Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralised Service Delivery,Norway UN-JPLG (Phase II SWISS)

After decades of warfare, Somalia has been undergoing a peace and national reconciliation process creating a "development moment" with a unique opportunity to bring lasting peace and stability to the many areas made accessible in southern Somalia. The UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery for Somalia (JPLG), launched in 2008 for a period of five years, has established an important platform for seizing the development moment and has translated many of the ambitions of the “One UN” principles into tangible improvements in aid and wider development effectiveness. In its second phase (JPLG II), launched in 2013 for a period of five years, it has five partners (ILO, UNCDF, UNDP, UN-HABITAT and UNICEF). It will build on the achievement of the first phase and maintain the focus on strengthening local government as a means of enhancing the delivery of services to citizens and restoring confidence and credibility in the state. It will also improve state-citizen relations by linking local governments to their constituent communities and will engage the private sector transparently and accountably. To achieve this, the programme outcomes are structured around three mutually reinforcing strategies: 1. Supporting policy and legislative reforms for functional, fiscal and administrative decentralization 2. Improving local government capacity for equitable service delivery 3. Improving and expanding the delivery of sustainable services and promoting local economic environment

Project symbol

SOM/15/52/UND

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

30/09/2015

End date

30/06/2018

Total allocation

616988

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

562029

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Somalia

Outcomes

More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects