Providing technical assistance services to the Federal Government of Nigeria comprising standard design, tender documentation, assistance in tendering process, construction supervision and financial monitoring until closure of over 800 infrastructure Micro-projects around the nine States of Niger Delta area; supporting institutional reforms and capacity building, resulting in Local Government and State Authorities increasingly providing infrastructural services, income generating options, sustainable livelihoods development, gender equity and community empowerment. The TA contract forms part of the wider Niger Delta Support Programme (NDSP) Component 4 which is aimed at mitigating the conflicts currently recorded in the Niger Delta by addressing the main causes of unrest and violence: governance, (youth) unemployment, poor delivery of basic services