Transcript JOINT NEEDS ASSESSMENT ENSURING PARTICIPATION

ENSURING PARTICIPATION?
JNA: PEOPLE’S DRIVEN PLAN
NGO Consortium
NGO Consortium’s Membership
Continent
Country
Number
Africa
Somalia
50 LNGOs
Africa
Kenya
03 INGOs
Europe
13
54 INGOs
North America
02
11 INGOs
Asia
Korea
01 INGOs
Total
119
Why Ensuring Participation?



“Ensure involvement of Somali counterparts and
institutions to guarantee national and regional ownership”
– JNA’s Guiding Principle
Participation: Is it a Mean or an End (pro-poor programmes
= making positive change for Somalis)?
Partnership
– Transparency (who is agenda?)
– Accountability
– Meeting mutual, reasonable & realistic expectations of
parties
– Being part of a global village
Participation: Consistency Between
Our Words and Actions – Counting on
Major Actors





Transitional Federal Charter
Fragile States strategy (DAC, DFID & USA)
EC Strategy: “…support sustainable improvement of the
livelihood of the Somali people”
DFID Country Engagement Plan: “…the UK’s Goal is a
peaceful, politically stable and economically viable
Somalia. This will lead to and be supported by a
sustainable reduction in poverty levels”
USA Integrated Strategic Plan: “ Goal - A more secure, less
vulnerable Somalia in transition towards sustainable
development” “…Somalis must have a voice in planning
and implementing the strategy”
Making Participation a Reality?


Learning from SACB’s experience
Building on existing networks
–
–
–
–




Emerging local institutions
Somali Civil Society
UN agencies
INGOs
Availing Learning, Knowledge & Experience from all actors
on timely manner
Assist in field work
Rigorous consultation process at all stages of the JNA
Assist in analysis – Feedback, Feedback, Feedback?
Advocacy – The Collective Actions and
Multiplying the efforts!




TFIs and Civil Society – Mobilizing community and
managing expectations.
Somali Diaspora and the added value of their dual
citizenship
UN agencies and the global forces (G8, 0.7 GDP Target,
Making Poverty History, Global Security Challenges and
Fragile States)
INGOs as part of International Civil Society Movement –
Targeting Lobby Groups:
–
–
–
Based in 13 European Countries, USA and Canada
Partnership with parliamentarians
Partnership with Media