Diakonia, Puntland  Democratic Governance Program (PDGP) 2016-2020 Diakonia, Puntland  Democratic Governance Program (PDGP) 2016-2020 - Diakonia 2015-2019 Diakonia has applied to Sida for funding of 30 million SEK to carry out the  Puntland Democratic Governance Programme (PDGP) 2016-2019 aim at addressing the participation and accountability issues around democratic governance in six targeted districts in Puntland, to strengthen human rights as a basis for democratic participation and accountability and women empowerment as an affirmative action to enabling women reduce opportunity costs associated with participation in the development of their lives. The programme will partner with 3 local partner organizations, and two government entities to deliver the programme. The programme budget is SEK 30million over a 30 month period. Sweden is the only donor. Diakonia har ansökt om finansiering om 30 msek för att genomföra det så kallade ’Puntland Democratic Governance Programme (PDGP)’ under perioden 2016-2019. Programmets mål är att stärka mänskliga rättigheter som en bas för demokratiskt deltagande och ansvarsutkrävande. Speciellt fokus är att stärka kvinnors deltagande genom att stärka deras ekonomiska ställning i samhället.  Den föreslagna budgeten är 30 msek över en 30 månaders period. Sverige är den enda givaren. Puntland Democratic Governance Programme (PDGP), with the overall objective of supporting democratic governance in 6 districts in Puntland (Armo, Dangorayo, Waciye, Badhan, Boame and Harfo) was implemented between November 2016 and April 2019. This was followed by a nine months cost extension from May 2019 – January 2020 mainly focused on outcomes 1-4 and with a geographical expansion to 9 additional districts in Puntland and South West State (PL: Iskushuban, Hafun, Bargaal, Godob-jiran, Taleh and Dhahar  SW: Elberde, Berdale and Dinsoor)  
The programme has had 5 expected outcomes, namely:
Outcome 1: Empowered citizens (women, men and youth) in the targeted districts understand and engage in democratic processes (district development planning, electoral processes and decision making processes) 
Outcome 2:  District councils in the selected districts are accountable to their citizens.
Outcome 3: Empowered citizens (women, men and youth) and custodial corps/prison warders in 6 districts know, respect and promote human rights 
Outcome 4: Women traders are empowered for social, economic and political participation will be strengthened 
and 
Outcome 5: Partners have increased their capacity to engage in democratic processes and promotion and respect of human rights 
Diakonia partnered with the following Somali organisation during the period November 2016 and April 2019: Somali Family Services (SFS), Saamo Development Organization (SDO), We are Women Activists (WAWA), the Ministry of Constitution, Democratization and Federal Affairs as well as the Office of the Human Rights Defender.
And for the cost-extension (May 2019 – January 2020) the partners was expanded to also include Isha Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), Warshiikh Rural Development Organisation (WARDO), Puntland Youth Association Network (PYAN), Timely Integrated Development Services (TIDES) and Puntland Non State Actors Association (PUNSAA).