Executive Summary
The objectives of Hamarweyne Fish Market rehabilitation project included the creation of sustainable livelihoods for the vendors and the community around the market, strengthening the linkages between the private industries and the local administration, strengthening the legitimacy of and empowering the local administrations through the provision of government-led service delivery opportunities.
The evaluation of the project was conducted by Eagle Consulting between October 17 and 27, 2013. Various methodologies were used including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, vendor surveys and consumer polls when possible.
The main findings of the evaluation include the following:
• The main project components have been completed successfully and mainly to the satisfaction of the beneficiaries. The cooling room which was one of the main components could not be completed, but have been replaced with an alternative solution; the provision of flake ice machine and fiber glass boxes.
• The vendors stated that the capacity of the flake ice machine and the water tank is small; an issue which can be circumvented by increasing the hours of the water pump and flake ice machines operate. In addition, the vendors also raised an issue about the floor and the size of the market hall which is usually overcrowded. The small capacity of the market was also raised.
• The beneficiaries (including the vendors and the market consumers) mostly believe that the project was facilitated by the BRA and the district administration, which shows a growing awareness of the legitimacy and importance of the government and local administrations.
• The community engagement activities have been effective to a certain degree; however, the purpose of the trainings was not fully accomplished as the trainees have not disseminated the key lessons of the training to the vendors.
• The vendors pay taxes as well as other contributions to the fish cooperative association. They also pay for the use of the fiber glass boxes and the flake ice machine, the proceeds of which go into paying the salaries of the people who work at the fish market as cleaners and technicians.
In light of the above findings among others included in this report,

we make the following recommendations:
 The expansion of the fish market hall by adding the 8-meter space in the front of the market could change a lot about the hygiene and sanitation of the market, and may make it possible to separate the slaughtering section from the selling section.
 Assisting the fish cooperative association with setting up proper record keeping to help the district administration and BRA keep track of the actual tax income from Hamarweyne Market
 NIS Foundation needs to develop more effective community engagement strategies, and control how these strategies are implemented. We believe that this component of NIS Foundation projects could have been more effective if it is implemented by the organization and not outsourced.

 Introduction
The rehabilitation of Hamarweyne Fish Market has been one of the efforts Mogadihsu stabilization program. By liaising with Benadir Regional Authority and local district administration, NIS Foundation has managed to complete the main planned project activities.
The purpose of this report is to present the findings of the final evaluation for the fish market with the following objectives:
 To assess the activities carried out under this project
 To assess the impact of these activities on the achievement of the expected outcome objectives
According to the ToR for the evaluation work, this project, like similar initiatives for the stabilization of Mogadishu and the whole country, aimed to establish improved security conditions for Mogadishu, foster economic development and government-led service delivery , help create political conditions that support government administrations, and deliver strategic communications for the promotion of stability. The evaluation work conducted by Eagle Consulting Services took these project objectives and the expected outcomes into consideration, and used them as guidelines throughout the preparation of the project evaluation tools while consulting with NIS Foundation as and when needed.
The report attempts to give a brief background on the situation of the market and the justifications for undertaking the rehabilitation of Hamarweyne Fish Market according to the baseline data provided by NIS Foundation as well as the information provided by the fish market vendors and association. This will be followed by a discussion of the methodology and approach followed during the evaluation of the project. The key findings of the evaluation work is also discussed in detail including what has been accomplished throughout the project, while highlighting those issues that have been uncovered by the evaluation with respect to the implementation of the various project components. The findings section also addresses the key expected outcomes and to which degree these outcomes have been realized, presenting both qualitative and quantitative data that has been collected from the market as supporting evidence.
The report culminates with our conclusions regarding the findings, as well as our recommendations and lessons learnt throughout this exercise.

Hamarweyne Fish Market is among the oldest fish markets in Mogadishu, and has the location advantage among the other major fish markets including Lido and Medina fish markets – the other two largest fish markets in the whole region. The location of Hamarweyne fish market makes it now the busiest fish market of the three, but comes second to Lido market in terms of its capacity as the latter one is known as the “main fish market” among the vendors.
Hamarweyne fish market has been rehabilitated several times since the fall of the last central government, some of these rehabilitation jobs leading to poorer sanitary ventilation conditions. The vendors, some of who have been working in this market for over 30 years, recall that the rehabilitation projects those days mostly covered the reconstruction of some parts of the fish market building, replacing the iron sheets roof with a newer one, and reconstruction of slaughter tables.
Before the start of the rehabilitation project by NIS Foundation, some of the vendors described the market as having little or no roof at all as the iron sheets corroded due to the proximity to the beach. The sanitary condition of the fish market was also poor as cleaning the market required abundant running water, and the floor was not easy to clean as the waste water also could not flow out of the market hall and at most times pooled within the hall. These among other challenges usually affected the market vendors and the consumers, and impacted the effectiveness of this market which was the source of livelihood for over 200 people from the neighboring districts before the rehabilitation of the market.
According to the fish market association, between 180 to 200 fish vendors and fishermen trade in this market. This is an estimation as the fish market association that manages this market does not register the vendors who use this market or any other members of the association for that matter, citing reasons such as their fear of this registration may hinder potential fishermen and vendors from having access to this market. Under their current system, anyone who comes to this market to sell their fish automatically becomes a member of the association, and will be required to pay any contributions the other members pay.
The rehabilitation project of Hamarweyne Fish Market’s main objectives included creating an air of legitimacy and responsibility for regional and district-level administrations by the desimination of strategic communications that affect the impression the people have of the local administration, and by actually presenting the local administrations as the champions of this and similar projects. All of these efforts are intended to contribute to the stabilization agenda for Mogadishu. One of the key indicators for the success of this expected outcomes is the acceptance (or lack thereof) of tax payments to the government to improve service delivery.
Before the implementation of the project, the market vendors used to pay 10,000 So. Sh. (50 cents) a day for taxes levied on the table (market stand); and another tax is levied on the fish caught and brought to this market, which is roughly US$1 for each fish of more than 4KGs. However, the standard tariffs required by BRA is 10% of the value of the fish brought to this market.
To improve the services available at this market for the benefit of the vendors and the consumers, and to achieve the project’s underlying outcome objectives, NIS Foundation through various contractors has planned and implemented the following project components as indicated in the project documents:
1. The fish market was rehabilitated
2. A shallow well was dug and a water tank was constructed as well as the distribution pipes
3. A flake ice machine was procured, and the market vendors association was trained to use it
4. Electrification of the market as well as the provision of solar street lights was completed
5. A sliding ramp was constructed for the fishermen who bring their fish market
6. Rehabilitation of two toilets
7. Rehabilitation of the sewerage tunnel to take the waste water from the market hall and into the beach
8. Distribution of 46 fiber glass boxes
The project evaluation work focused on the degree to which these activities have been completed, and the expected outcomes achieved as a result of completing this work