Research & Advocacy Capacity Building In the Strategic Partnerschip Project SOMO focuses on the three thematic areas: Right to Food (R2F), Finance for Development (F4D) and Conflict & Fragility (C&F) and in combination with activities in a number of different countries. The interventions per thematicareas are elaborated as follows:

Right to Food
SOMO will focus its work on capacity building of civil society in research and advocacy, specifically in relation to food prices and improving conditions for agricultural workers and small-scale food producers.
S OMO will conduct research to support national and global influencing. Its primary thematic focus areas include food prices, the impactof trading policies, the needs and problems of agricultural workers and the role of certification schemes.

Finance for Development
SOMO will provide research trainings on tax avoidance by companies to interested partner or-ganisations and carry out joint research projects.
SOMOs research outputs will lead to specific (policy) recommendations to be shared with relevant actors (such as governments, institutions, private sector).
SOMO feeds the public debate with reports and briefings. Its specialized research puts new areas, such as the links between tax issues and human rights, on the political agenda.

Conflict & Fragility
Together with local partners, SOMO conducts research into the role of companies in conflict-affected areas and how existing accountability mechanisms can be more effective.
SOMO and its partner organisations develop company case studies based on (field) research conducted, aimed to address corporate misconduct in conflict settings.
SOMO empowers local partners to follow up on corporate misconduct (including non-judicialgrievance mechanisms, dialogue, campaigning) in conflict-affected areas;

SOMO advocates with governments and international institutions to strengthen and implement the regulatory framework for companies operating in conflict-affected areas.

SOMO aims at achieving per thematic area the following outcomes:

Right to Food: To contribute to securing the right to food, improved labour conditionsand respect of human rights. To contribute to this long term outcome this programme pursues a number of strategies notably research, capacity building, supporting and building networks and advocacy. All strategies target improvement of public and private policiesthat govern and/or affect the food and agricultural sector in developing countries.

Finance for Development: More citizens benefitfrom control over their economic and social rights and benefit equitable, just and sustainable fiscal and financial systems that tackle extreme inequality. In terms of long term outcome: (Southern) CSOs and (grassroots) social movements engage in action to fight against economic injustices created through the current system and for a comprehensive reform and alternative agenda.

Conflict & Fragility: To research the impacts of multi-national companies (MNCs) on human rights in conflict-affected areas (CAAs) and analyses how MNCs and conflicts influence each other. The ultimate aim of our programme is to prevent MNCs from contributing to conflict and human rights abuses in CAAs by increasing corporate accountability, improving government policies, and empowering civil society to doresearch and hold companies accountable.