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Somali Reconstruction and Development Programme DRAFT SOMALI RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DEEPENING PEACE AND REDUCING POVERTY VOLUME I January 2008 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective 31 September 2007) Currency Unit Somali Shillings (So.Sh.) US$1.00 = 13,400 Somali Shillings Somali Shillings 1.00 = US$0.00007 GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AfDB African Development Bank CDD Community-Driven Development CEM Country Economic Memorandum CEO Chief Education Officer CIRR Commercial Interest Reference Rate COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CSC Civil Service Commission CSO Civil Society Organization DDR Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration EC European Community EOD Exploded Ordnances Disposal FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCC Federal Constitutional Commission FGM Female Genital Mutilation FMA Financial Management Agency FPENS Formal Private Education Network in Somalia FSAU Food Security Analysis Unit GAM Global Acute Malnutrition GDP Gross Domestic Product GER Gross Enrolment Rate GNP Gross National Product HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ICU Islamic Courts Union IDA International Development Association IDPs Internally Displaced Persons IFC International Finance Corporation IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development IMF International Monetary Fund IWM Integrated Water Management JNA Joint Needs Assessment LAS League of Arab States MCH Mother and Child Health Centre MDG Millennium Development Goal NFE Non formal Education NGO Non-Governmental Organization i NPV Net Present Value NRM Natural Resource Management NSSP National Security and Stabilization Plan ODA Official Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OPD Out-patient Department PA Procurement Agent PPP Purchasing Power Parity RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme REO Regional Education Officer SACB Somali Aid Coordination Body SAGRA Somali Agronomists Association SATG Somali Agricultural Technical Group SSA Sub-Saharan Africa SVA Somalia Veterinary Association SSS Somalia Support Secretariat TB Tuberculosis TFG Transitional Federal Government TFIs Transitional Federal Institutions TFP Transitional Federal Parliament TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNOSOM United Nations Operation in Somalia WB World Bank WHO World Health Organisation UNDG United Nations Development Group ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was drafted by the Senior Technical Coordinators, David Bassiouni (UN) and Lloyd McKay (WB) and Louise Cottar (UN) The substantive role of the Somali authorities and experts is acknowledged. The 6 Cluster Leaders, Sylvia Fletcher (UN) for Governance, Security and the Rule of Law, Sibel Kulaskiz (WB) for Macroeconomic Policy Framework and Data Development, Fabio Galli (WB) for Infrastructure, Alfred Dube (UN) for Social Services and Protection of Vulnerable Groups, Jack W. van Holst Pellekaan (WB) Productive Sectors and the Environment, and Graham Farmer, Andrew Harberd and Hans Jorg-Glaser (UN) for Livelihoods and Solutions for the Displaced. The cross cutting Advisors: Mark Bradbury; Yohan Svensson and the team from Interpeace for Peace-building reconciliation, conflict prevention; Ayoo Odich and Hendrica Okondo (UN) for Gender Parity; Oumar Kane (UN) for Human Rights; Vivek Srivastava (WB) for Capacity Building & Institutional Development; Maude Svensson (WB) for costing; Asbjorn Wee (WB) for helping to develop and revise the RDP Volumes and additional RDP planning and coordination. The Joint Needs Assessment included a total of 136 experts, of whom more than half are Somali and are listed here in no particular order: Eric Overvest, Amb. Abdullahi Said Osman, Laurent Marion, Kassim Ahmed Abdulle, Greg Lindstrom, Ted Morse, Olivier Lebrun, Ambassador Abdullahi Said Osman, Tahlil Haji Ahmed, Aweis Hagi Mohamed, Laurent Marion, Fatuma M. Abdi, Aues Scek, Luigi Tessiore, Hatem Bamehriz, John McKendy, Angelo Bonfi, Thomas Hopkins, Paula Pannanen, Cynthia Gaigals, Giulio d'Ercole, Khalif Farah, Anja du Toit, Abdiweli Ali, Hussein Siad, Rose Mutunga, Erik Caldwell Johnson, Harry Garnett, Samuel Maimbo, Sharif Mohamed Hassan, Abdirizak Ismail Yusuf, Anil Bhandari, John D. Riverson, Jospath Sasia, Sajjad Versi, Abdulkadir Shiekh Ali, Rashed E. Gulaid, Mohamed Abdi Kulmie, Abdulkadir Grelle, Ahmed Sheikh Hassan, Mario Maritano, Nathalie Gomes, Joseph Koech, Asif Niazi, Yannick Guégan, Fatima Jibrill, Mumina Aden, Rene Desiderio, Raqiya Abdalla, Peter Hansen, Abdi Ulusso, Mohamed Hersi Duale, Ali Abdullahi Osoble, Ali A Hersi, Mohamoud Noor, Chris Baker, Hassan Jibril, Haji Abdi Osman, Gerry McCarthy, Mohamed Abdel-Monen, Jamal Ahmed, Mohamed Jama