The National Investment Promotion on Strategy (NIPS) is underpinned by a set of activities aimed at creating a favorable environment for accelerating both foreign and domestic investment. Given the improving capacity of both Federal and Federal Member States (Puntland, Jubaland,…
The Federal Government of Somalia presents the ninth National Development Plan (NDP-9), 2020-2024, which provides the nation with a path leading to economic growth and reduction of poverty within the next five years. Somalia has a long tradition of national…
Somalia received US$ 1.9 billion in official development assistance (ODA) in 2019, comprised of roughly equal volumes of humanitarian (US$ 934 million) and development aid (US$ 924 million). The World Bank, United Kingdom, European Union and Germany were the largest…
The Global Refugee Forum, was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in December 2019, and was the first ever world gathering on refugees of its kind. The Federal Government of Somalia participated with a very high-level delegation…
Recognising that finding durable solutions to forced displacement is a cross cutting issue and requires a broad institutional engagement and a whole-of-government approach, the Durable Solutions Secretariat (DSS) was established in October 2019 under the leadership and coordination of the…
In partnership with IGAD the Durable Solutions Unit held a workshop aimed reviewing and validating the assessment at the realities of return and reintegration in Somalia, the institutions responsible both at the federal, regional and local levels, coordination mechanisms…
Somalia received US$ 2 billion in official development assistance (ODA) annually in 2017 and 2018. This marks a 57% increase in total ODA compared with levels seen the previous five years (2012-2016), which averaged US$ 1.3 billion a year. Development…
The Durable Solutions Unit in partnership with the National Commission for Refugees and IDPs (NCRI) and the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariate (RedSS) conducted a two days technical training in Mogadishu for 38 government officials. The aim of the training was…
Aid to Somalia reached a record high in 2017. Reported official development assistance (ODA) for Somalia totaled US$ 1.75 billion for 2017. With an ODA to GDP ratio of nearly 26% for 2017, Somalia remains highly dependent on aid. The…
Official development assistance (ODA) for Somalia totaled US$ 1.3 billion in 2016. With an ODA to GDP ratio of 21%, Somalia is highly aid dependent. Remittances are another key flow, estimated at US$ 1.4 billion in 2016. Together, remittances and…