Strengthening Somali Institutions Capacity through Diaspora Strengthening Somali Institutional Capacity through Diaspora The intervention is intended to contribute to the ongoing process of stabilization and statebuilding of Somalia by strengthening the capacity of key government institutions to perform core government functions  through the mobilization of Somali diaspora resources. Institutional capacity building intervention targeting the identified key Somali institutions is critical for Somalia to successfully achieve its reconstruction and development objectives stipulated in the National Development Plan. The intended impact of the program is that key government institutions are better able to perform their functions in the stabilisation and statebuilding process in which they play critical roles. 

Sida has been supporting the secondment of high-capacity Somali Diaspora to a range of institutions in Somalia since 2013. This work has sought to support the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in the implementation of the Somali National Development Plan (NDP), as well as institutional capacity development more broadly. The second phase of the program "Strengthening Somali Institutional Capacity through Diaspora" will be implemented by the Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS). This will build on phase 1 of the previous support and will continue prioritizing government institutions such as good governance and strengthening the electoral and constitutional processes as well as functioning federal model of Somalia.

The targeted sectors includes but is not limited to :Justice and constitution, Health and Public Financial Management, Gender and Human Right, Planning, Statistics, Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation as well as the office of the President and the office of the Prime Minister. The project will also continue to support the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. The Diaspora experts will also be seconded to the federal and member states institutions. Den föreslagna insatsen har till syfte att bidra till den pågående stabiliserings- och statsbyggnadsprocessen i Somalia genom att tillvarata den kompetens och kunskap som finns hos den somaliska diasporan. Insatsen skall förstärka kapaciteten hos viktiga ministerier och institutioner. Den har fokus på stöd till statens kärnfunktioner som är avgörande för att Somalia skall uppnå sina mål som anges i den nationella utvecklingsplanen. Sida har sedan 2013 finansierat program för sekondering av somalisk diaspora (akademiker) till en rad institutioner i Somalia, genomfört av International Organization for Migration (IOM). Sekonderingen har skett till institutioner på federal och delstatsnivå.

Den andra fasen av programmet "Stärka den somaliska institutionella kapaciteten genom diaspora" kommer att implementeras av Nordic International Support Foundation (NIS). NIS är en norska ideell organisation (NGO) med huvudkontor i Oslo, Norge, med landskontor i Somalia, Mali och Myanmar. NIS är en samarbetspart till Sida i Myanmar sedan 2015 och har bl.a. implementerat den givargemensam fonden ”Peace Support Fund (PSF)”. 

Den nya fasen kommer att bygga vidare på fas 1 av det tidigare stödet och kommer att fortsätta prioritera statliga institutioner i syfte att stärka den institutionella kapaciteten hos prioriterade institutioner som har viktiga funktioner i statsbyggnaden i Somalia, inklusive stärkande val- och konstitutionella processer samt en fungerande federal modell i Somalia.

De sektorer och institutioner som skall prioriteras i den nya fasen av programmet inkluderar; hälsa, rättvisa, offentlig finansiell styrning, mänskliga rättigheter och jämställdhet, planering, statistik, utrikes- och internationellt samarbete, konstitutionsöversynen och val samt president och premiärminister kontoren. Det nya programmet kommer även fortsatt stödja kapacitetsutveckling för ministeriet för humanitära frågor och katastrofhantering. Diaspora experterna kommer också att sekonderas till institutionerna på delstatsnivå. The intervention is intended to contribute to the ongoing process of stabilization and state building of Somalia by strengthening the capacity of key government institutions to perform core government functions through the mobilization of Somali Diaspora resources. Institutional capacity building intervention targeting the identified key Somali institutions is critical for Somalia successfully achieve its reconstruction and development objectives stipulated in the National Development Plan. 

The intended impact of the program is that key government institutions are better able to perform their functions in the stabilisation and state building process in which they play critical roles. The indicator of the interventions contribution to the ongoing process of stabilisation and state building of Somalia is the number of target institutions effectively implementing policies and procedures. This measures the extent to which the program has strengthened the FGS institutional capacity to engage in the process of stabilisation and state building. 

Sida has been supporting the secondment of high-capacity Somali Diaspora to a range of institutions in Somalia since September 2013. First implemented by IOM between September 2013 until August 2019, when NIS foundation took over the programme implementation, with the agreement ending with IOM in October 2019.

The first phase by IOM sought to support the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in the implementation of the Somali National Development Plan (NDP-9), as well as institutional capacity development more broadly. The second
phase of the program "Strengthening Somali Institutional Capacity through Diaspora", implemented by NIS foundation, started in August 2019 and builds on previous support and continue to prioritize government institutions such as good governance and in support of the implementation of NDP, on both FGS and FMS level. The targeted sectors includes: Inclusive Politics, Economic Growth, Social and Human Development, Resilience as well as Gender and Human Right. The project also supports Humanitarian and Disaster Management both FGS and FMS. The Diaspora experts are seconded to the federal and member states institutions.