Interpeace Somalia Peacebuilding Programme (Talo Wadaag Phase II) - 2022-2025
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The programmes overall objective is to strengthen citizen engagement in governance, conflict prevention and management and its subsequent outcomes and outputs on increased inclusion and participation of women, youth and marginalized groups in peacebuilding and democratization processes directly aligns with Sidas objective and contribution on peaceful and inclu...
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The programmes overall objective is to strengthen citizen engagement in governance, conflict prevention and management and its subsequent outcomes and outputs on increased inclusion and participation of women, youth and marginalized groups in peacebuilding and democratization processes directly aligns with Sidas objective and contribution on peaceful and inclusive societies.
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Result
Within the reporting period, the programmes work under the four outcomes engaged at least 2522 people (35% women and 22% youth). Key achievements realised included the following: Outcome 1:The programme made significant contribution towards increasing participation and ownership of governance processes in Somalia and Somaliland, at least 695 people (50% women and 45% youth) were engaged by the programme through activities such as the assessment on community needs that informed the design of voter education outreach in Puntland, civic education forums in Puntland that engaged minority groups and the general community, and an assessment that reviewed the achievements and perspectives of the elected officials in the three districts where early elections took place in Puntland in 2021. Through these engagements, the programme established a strong foundation for increased citizen engagement in the democratisation process in Puntland by factoring the community needs in the outreach work. The early elections assessment helped the programme understand the citizen perspectives that were fed back to the council officials to inform their current and future work, which contributed towards strengthening their relationships and an important component of strengthening the social contract. Outcome 2:The programme created opportunities for increased inclusion of women, youth and marginalized groups in governance, conflict prevention and management, at least 332 people (58% women and 56% youth) were engaged by the programme through activities that included consultation meetings and workshops that identified key priorities and entry points for engagement of women and youth in the Shidan and Yagoori reconciliation processes which has broaden the public participation in the reconciliation processes; and advocacy and celebration on the positive roles of youth in Galkayo. The programme continued to be committed towards strengthening the capacities and promoting holistic approaches to promote meaningfully participation of women, youth and marginalized groups in peacebuilding and democratisation processes. Outcome 3: The programme continued with efforts towards ensuring sustainable conflict management of the reconciliation processes at the community and state levels, at least 1,443 people (22% women and 4% youth) were engaged by the programme. The nature of the engagements included consultation meeting with authorities, such as Sanaag Regional Governor, meeting with representatives from Somalilands House of Elders, peace tour in Caddada area, meeting with the Ceel Afweyn peace committee. The programme also facilitated mediation sessions that sustained momentum of the reconciliation processes in Cadadda reconciliation processes in Puntland. The contributions to these reconciliation in Puntland and Somaliland demonstrated trust and legitimacy of the programme amongst the relevant stakeholders. Outcome 4: The programme contributed towards ensuring that regional and international strategies for peace and development are more informed by evidence of effective peacebuilding practices. Various bilateral meetings and experience sharing engagements within the consortium teams were held that enabled the programme to begin analysing strategies for peace and development that will inform the effective peacebuilding practices. In addition, data generated from year one from the different assessments carried out in the target locations is already enabling the programme to grow the body of evidence needed to back up the learning and recommendations emerging from the programme. Additionally, the programme managed to change attitude and relations, in Somaliland, the programme has noted close interest by the Ministry of Interior to prioritise community approaches in supporting reconciliation processes. Even though this cannot be fully attributed to the programme only, it demonstrates the positive reception of the programme by the relevant stakeholders. Also, a study carried by the partner endeavoured to uncover the different attitudes in the conflict to provide a multifaceted and nuanced understanding, alongside areas of consensus, one of the findings was the public mistrust that existed Undermining all actors capacities to accept or contribute to lasting peace in Galkayo. The programme has enabled relevant stakeholders to reflect on recommendations needed to sustain the Galkayo peace process. Even though there were other actors involved as well, the programmes contribution was central. The 2022 financial review showed there was slight overspending on some budget lines. This is mainly due to the fact that in the initial budget for year 1 prior to the signing of the agreement the requested budget amount was higher but due to the budget restrictions that were imposed on Swedish funding in 2022 as a consequence of the war in Ukraine the budget for the first year had to be reduced. Interpeace did not want to interfere with partners' budgets as that would have implications on program delivery, so they made some shifting in the budget to the coming years. The cost levels of the budget lines were considered reasonable as per the activities carried out. This will however not continue for the subsequent years. The program experienced an exchange loss of 152 501 USD compared to the agreed budget during the first year of implementation. This exchange loss needs to be followed up during the program implementation to assess its impact. Gains and losses can be netted during the program and at the end of the program if there is a net gain it must be repaid to Sida. The audit of the implementing partners for year one was conducted with the auditor visiting the Interpeace Hargeisa office to assess the original financial documents, which are currently filed at Interpeaces office in Hargeisa. This means that the audits are not conducted on the premises of the implementing partners and the auditors do not visit the implementing partners. Although this is in line with the Audit rules and regulations for Sida the recommendation is that the audits are conducted at the implementing partners premises. This was discussed with Interpeace at the annual review meeting and for future audits Interpeace will ensure that they are conducted at the respective office premises. This means that the implementing partners will retain the original documentation and share soft copies with Interpeace.
The programmes overall objective is to strengthen citizen engagement in governance, conflict prevention and management and its subsequent outcomes and outputs on increased inclusion and participation of women, youth and marginalized groups in peacebuilding and democratization processes directly aligns with Sidas objective and contribution on peaceful and inclusive societies. The key programme outcomes will include: Outcome 1: Increased participation and ownership of governance processes in Somalia and Somaliland; Outcome 2: Increased inclusion of women, youth and marginalized groups in governance, conflict prevention and management; Outcome 3: Sustainable conflict transformation at the community and state levels; Outcome 4: Regional and international strategies for peace and development are more informed by evidence of effective peacebuilding practices and resilience.
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