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In our latest #policybrief, we delve into the critical importance of #citizenengagement in governance processes. Engaging citizens is not just a democratic ideal but a #pragmatic approach to ensuring that the voices and needs of all citizens are represented, particularly in challenging environments like Somalia. 🔍 Challenges to Citizen Engagement in Somalia: ✅ Lack of Trust in Government ✅ Limited Access to Information and resources ✅ Weak Institutional Frameworks ✅ Cultural Barriers These factors contribute to a sense of #disempowerment among many citizens, creating a #governance gap that needs to be bridged. 🔧 Our Solutions: We propose comprehensive strategies to overcome these barriers. From enhancing transparency to #strengthening institutional capacities and fostering a culture of #trust, our brief outlines actionable steps towards more inclusive governance. 📖 Read our full brief here for detailed insights and practical solutions: Policy Brief on Citizen Engagement in Somalia. :https://lnkd.in/dZkM_rF9 Join the conversation and share your thoughts on how we can collectively enhance #CitizenEngagement in governance processes, not just in Somalia but globally. #Voices #Governance #Transparency #Inclusion #Somalia

Coordination through 🅰️UN or 🅱️NGO positions? 🧐I see a lot of momentum and interest in entering the field of cluster/AoR coordination. This is promising👏. However, many are interested in entering this field only through the UN 🇺🇳positions-UNICEF specially if it’s for Child Protection Coordination. Why not! BUT⁉️Why limiting your options, missing the important gates and devaluing the NGOs! Here are few thoughts: 📍More than half of partners/members in any cluster/AoR are the NGOs. Understanding NGOs’ internal dynamics, role and contributions to coordinations is the key for better inter-agency coordination later when you end up with an UN position. 📍Working with NGOs enhance one’s technical and operational capacity because most of the NGOs are the implementers themselves! These will help the programming and planning skills later throughout the Humanitarian Program Cycle (HPC). 📍Getting to know NGO’s speciality will help the resource mobilization efforts later. The NGOs are the workforce that the cluster/AoR depends on. 📍What else to add? 📚 Cluster Coordination at Country Level: https://lnkd.in/dJkDkBXV

For nearly three decades, Somalia has grappled with relentless #conflict and #instability. This prolonged crisis has not only taken a toll on the nation's infrastructure and economy but has also made it extremely challenging for the government and various actors to foster meaningful #citizenengagement. The presence of armed groups in certain parts of the country creates an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty among Somali citizens. This constant threat discourages their active involvement in #community building, #governance, and development efforts. Efforts to rebuild #trust, foster #dialogue, and create #safe spaces for citizen engagement continue to emerge. International organizations, local NGOs, and courageous individuals are working tirelessly to bridge the gap between conflict and participation. 📖 Read our full brief here for detailed insights and practical solutions to enhance engagement even in challenging contexts: Engagement from the Ground Up: Challenges in Citizen engagement in Somalia. :https://lnkd.in/dZkM_rF9

📢 Exciting Announcement! We're thrilled to release our latest policy brief from our #Daadihiye Series: "Strengthening Engagement from the Ground Up: Addressing Challenges in Citizen Engagement in Somalia." This comprehensive document delves deep into challenges faced in #CitizenEngagement and offers practical #strategies aimed at boosting community involvement and engagement to improve #governance and #policymaking. In this brief, we explore: ✅ Current Challenges faced in citizen engagement within Somalia. ✅ Strategies for enhancing community involvement. The brief is available in both English and Somali versions; English: https://lnkd.in/dZkM_rF9 Somali: https://lnkd.in/dhr4hW77 Our focus is to foster a more #inclusive and #participatory approach to #governance, ensuring every voice is #heard and #valued. Share your thoughts with us on how to enhance #CitizenEngagement! #CitizenEngagement #Somalia #CommunityEmpowerment

