DFID Somalia Joint Programme on Local Governance 2016

Executive summary After decades of warfare, Somalia has been undergoing a peace and national reconciliation process creating a ‘development moment’ with a unique opportunity to consolidate and extend the significant development achievements that have been made in many parts of the country, especially in northern areas, as well as to seize the opportunity to bring lasting peace and stability to the many areas made accessible in southern Somalia, thus opening up development space there. The UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralised Service Delivery for Somalia (JPLG) has established an important platform for seizing the current development moment and is also a programme that has translated many of the ambitions of the ‘One UN’ principles into tangible improvements in aid and wider development effectiveness. It is against this background that JPLG, launched in 2008 for a period of five years is to be continued for a second phase of five years running from 2013 through 2017, and referred to as JPLG II. The Joint Programme which has five partners including ILO, UNCDF, UNDP, UN-HABITAT, and UNICEF, is aligned with the UN Somali Assistance Strategy (UNSAS) 2010-2015 and contributes to at least five of the MDGs. JPLG II will build on the successes achieved during the past five years and will maintain the same focus of strengthening local government as a means of enhancing 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.

Project symbol

SOM/15/54/UND

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

01/09/2016

End date

31/12/2018

Total allocation

761874

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

760917

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Somalia

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Economic, social and environmental transitions for full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all