Somalia NGO Consortium The Somalia NGO Consortium budget for the year 2022 is projected to be USD 1,248,000 (One million, two hundred forty-eight thousand, five hundred dollars only).
Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) is a voluntary coordination mechanism of NGOs working in Somalia and Somaliland. It provides a coordination platform and a common voice for the hundreds of International and National non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in a highly insecure and complex operating environment. Effective coordination has significantly facilitated the successful delivery of humanitarian and development aid in Somalia and Somaliland. Since its inception in 1999, SNC has grown to become an effective platform for networking and coordination of NGOs to improve international aid coordination and promote dialogue, collaboration, learning and information exchange amongst members and to advocate on key agendas of common interest and great concern to them. SNC has offices and representation in Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe, Baidoa, Dhusamareb and Kismayu. This has enabled a wider and equitable outreach to local and international NGOs based at Federal Member states and Somaliland.
Overall, SNC aims to achieve a stronger, vibrant and resilient Somali community in the long term through coordination and effective delivery of humanitarian, resilience, and development interventions. SNC membership spreads across Somalia in terms of coverage, which ensures equitable distribution of our interventions leaving no one behind including minorities and disadvantaged communities. Over the years, SNC has accumulated vast experience in creating spaces for and engagement of LNGOs in coordination mechanisms, advocacy and policy influencing work. Some of the strengths of SNC include extensive field presence, strong partnership and working relationships with Somali/Somaliland Governments, international aid agencies, civil society leaders and local authorities. So far, SNC has made a significant contribution in Somalia through the formation of a national platform where NGOs can voice their concerns, increase of Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) representation to 50-50% for INGO/NNGO’s and women/local NGOs representation in existing governance structures has increased hence promoting inclusive participation in decision making and agenda-setting. The existing structures established by SNC include Gender working group, localization and partnership working group, peacebuilding working group, advocacy and communication working group and resilience working group.
Securing funding will enable the Consortium to enhance engagement with the different stakeholders and in return will contribute to effectively enabling environment for improved humanitarian, resilient and development outcomes. The Consortium will hold honest engagements and consultations between various levels of stakeholders to come up with common understanding and appreciation of the term marginalization, the victims of marginalization and a way to include these most vulnerable groups in this engagement and consultation. A key priority for the Somalia NGO Consortium has been collaborating with authorities for legislation and policy that facilitates an enabling environment conducive for implementation of NGO activities across Somalia. Through donors and NGOs, Somalia NGO Consortium facilitated NGO bill which is in the parliament for debate and amendments. The Somalia NGO Consortium will hold 16 consultative meetings with different levels of governments and NGOs with the sole aim to share information and iron out impediments and have a common understanding of the contextual change and operating working environment. 
The Somalia NGO Consortium in its quest to capacity build members, it will engage the service of consultant to conduct Financial grants and risk management training to roll out risk management tools and develop guidelines to mitigate risks