Last week, our colleagues from the Middle East & North Africa Regional Centre delivered two trainings in Erbil, #Iraq.      We piloted the 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 designed by our regional team in collaboration with the Humane Consultancy. This four-day course provides valuable insights, useful tools, and practical strategies to optimise organisational governance and structure.   20 representatives of local organisations attended the training to learn how to make processes more efficient and sustainable and to become confident leaders. According to the action plan agreed with Save the Children Iraq Country Office, they will further cascade this learning within their organisations.     One of the participants shared:   "𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴”.     𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 was delivered by our team and Save the Children Middle East & North Africa Regional Office Security team in collaboration with Save the Children International Iraq Country Office to 20 participants from local NGOs and governmental Authority representatives.   This two-days training enhances organisational readiness and capacity to respond efficiently and effectively to humanitarian emergencies while prioritising the safety and wellbeing of both responders and affected communities. The training aims to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to mitigate risks, coordinate response efforts, and assist affected populations during times of crisis.    #HumanitarianTraining #CrisisManagement #FaceToFaceTraining #MENAregion 

As CEO and Global Servant Leader with world-class experience and digital acumen, I am humbled and honored by the extraordinary leadership opportunity to participate in the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington D.C., from April 15 - 20. By Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF): " In our Global Debate at the #IMFMeetings last week I discussed the elements that make a country best-prepared to successfully embrace AI. 1) A solid digital infrastructure. 2) Human capital 3) An economy supporting innovation 4) Strong ethics." 1) What is the Superpower of AI? What is the C-suite? About the fiduciary duty of the board of directors? 2) How to unlock human potential, turn Vision into Action and make Dreams come True by transforming global challenges into great opportunities. 3) What is the impact of AI on Systemic Risks Mitigation, Policy Formulation, and Global Debt Management? Cutting-edge Technologies have profoundly transformed the structure of multinational organizations, multilateral institutions, and global multi-billion-dollar business companies. What is Digital Transformation?

I genuinely wish the best for this mission where #Kenya🇰🇪 graciously lends its support to #Haiti🇭🇹. However, beyond this, we must grasp the potential outcome of this African peacekeeping experiment in the Caribbean, which could be far worse than the tragic incident caused by the Gurkha forces due to a lack of foresight and planning. Kenyan forces lack experience in the current state of total chaos that #Haiti finds itself in today. I believe not even #France🇫🇷 could establish a semblance of order and security beneficial to the ordinary citizen. #Gangs funded by #drug #trafficking and #political #corruption have increased their firepower. These gangs no longer fight for territory among themselves; they now fight for #political #power. Today, Port-au-Prince resembles a mix of the worst aspects of 1990s #Mogadishu🇸🇴 and the most violent times of 1980s #Medellín🇨🇴. Ciudad Juarez🇲🇽 is a garden of roses compared to Cite du Soleil 🇭🇹 I hope they have Special Forces and creoles negotiators and communication back channels in place with all the players in case #kidnappings of Kenyan troops occur as soon as they arrive in #Haiti🇭🇹

Somalia Strives for #DigitalInclusion: New Study Unveils Challenges and Opportunities. Despite laudable success in increasing penetration of access to digital opportunities in developing countries in Africa, #digital exclusion remains the big rotting elephant in the room. In this article, we explore the current state of digital inclusion in #Somalia and highlight steps required to address it - drawing insights from a recent study we carried out for the national government. Read more here https://kcl.co.ug/?p=3875

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The role of the government in the development process of many African countries has come under critical scrutiny because of its limited success in fostering adequate social, economic and political changes in recent years. Many blame the deepening development crisis and attendant decline in basic services on the inadequacies of leadership. The search for other institutional actors to supplement and/or compliment the receding state services has focused attention on non-governmental agencies (NGOs). As such, NGOs are rapidly becoming a more important element in the development process, becoming a core of African civil society. Their importance is related to their policy advocacy capacity, which is often marred by a lack of tangible evidence on the ground to attest to their value. Our recent report takes a critical look at the last decade of economic growth, technological advancements and the persistent challenges, and the role of NGOs in driving change in Africa. Download here: https://zurl.co/SkN5 #ImpactBusiness #NGOs #Sustainability #Sustainabledevelopmentgoals #Globalgoals #PierrineReports