Community Driven Recovery Development Launch

[Jacaylbaro]

On 17th March, 2008 the Community Driven Recovery and Development programme was officially launched at the Mansoor Hotel in Hargeisa. This programme is a partnership between the Ministry of Family Welfare & Social Development, 20 communities of Boroma and Berbera, the World Bank, the UK government, UNICEF, Danish Refugee Council, and UN Habitat.

 

The programme has developed over the last 12 months, and has involved community mobilization, establishing Community Development Committees, gathering information about the communities and their needs. A project Implementation Unit has been set up in Hargisa 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 take decthisions on how to use available resources most efficiently. UNICEF, DRC, UN Habitat and other development partners are bringing resources through their existing programmes, egg. Water & sanitation, school improvement, income generation & 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 prgramme 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