Development Cooperation Planning Funds for Somalia/ALI

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

Somalia is one of Finland's bilateral development cooperation partner country. The cooperation focuses particularly on supporting the realisation of the rights of women and girls as well as building and strengthening of the core functions of the Somali state. These priorities are aligned with the Somalia's National Development Plan. The purpose of the Somalia planning funds is to improve the quality of the Finnish development cooperation in Somalia. Planning funds will be used for planning, preparation, monitoring, evaluation and auditing the Finnish development and statebuilding support in Somalia, as well as to promote results-based management. In addition, the planning funds can be used for visits related to Finland's development policy and development cooperation with Somalia, for organization of small-scale development cooperation related trainings and workshops, as well as for development cooperation related communication. The purpose of the planning funds is to ensure that the regional department has adequate resources to implement results-based programming in Somalia. The planning funds for the year 2020 are 76 000 Euros.