UN MPTF Phase III
Contribution ID : SE-0-SE-6-13064This website displays open data about Swedish aid, which shows when, to whom and for what purpose Swedish aid is paid out, as well as what results it has produced. This page contains information about one of the contributions financed with Swedish aid.
The Somalia UN MPTF is a UNDP administered multi donor/partner trust fund that Sweden has been supporting since 2015. It is a key mechanism for financing UN Joint Programmes, and it is aligned to Somalia's National Development Plan, which is the poverty reduction strategy through which aid to Somalia is implemented. The UN remains central and important for p...
Read the full descriptionMore about the contribution
The Somalia UN MPTF is a UNDP administered multi donor/partner trust fund that Sweden has been supporting since 2015. It is a key mechanism for financing UN Joint Programmes, and it is aligned to Somalia's National Development Plan, which is the poverty reduction strategy through which aid to Somalia is implemented. The UN remains central and important for peace and development in Somalia since the onset of the more than decades-long period of conflict, insecurity and humanitarian crises. The UN will continue to be a key partner for Sweden in Somalia. Sweden is active in the dialogue with the UN system and in the implementation of the UN MPTF, and regularly pushes for the UN to facilitate a continuous dialogue and a functioning donor coordination between the federal government, the federal member states and donors in all sectors, and that the UN should apply an integrated approach that links policy orientation with technical implementation. This intervention will contribute to the attainment of the following overall objectives in the government of Sweden's Strategy for Sweden’s development cooperation with Somalia 2018–2022 (UD2018/10786/AF): - Peaceful and inclusive societies; - Human rights, democracy and the rule of law; - Equitable health, focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights It is also foreseen that the UN MPTF will make a substantial contribution to the implementation of Somalia's National Development Plan 2020-2024 (NDP 9), Somalilands's National Development Plan 2017-2021 and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Somalia 2021-2025. The projects and programmes supported by Sida through the UN MPTF is organised under four national development pillars: 1) Inclusive and Accountable Politics; 2) Improved Security and the Rule of Law; 3) Improved Economic Development; and 4) Social Development. These pillars have been identified as pre-requisites for poverty eradication and building resilience - to allow government to be able to provide social services such as basic education and health care. Crosscutting themes include strengthened gender and human rights; building resilience; improved management of environment and natural resources; providing durable solutions to long term displacement and improved governance within all pillars. Key to note is that, currently, Somalia is experiencing political turmoil due to a lack of political agreement on an elections model. Experiences from Sida’s past years support to the UN MPTF have demonstrated that the fund has built in mechanisms to ensure technical level collaboration can continue, ensuring that critical support to the Somali population are implemented without interruption. The UN MPTF has also demonstrated that important results have been achieved in the areas of Inclusive Politics; State building; Rule of Law; Human Rights; Women, Peace and Security; Economic Empowerment and Resilience. Sida assesses that this new phase of support to the UN MPTF will build on gains already made, but also the experiences from past implementation, hence increasing the chances of achieving the objectives of this contribution. It is also anticipated that the UN system will be a key stakeholder in the political process ahead, where the federal government and the federal member states must reach political settlements to enable a positive and peaceful development in Somalia. The UN MPTF provides the UN, Sweden and other donors with a platform to have a sincere dialogue on key issues and thus be able to contribute to the political solutions Somalia needs, especially in times of great uncertainty and with significant challenges.
All activities related to the contribution are shown here. Click on an individual activity to see in-depth information.
Total aid 0 USD distributed on 0 activities
A list of all paid transactions for a specific contribution is presented here. Each payment can be traced to a specific activity. Negative amounts indicate that there has been a refund.
