranean crossings and the Latin America–US corridor. The Migration Governance Indicators also stress the importance of integrating mobility dimensions of crises and climate disruptions into national migration systems, underpinning the need for evidence-based policies linking climate change and migration drivers. At the same time, returnees often reintegrate into communities that are themselves heavily climate-affected. The RRR Action Document therefore emphasises green reintegration as a cross-cutting pillar: Promoting sustainable and climate-resilient livelihoods; Supporting eco-friendly income-generating activities (renewable energy, waste management, nature-based solutions); Strengthening host community resilience (climate-resilient agriculture, watershed restoration, improved land management); Ensuring reintegration does not exacerbate environmental stress. Furthermore, Cameroon hosts various climate and environment initiatives supported by partners such as GiZ, UNDP, AfDB, MINEPDED and MINADER. There is significant opportunity to link reintegration with green job creation, climate action, environmental rehabilitation, and national adaptation strategies. Despite this potential, no consolidated model currently exists within the RRR Programme to operationalise climate-sensitive reintegration, assess environmental drivers of migration, or systematically insert returnees into green and climate-resilient livelihood opportunities. This ToR responds to that gap. PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The Reintegration Assistant – Climate-Sensitive Reintegration will lead the development of a policy, tools, and operational approaches necessary to integrate climate and environmental considerations into the national reintegration system. The assignment will: Produce a Policy Note on Migration, Climate & Reintegration in Cameroon, documenting how environmental and climate-related factors act as drivers of migration and influence return dynamics. Design a Green Jobs Catalogue tailored for returnees and communities, aligning with labour market needs, existing national programmes and partner initiatives (e.g., GiZ environment/green economy programmes). Identify opportunities to embed reintegration beneficiaries into climate, environment, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and green growth programmes implemented by government, private sector, NGOs, and international partners. Propose a Climate-Sensitive Reintegration Model for RRR, including tools, workflows, and recommended gree