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Settlements Governance and Management Programme |
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Total cost
$3,425,612
Partners
Local authorities in Somalia
Netherlands Development Co-operation
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
Hargeisa municipal activities were reinstated,
particularly the water agency and the planning department through the predecessor
of this programme, SOM/94/003, resulting in measurable success in strengthening
local governance. The current programme aims to develop and expand
the current technical cooperation endeavour in Hargeisa and provide capacity-building
activities to Berbera and Bossaso in northern Somalia initially and, when
the security situation improves, elsewhere in Somalia. The programme
aims at strengthening local authorities' capacities to plan, manage and
maintain municipal infrastructure and public services and restore and strengthen
urban governance; undertake the planned reintegration and resettlement
of returnees; undertake the rehabilitation, restoration or reconstruction
of essential infrastructure, services and public facilities; and enhance
emergency preparedness.
Activities
The programme, based on demand, has provided
support to restore and strengthen urban governance through the enhancement
of the municipal institutional capacity of the towns of Hargeisa, Burao,
Boroma, Sheikh, Berbera and Garowe in Somalia. This is achieved through
deployment of international and national experts to provide technical assistance
and support to the local institutions by building institutional capacities
through development and establishing administrative and financial processes;
and developing human resources through on-the-job training. Activities
include building the capacities of these municipalities to plan, improve,
manage and maintain municipal infrastructure and public services; to plan
the resettlement and integration of returnees in viable urban communities;
to rehabilitate essential public facilities and services; and to enhance
emergency preparedness.
Results
The process of assessing urgent needs,
planning and executing remedial measures, supplemented by in-service training
will enhanced personal and institutional effectiveness and capacity.
Another urgent issue is being addressed: the planned and methodical reception,
resettlement and reintegration of returnees displaced by past conflicts.
This will involve neighbourhood planning, land allocation, the provision
of basic services and the facilitation of self-help home construction.
The process involves close collaboration with other United Nations agencies,
such as UNHCR and UNICEF and NGOs involved in social integration and income
generation. Rehabilitation of water extraction and pumping stations,
funded by UNHCR, will be completed by spring 2001. Through additional
funding provided by the Netherlands Development Cooperation, the project
will increase water supply in Burao by constructing a new deep and will
expand the network.
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Technical
and Institutional Assistance Programme for
Berbera
Municipality Programme |
Total cost
$1,390,563
Partners
Municipality of Berbera, North West Somalia
European Union (Somalia Unit)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
The focus will be on developing the management
capacity of the municipality administration and revenue, financial management
town planning and sanitation, as functions of urban management. The
programme will support the municipality to apply acquired skills through
implementing a variety of capital works and the demonstration of service
provision through assistance in the implementation of plans.
Activities
The process of institution building incorporates
a strategy of providing administration and technical training for counterparts
assigned by the partner municipality and support in defining the mission
of the municipality. This approach, used both in the assessment and
in the implementation stages, provides a productive platform for defining
both the scope and the execution of the project. Activities include:
implement of a planned and systematic approach to delivering services,
collecting and accumulating revenues, and maximizing effective management
of the municipality to ensure that services delivered are sustainable and
affordable to the residents of Berbera; improve revenue collection, financial
management and accountability procedures to streamline operations of the
municipality, and to ensure sufficient surpluses are available for capital
investment and improved operations improve the quality of life of the residents
of Berbera by completing urban planning and mapping activities to provide
for the current and future land and infrastructure needs; and, improve
community sanitation and health through the efficient collection, and disposal
of solid and liquid waste, to reduce risks of disease and sickness.
Results
The project coordinator has worked closely
with the mayor to produce a revised organisation chart for Municipality
to improve its performance in meeting the development challenges of the
town and to streamline the performance of its responsibilities. A
workshop on project log frame has taken place in June 2000 with a large
representation from national and local institutions and stakeholders.
The workshop resulted in an agreed upon areas of intervention for the project
and other actors which will be used as a framework for interventions in
the municipality. The project has assisted in designing the rehabilitation
of the municipal building and the works will start in the last quarter
of 2000. Based on a needs assessment, an international expert in
municipal finance is supporting the municipality to improve revenue collection,
financial management and accountability procedures.
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