Ali, Ibrahim Mohamed, Allesandra Morreli, Abdulakdir Alim, Mussa Abdullahi Abdi, Kazuki Itaya, Suleyman Yusuf Elmi, Abdi Bashir, Mr. Yusuf Osman (Bile), Abdi Sahardid Askar, Saed Ismail, Jama Abdi Samater, Fadumo Sheikh Abubakar, Ahmed Hassan Afi, Samsam Mohamed Salah, Ibrahim Abdillahi Deria, Ismail Warsame, Ubah Adan, Ali Abdullah Farah, Khalif Nur Ali, Muse S. Giama, Abdirahman Salad Shire, Mohamed Said Mohamud, Mohamud Askar Jama, Eng. Abdisalad Mohamud, Sahra Sh. Abdullahi Liban, Abdi Alasow Ga'al, Nurton Sheikh Mohamed, Dahabo Omer Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Abdikarim Hassan Osman, Mohamed Dhunkaal Hersi, Mohamed Sheikh Mohamud, Arfon Wheliye Sultan, Ismailey Abdullahi Hassan, Abdikarim Elmi Camale, Abdiaziz Ahmed Mohamoud, Abdullahi Adan Isaakh, Ali Hussein Osman, Hassan Mohamed Warsame, Mr. Abdishakur Sh. Hassan Ahmed, Rabia Sheikh Noor, Hassan Abukar Hassan, Suleyman Abukar Ali, Abdullahi Ma'alin Yusuf, Omar Mohamed Aden, Mohamed Ali Hassan, Mohamoud Suleyman Ahmed, Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed, Aweiss Sheikh Hussein, Abdi Rashid Mohamed Duale, Abdirahman Garad Hashi, Halima Jama Farah, Abdullahi Mohamed Issa, Abdikarim Haji Mohamed Hussen, Yusuf Moallin Amin and Shani Harris. A special acknowledgement for the UN Country Team for Somalia; the Somali donor Group; the Somalia Aid Coordination Body member, and other foras that work on Somalia The RDP would not have been completed without the Coordination Support Group, the oversight body of the JNA-RDP process, chaired by Richard Hands of the European Commission; with members including Ambassador Kiplagat and Ambassador Affey representing IGAD; Reiseal Ni Cheilleachair, & Hugh Fenton representing the NGO consortium; Max Gaylard, Eric Laroche & Genevieve Boutin representing the United Nations; Colin Bruce and Chris Lovelace representing the World Bank, Rina Kristmoen, representing Norway; David Bell, representing DFID; Ambassador Dejack; Pasqualino Procacci and Siliana Laurenti representing Italy; Linnea Ehrnst and Katarina Zinn representing Sweden, Hon. Abdrizak Hassan Osman; Hon. Hussein Elabe Fahiye, Hon. Ali A Osbole and Hon. Mohamed Ali Hamud representing the TFG; The Regional Governments and Parliaments, local authorities, traditional authorities, women¶s groups, youth groups, civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sector business, and religious leaders, numerous donors and multilateral organizations, the UN Development Group are thanked for their contribution to the JNA-RDP process. The Somali Joint Needs Assessment Secretariat provided substantial daily support to the JNA-RDP process, led by Louise Cottar, with support from, Anja Du Toit, Joakim Gundel, Susan Muiruri, Nafisa Santur, and Margaret Onyango. iii PREFACE National and international actors use post conflict needs assessments as an entry point for conceptualizing, negotiating and financing a shared strategy for recovery and development in transitional post-conflict settings. The United Nations (UN) and the World Bank (WB) are often requested to co-lead or co-partner post conflict needs assessments (PCNA) in fragile settings with high risk of reversion to conflict, where government capacity is new and untested. The UN and WB bring into a PCNA a mix of experience, neutrality, credibility and technical expertise. In 2005, the Transitional Federal Government and the international community asked the UN and the WB to co-lead for Somalia a post conflict needs assessment, which in this instance, was named the Somali Joint Needs Assessment (JNA). The main objective of the JNA process has been to assess needs and develop a prioritized set of reconstruction and development initiatives to support Somali-led efforts to deepen peace and reduce poverty. The Somali Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is the resultant document coming out of the JNA process. This Somali Reconstruction and Development Programme presents a shared strategy for deepening peace and reducing poverty in a post-conflict setting. In preparing it, an integrated team of Somali and other technical experts has consulted widely to review needs and develop a prioritized set of reconstruction and development initiatives. Their work has drawn on information from existing sources, workshops, selected field visits and meetings with a wide array of Somali groups and individuals, aid agencies working in Somalia, and questionnaire- based fieldwork undertaken in all regions of Somalia. Under the possibility of a ‘post-conflict’ environment, the comprehensive implementation of the Somali RDP is expected to lay solid foundations for the establishment of an effective, participatory and transparent system of governance; the achievement of sustainable recovery, reconstruction and development; reversing
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