0 transactions
No transactions available for this contribution
0 contribution documents
Link to download |
---|
No contribution documents available for this contribution
Result
The United Nations Multi Partner Office (UNMPTFO) submitted the 2022 annual narrative and financial reports on time. The annual narrative and financial reports both adhere to the standard formats that have been agreed with donors. Key results per pillar include: 1. Inclusive Politics: The United National Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) supported the peaceful transition of power in Somalia at a period characterized by a continuously changing political and electoral context that resulted in repeated delays in election operations. The UN's electoral support contributed to the conclusion of the electoral process in May 2022 following the federal parliamentary elections and the election of the 10th President of the Federal Republic of Somalia by the joint Houses of Parliament. The UN's Integrated Electoral Support Group (IESG) provided technical support to the ad hoc electoral committees as they completed indirect elections to the House of the People (HoP). The UN's Gender Electoral Task Team supported the IESG with advocacy in coordination with Goodwill Ambassadors Group, established by the Prime Minister to ensure the achievement of the 30% quota for women's representation in Parliament. However, despite intense advocacy efforts, women's representation in Parliament fell short of the 30% quota for both Houses. Only 54 of the 275 seats were won by women - 26% in the Upper House and 20% in the House of the People. While this is progress, and a win for women, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on improving women's political participation and representation in the political sphere in Somalia. In Puntland, the UN expanded support to the one-person-one -vote local elections. The UN worked with the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission (TPEC) in preparing an election plan, public outreach and sensitization strategy, a voter education strategy and implementation plan, and review of the electoral training manuals. In addition, IESG advised TPEC on restructuring its organogram, with particular focus on enhancing its logistics capacity to support the district elections. 2. Rule of Law: Through UN supported 16 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centers, as an alternative to formal courts, 14,268 beneficiaries in rural and marginalized communities have accessed justice since 2018. Legal aid services were provided to 17,461 beneficiaries by lawyers and paralegals and 2,025 beneficiaries through the expansion of mobile court services in difficult to access locations. For example, in Baidoa, the ADRs were established through transformative change using the framework of non violent communication, a personal and collective development tool based on empathy. This supported the emergence of a people centered system that led to a more sustainable outcome for dispute resolution processes. Prisoners were provided with a more secure and conducive environment to serve their sentences through the construction and reconstruction of prison facilities supported by UN agencies. For example, an additional block was constructed and refurbished at Mogadishu Prison and Court Complex, including bedding and welfare materials for incoming prisoners. In addition, rehabilitation programmes benefited significant number of prisoners through vocational training in skills such as electricity, welding and plumbing. Finally, the FGS drafted a new Somalia Prison Law and Standard Operating Policy, which will contribute to further enhancing prison administration and improving the treatment of prisoners in line with the international prison management standards and the Nelson Mandela Rules. In order to strengthen systems designed to protect children in conflict and ensure that children are afforded protection through justice procedures, diversion guidelines, in particular age verification guidelines were developed by FGS and implemented in Benadir and Puntland. The UN collectively supported the diversion of 879 children from the formal justice system. Additionally, 4 functional child courts were supported in Puntland to process juvenile cases. Socialized Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prosecution Unit and the online Gender Based Violence Information Management System were established and launched in 2022 at the Puntland AG office as well as the AG office in Benadir. These units enabled more efficient documentation and prosecution of SGBV cases. Women's representation and participation in the legal sector was enhanced through capacity building training of 120 female lawyers. 3. Climate and Resilience: Through media campaigns, an estimated 2,214,363 people (42% women) were sensitized on sustainable natural resource management. The integration of awareness raising with demonstration actions contributed to a reduction in the demand for charcoal at local levels. For example, through national and sub national level awareness, 420 persons (40%) women, increased their knowledge of environmental conservation and the promotion of alternative energy solutions to charcoal use. Some communities even banned the felling of trees for charcoal to protect the environment. The UN further supported the transitioning of 7,447 households (95% women led households) and 500,000 beneficiaries (75% women and children) to environment friendly sustainable sources of energy. These included fuel efficient stoves, alternatives to charcoal, solar solutions, reducing deforestation and charcoal consumption. This then led to improved access to health services while creating employment. 64 artisans (34% women) trained and adopted improved designs for energy efficiency. 10 businesses (100% women led) were established to market clean energy sources for households. For example, 70 women retailers transitioned to energy efficient cooking stoves. At policy level, the UN supported the development of legal and regulatory frameworks and capacity building of key Natural Resources Management institutions for the effective monitoring and enforcement of the charcoal trade ban, and the development of an enabling policy environment for energy security and natural resources management. Additionally, the National Charcoal Policy, National Forestry and National Range land Management Policy with a harmonized implementation plan were developed and submitted to the cabinet for approval. 