A New Approach to Social Development in Somaliland

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Mar 19, 2008


Hargeisa
On the 17th March, 2008 the Community Driven Recovery and Development programme was officially launched at the Mansoor Hotel in Hargeisa,Somaliland.

This programme is a partnership between the Somaliland Ministry of Family Welfare and Social Development, some 20 communities of Borama and Berbera, the World Bank, the United Kingdom government, UNICEF, the Danish Refugee Council and UN Habitat.

The programme has developed over the last 12 months, and involves community mobilization, establishing Community Development Committees, gathering information about the communities and their needs. A project implementation unit has been set up in Hargeisa to support the programme with technical specialists.

The programme builds on experiences and lessons learned from the participating partners in building bottom-up local governance and to take decisions on how to use available resources more efficiently.

UNICEF, the Danish Refugee Council and UN Habitat along with other development partners are bringing resources through their existing programmes, such as, water and sanitation, school improvement, income generation and small scale infrastructure projects.

The CDRD will make available a block grant of $15000 per community when the community has developed a viable project proposal that meets with agreed criteria.

This programme marks a new and ground breaking development approach in Somaliland because it puts decision directly in the hands of communities. It also helps the government plan and allocate its resources based on demands from local level.

For further details contact

Ivanoe Fugali
Project Coordinator
Hargeisa
Somaliland

Source CDRD Press Release March 17th, 2008