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Good Governance

We advocate for good governance in all its spheres in Somalia. These spheres are outlined below.

Participation requires that all groups, particularly those most vulnerable, have direct or representative access to the systems of government. This manifests as a strong civil society and citizens with the freedom of association and expression.

Rule of Law is exemplified by impartial legal systems that protect the human rights and civil liberties of all citizens, particularly minorities. This is indicated by an independent judicial branch and a police force free from corruption.

Transparency means that citizens understand and have access to the means and way decisions are made, especially if they are directly affected by such decisions. This information must be provided in an understandable and accessible format, typically translated through the media.

Responsiveness simply involves that institutions respond to their stakeholders within a reasonable time frame.

Consensus Oriented is demonstrated by an agenda that seeks to mediate between the many different needs, perspectives, and expectations of a diverse citizenry. Decisions needs to be made in a manner that reflects a deep understanding of the historical, cultural,
and social context of the community.

Equity and Inclusiveness depends on ensuring that all the members of a community feel included and empowered to improve or maintain their well-being, especially those individuals and groups that are the most vulnerable.

Effectiveness and Efficiency is developed through the sustainable use of resources to meet the needs of a society. Sustainability refers to both ensuring social investments carry through and natural resources are maintained for future generations.

Accountability refers to institutions being ultimately accountable to the people and one another. This includes government agencies, civil society, and the private sector all being accountable to one another as well.

Each community has its own opportunities, challenges, and priorities. Our economic development planning includes the Somali people who live and work in the community and beyond. We find solutions on how to work as a people.

Our role in the community under this purpose includes working with other stakeholders in:
Leading economic development planning
Working toward the community’s mandate or vision for economic development
Supporting sector relationships
Communicating and responding to economic development concerns and opportunities
Leading projects to enhance economic development
Providing accountability, ensuring economic development isn’t an afterthought

Climate change affects our health, ability to grow food, housing, safety and work. Some of us are already more vulnerable to climate impacts, such as people living in small island nations and other developing countries; like Somalia.
We are advocating for measures to improve our environment being that our country borders
the ocean and is directly affected by such changes. We call for policies that invest in clean, renewable and sustainable energy. They should address the heavy toll that climate change is taking on impoverished communities.

We are working with innovative farmers and scientists taking a different path, moving toward a farming system that is more sustainable— environmentally, economically, and socially. This system has room for farms of all sizes, producing a diverse range of foods, fibers, and fuels adapted to local conditions and regional markets. We advocate for science-based practices that maximize productivity and profit while minimizing environmental damage. Sustainability also means the whole system is more resilient to droughts, floods, and other impacts of climate change that farmers are already seei

Ongoing armed conflict, insecurity, lack of state protection, and recurring humanitarian crises
exposed Somali civilians to serious abuse. There are an estimated 2.6 million internally
displaced people (IDPs), many living unassisted and vulnerable to abuse. We are working
with various international bodies to train leaders in their clans on conflict resolution, sharing
of resources and peaceful coexistence for sustainable development in Somalia.

The activities we carry out include monitoring and reporting about human rights, engaging civil society and other partners, support for the government, strengthening security forces compliance with human rights standards and norms, engagement with other governments and diplomatic missions/ mechanisms.

Justice Forums - We encourage improvements to the quality and reach of justice services, while promoting a rights-based interpretation and application of laws and justice norms through State and customary justice institutions.

Educational Forums - We enhance capacity of government to develop and implement a nonformal education policy and strategy. we also strengthen capacity of community groups to support education programs.

Social Forums - We discuss how to continue Somalia’s transition toward greater stability, economic prosperity, resilience, and human development.
Constitutional Forums - We discuss various constitutional factors ranging from human rights to governance as well as having structured governments that can serve the people.

Agricultural Forums - These target farmers to improve food security and crop sustainability.

Most of the current and intractable armed conflicts in the world today are intra-state conflicts in societies divided along the fault lines of race, religion, ethnicity, language, and region. Narrowing down to Somalia, we research on how to bring in peaceful coexistence by providing modern solutions that help reduce friction that are caused by sharing of resources like water, food, pasture among others.
Engaging in purposeful action that will help people advance their rights. opportunities, causes and human dignity a hallmark of social work. Social workers believe in empowering through Advocacy to help improve people’s lives, family dynamics, group processes, organizational functioning, community-based ventures and services and policy- oriented decisions and guidelines.
Many people are unable to provide adequately for themselves at one point or another, some people experience a lifetime of challenges from which they struggle to escape the personal reasons vary, from physical or mental barriers to lack of proper socialization and education to lower social status through birth, custom, or misfortune. in addition societal factors such as lack of public resources and services, unsupportive political will and entrenched systems of privileges and oppression impact and constrain the ability of people to move forward many people often to struggle with the basics-food, water, shelter, health care and human dignity.
Gondoob Research and social justice Advocacy often work with clients and constitutes who are under stress and feel desperate and powerless. When considering Advocacy as a means of creating changes it is essential to keep the human aspect of helping in mind people are susceptible to pain and permanent damage and can perish when critical needs go unmet. All the people should be treated as human beings with dignity not as problems, objects or cases.
Implicit in this discussion of why professional advacates-that is social workers are needed is the idea of Social Inequality. Some people have more access to society’s benefits and resources, status, wealth, power and some have less. Some Inequality is part of human condition. However those at the top may use their advantages to organize society to suit their needs. Often they do so to the clear detriment of those blow them on the social scale
Advocating for public health doesn’t have to be left solely up to the experts. Informed citizens also have the power to educate and influence their elected officials about critical public health issues. We understand and offer our support in research, awareness campaigns and trainings in various health centres to encourage our people to embrace better healthcare.
Sports is particularly key to youth development. Physical education, physical activity, and sport, in general, contribute to the development of soft skills and impart values such as teamwork, solidarity, and respect, all of which are crucial to building peaceful and cohesive societies. We work to promote and develop the talents of our youth which also encourages personal development.
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