SOMALI NATIONAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE STRATEGIC PLAN 2019/20 – 2021/22 Final September 2019 1 | P a g e Contents CONTENTS................................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................4 FOREWORD.............................................................................................................................................5 1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................6 1.1 Methodology of Developing the Strategic Plan............................................................................6 1.2 Arrangement of the Strategic Plan ...............................................................................................7 2. THE NATIONAL LGI CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................7 2.1 LGI Vision and Mandate................................................................................................................7 2.2 LGI Strategic Objectives ................................................................................................................7 2.3 LGI Core Functions ........................................................................................................................8 3.4 Key Stakeholders of the Somali National LGI................................................................................8 3.0 BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................................9 3.1 Mapping and Assessment of Potential Training Providers in Somalia..........................................9 3.2 Consultations Between FGoS/ MOIFAR and the Puntland MOIFAD on Operating the LGI in a Federal Structure ................................................................................................................................9 3.3 Development of the National Local Government Capacity Development Policy.......................10 3.4 Development of the LGI Manual on Training Standards, Guidelines and Quality Assurance ....11 3.5 Development and Piloting in 2019 of the LGI Training Core Curricula.......................................11 3.6 Mapping and Capacity Assessment of Potential Training Providers in Jubbaland, South West and Hirshabelle .................................................................................................................................12 4.0 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................12 4.2 SWOT Analysis.............................................................................................................................13 4.3 Key Emerging Issues....................................................................................................................14 5. STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR 2019-2021 ............................................................................................15 5.1 Vision...........................................................................................................................................15 5.2 Mission........................................................................................................................................15 5.3 Core Values .................................................................................................................................15 5.4 Theory of Change........................................................................................................................15 5.5 Key Result Areas..........................................................................................................................15 5.6 Strategic Interventions for 2019-2021........................................................................................16 6. LGI GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ....................................................................18 6.1 LGI Governing Board...................................................................................................................18 6.2 Joint Quality Assurance Sub-Committee ....................................................................................19 6.3 LGI Management Structure and Systems ...................................................................................19 7. FINANCING OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ...............................................................................................19 2 | P a g e 8. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY...........................................................................................................20 8.1 Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities ......................................................................................20 8.2 Transitional Arrangements .........................................................................................................22 9. MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK...............................................................................22 9.1 Objectives of the M&E Framework.............................................................................................22 9.2 Reporting Arrangements.............................................................................................................23 10. RISKS AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS .........................................................................................24 10.1 Potential Risks...........................................................................................................................24 10.2 Critical Success factors..............................................................................................................24 ANNEX 1: ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ..............................................................................26 3 | P a g e ACRONYMS ALGPL Association of Local Governments of Puntland CSOs Civil Society Organizations FGoS Federal Government of Somaila FMS Federal Member States IASIA International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration ICT Information and communication Technology JAQSC Joint Quality Assurance Sub-Committee KRAs Key Result Areas LGI Local Government Institute M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MDAs Ministries, departments and Agencies MOI Ministry of Interior MOIFAD Ministry of Interiors, Federal Affairs and Decentralization MOIFAR Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliatioj NGOs Non-Government Organizations NLGCDP National Local Government Capacity Development Policy PEM Public Expenditure Management SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats UN JPLG United Nations Joint Programme on Local Governance UNDESA United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs 4 | P a g e FOREWORD [To be provided by MOIFAR] 5 | P a g e 1. INTRODUCTION This is the Strategic Plan for the Somali National Local Government Institute (LGI) for the period 2019/2020 – 2021/2022. The LGI is Somalia’s national institution for providing standardized training to local governments in order to enhance local governance and service delivery across the country. It is supported by the United Nations Joint Programme on Local Governance and Service Delivery (UN JPLG)1. The NSLGI was established to institutionalise, coordinate and standardise the various training efforts undertaken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGoS), Federal Member States (FMS) and the international community in order to promote a coherent approach to local government capacity building across Somalia. It is designed to operate in conformity with Somalia’s federal and decentralised structure, with clear division of labour between the roles and functions of the FGoS, one the one hand, and the Federal Member States, on the other. According to the Somali provisional constitution, local government remains the primary responsibility of Federal Member States. This strategic Plan describes the conceptual framework of the SNLGI; its background, context and situational analysis; its strategic direction for 2019/20 – 2021/2022; its governance and management framework; its financing and implementation strategy; its monitoring and evaluation framework; its anticipated risks and critical success factors; its projected programmes, implementation schedule and results framework; and its transition arrangements, budget and proposed organogram. 1.1 Methodology of Developing the Strategic Plan The Strategic Plan was developed using document review, interviews with key informants from the Federal Government, Federal Member States and UN JPLG. The documents included: 1) Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Members State policy and strategy documents; 2) UN JPLG programme documents; 3) The United National Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) / International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) Standards of Excellence for Public Administration Education and Training (February 2008); and 4) Reports of mapping and capacity assessment of potential training providers in the Federal Members States of Puntalnd, Jubbaland, South West and Hirshabelle that were conducted from 2016 to 2019. The draft strategic plan was presented to key MOIFAR officials for comments after which the final version was prepared. 1 The UN JPLG