4. Community Recovery and Local Governance: The success of fiscal decentralization was demonstrated strongly in Somaliland, which now regularly transfers 12.5% of its national budget to local governments/administrations. In 2022, there was improvement in Somaliland and Puntland intergovernmental fiscal relations system. The Joint Programme for Local Governance (JPLG) invested USD 17.4M through the LDF grant mechanism, catalysing close to USD 4M in state and local government investments. The most significant result of consistent JPLG support was the graduation of 3 districts from the programme in 2022. A Local Government Gender Advocacy Strategy was developed for the FGS to improve gender equality and inclusion in local governance. 5. Human Rights and Gender: The Joint Programme on Human Rights continued implementing the Monitoring Response Mechanism (MRM) on grave violations against children. In total, the MRM group reviewed more than 1,300 incidences, of which 86% were verified per MRM standards. As a result, UNICEF and other partners provided responses for at least 83% of maiming victims and 72% victims of sexual violence. In November 2022, Somalia presented its first state party report on the implementation of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to the Committee Against Torture. The recommendations from the Committee Against Torture will encourage the FGS to improve Somalia's human rights, legal and policy frameworks and tackle the issue of torture. The UN supported the consultations to finalize the National Plan of Action for Children (NPA/C) held in Djibouti in December 2022. This is a comprehensive plan to implement, monitor and contribute to the realization of child rights in Somalia. In addition, The validation and launch of the Somalia National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 provided a framework to enhance and monitor women's participation and representation. This contributed to increased meaningful representation and participation of women in political, legislative and peace infrastructure by establishing 17 women's peace networks in the 5 Federal Member States and the Banadir Regional Administration, which now meet on a quarterly basis. The Women, Peace and Protection (WPP) programme developed a manual on conflict related sexual violence to enhance the capacity of the state and non state actors to prevent and respond to incidents of conflict related sexual violence. Additionally, a civil society organisation was identified to train 10 local organisations on early warning, monitoring and reporting systems. 6. Economic Development: The UN efforts in agriculture and fisheries yielded good achievements in 2022 under the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP). The review of the existing legislation of the re establishment of the labour courts was completed in collaboration and consultation with the relevant ministries and key stakeholders. UNIDO supported the mapping on special economic zone development in Somalia and pre-feasibility assessment of potential Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Somalia, including fish and food processing in Mogadishu, agro-commodity processing in Baidoa and fish processing industry in Bossasso. The report provided an assessment of market demand, type of infrastructure, commercial viability, implementation modality and potential sites for each of the SEZ opportunities. Under the fisheries component of PSDP, FAO made significant progress towards a first complete draft of the Fisheries Master Plan. FAO completed training for 20 women from Fisheries Cooperatives in Marka and Jazeera and distributed 3 of the 12 units of solar fridges and fish processing kits to support women in new or growing fish processing and trading businesses. This contributed to the increase of opportunities for women in the fisheries value chain. Through a Letter of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI), FGS, and South West State MoAI, and a Letter of Agreement with Humanitarian Action for Relief and Development Organization (HARDO), 200 women farmers in Marka district, SouthWest State, were organised into 6 cooperatives. They were trained in group leadership, governance, agribusiness management and good/modern agricultural practices. They will now focus on the production of vegetables at a commercial scale. 7. Social Development: UNFPA made significant progress in enhancing access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in 2022. 168,959 pregnant women received quality antenatal care; 47,952 safe births were conducted along 3,932 Caesarean Sections. Maternal complications such as hypertensive and hemorrhagic disorders were managed in 69 facilities. UNFPA supported the establishment of a national blood bank. 1,091,609 beneficiaries were reached, including integrated SRH services. 85% of the beneficiaries were women and girls. The provision of Family Planning (FP) services was expanded. 154 health workers were trained to provide FP services 126 health facilities across different regions in Somalia. This led to a significant increase in the uptake of of FP services, with 68,058 women using contraceptives in 2022 compared to 39,795 in 2021. Forums, workshops, and training for religious leaders, youth and women were conducted to create awareness towards eradication of harmful practices such as FGM, child/early/forced marriage; as well as promote menstrual hygiene. A mobile App was developed in the Somali language to provide answers to common question on SRH and identify local midwifery services to increase demand fro community level youth SRH services. The App has been validated by the FGS Ministry of Health and is ready for piloting within UNFPA supported youth platforms. On population dynamics, UNFPA strengthened the Somalia Statistical system through institutional capacity building, south to south cooperation, and preparing reports and policy relevant analysis. Cross cutting