Consultancy for study on the role of diaspora mobilizing support to emergency and recovery efforts – Insights from the Herat Earthquake Response

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), through the DEMAC initiative, is seeking consultancy to conduct an in-depth qualitative review of diaspora actors' role in funding local efforts in protracted and crisis-affected contexts across emergency, recovery, and reconstruction/development phases. Using the Herat Earthquake response as a case study, it will examine how the Afghan diaspora in its many forms provide charitable financial support to relief and development efforts in collaboration with local actors on the ground. Drawing on these insights, it will further identify tools, approaches, and enabling conditions that strengthen diaspora–local cooperation and highlight replicable insights and frameworks for broader application. The analysis will in turn inform synergies and cross-fertilization of efforts with other initiatives and seek to inform pilot efforts to potentially be scaled up and replicated across contexts.  Research will take place between July and October 2025, with final deliverables due by 15 October 2025.

All further details, specification and requirements are included in the tender dossier.