priorities: The Somalia Joint Fund has 6 cross cutting priorities that all UN joint programmes must consider when developing, implementing and reporting. These cross cutting priorities are included in the UN Cooperation Framework and serve as as crucial contributing factors to the underlying causes of fragility in Somalia and as practical tools reinforce the UN's assistance in realizing the objectives outlined in the National Development Plan. These include: a) Promoting gender equality and empowering women. b) Ensuring inclusively and leaving no one behind. c) Upholding social contracts and legitimacy. d) Capacity building and developing exit strategies. e) Preventing corruption. f) Prioritizing environmental and climate security. Safe guarding human rights and gender equality are already reported on above. Examples of others include: a) Leave no one behind: Through the Joint Justice Programme, the community conversations initiative empowered marginalized communities to address their security and justice concerns through engagement with local authorities. It also supported their efforts to access community led justice solutions, legal aid, mobile courts and ADR centre services. b) Preventing corruption: To maintain neutrality in fund administration, UNDP implemented the elections programme using a Direct Implementation Modality, which meant disbursing funds to partner institutions through Letters of Agreement to reduce the risk of fraud and diversion. Risk Management: In the midst of unprecedented levels of risk and limited human resources, the Risk Management Unit (RMU) in continued work to further improve the efficiency and accountability of aid delivery in the country. The RMU continued to engage with existing collaborative mechanisms such as the UN Risk Management Accountability and Quality Assurance (RMAQR) Working Group and the UN Procurement Working Group (PWG). It established a new NGO Consortium Collaborative Risk Management (CRM) Committee to support the CRM strategy. This is a significant step towards improving aid delivery accountability and efficiency. The RMU also also supported the newly established Humanitarian Risk Sharing Task force and facilitated the development of a joint Humanitarian Risk Register. 2022 Financial Performance: In 2022, SJF received a total of USD 46,309,466 in deposits, which is 8% lower than the amount received at the same period in 2021. 8 active donors to the SJF made commitments of USD 48,677,716 with a deposit rate of 95%. The drop in contributions is attributed to the changes made in the funds portfolio and the just concluded reforms of the fund. These reforms have played a significant role in shaping the current financial landscape of the SJF. 2022 saw a continued decline in contributions to the fund as reforms took shape, especially the implementation of the new earmarking policy. However, the team is optimistic that this is temporary and an increase in contributions is expected from 2024. Summary financial report: a) Sweden's contribution to the fund was USD 13,067,005, about 28% of total contributions to the fund, year 2022. b) Interest earned: For the period January to December 2022, the fund earned USD 265, 096 - USD 264,334 from income and USD 762 from participating agencies. c) A total of USD 46,034,010 was transferred to 12 participating UN agencies. UNFPA received the largest share at 35%, followed by UNDP at 27% and UNCDF at 11%. No funds were transferred directly to the Federal Government of Somalia. d) The participating agencies delivery rate averaged 94%. UN Habitat and WFP had the highest delivery rates at 104% and 100% respectively. Followed closely by UNODC 99%, UNCDF 99% and FAO 98%. The FGS had the lowest delivery rate at 62%. The detailed financial report is attached to this report and is also posted on the MPTF Office GATEWAY https://mptf.undp.org/fund/4so00
The overall objective of the UN MPTF is to contribute to State Building in Somalia and the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP 9), which reflects the Federal Government of Somalia commitment to the multi dimensional root causes of poverty and contribute to reducing the impacts of poverty experienced by households and individuals. Despite the current political impasse and the challenges brought about by the failure to reach a political agreement between the FGS and FMSs on the elections, failure to complete the constitutional review process, some good progress has been made through the UN MPTF II in the areas of Inclusive Politics; Rule of Law; Human Rights; Women, Peace and Security; Economic Empowerment and Resilience as detailed in introduction of this appraisal. This contribution will build on gains made and lessons learnt by UN MPTF II while continuing to lobby the FGS and FMS to reach political settlements, critical for Somalia's political and development future. Specifically, this intervention will contribute towards improved inclusive and accountable politics, stabilisation, improved security and the Rule of Law; and enhanced social development through specific programming on reproductive and maternal health care. Strengthened gender and human rights; building resilience; improved management of environment and natural resources; providing durable solutions to long term displacement and improved governance within all pillars, will be mainstreamed in all programmes. Analysis indicates that poverty in Somalia is driven by political fragility, conflict, insecurity and lawlessness, and exacerbated by climate emergencies. Political stability, security and the rule of law must improve to create the conditions in which efforts to support and climate proof economic growth can succeed. Social development is needed to fuel and sustain economic growth, through human capital development, social protection and disaster risk management. Sida assesses that UN MPTF III addresses these poverty drivers and by building on gains made by UN MPTF II, will increase the chances of achieving the objectives of this contribution.
Swedish aid in numbers and reports
Do you want to read more about the results of Swedish aid?
Reports from the Expert Group for Aid Studies and Sida's strategy and corruption reports Sida's annual report (Swedish only)