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Silver Spring Hotel, Nairobi Kenya November 16, 2008
The one day forum on “Leadership Challenges in Somalia” was organised by National Civic Forum (NCF) in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation. A total number of 26 distinguished men and women participants from the local NGOs, Civil Society and peace activist members as well as Somali Diaspora members attended the forum.
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Hotel La Mada, Ruaraka, Nairobi, December 20 – 21 2008
The Somali Civil Society has made great efforts to mitigate the effects of collapsed social structures in Somalia and supported every initiative towards the restoration of the State and a peaceful atmosphere in the country. The civil Society continues to address itself to the task of developing an objective mechanism and Criteria for the participation by its members in Government along the proposals from the Djibouti Peace talks. Moreover Civil Society has to remain relevant even beyond the Djibouti process – even if the talks do not yield much.
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The Somali Consultation Draft Constitution, which was published in July 2010, has been at the center of a debate that has gone through an evolution itself. The UNDP established an office to support the constitution writing process, and coordinates the activities of the Independent Federal Constitution Committee.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC FORUM HELD ON DECEMBER 13TH 2008 AT THE SILVER SPRING HOTEL, NAIROBI
Both the TFG and the ARS expect the Civil Society representatives in Government to be the best. The NCF convened a Round Table Discussion on December 6th 3008 to discuss the efficacy of Civil Society participation in government and the Mechanism for participation. This Roundtable convened on December 13th 2008 was to provide a Forum for an in depth discussion on the Civil Society participation in the Somali peace and Political process.
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Silver Spring Hotel, Nairobi Kenya May 31st, 2009
Since 1991, the search for a post-Siyad Barre State has taken many forms with mixed results. The contest for power between the different forces continues to exert its toll in humanitarian terms. A large segment of the Somali Society is dispersed around the world while the other continues to wallow in uncertainty characterized by mutating forms of violence. The International Community continues to employ a number of strategies that have so far failed to give birth to a viable state. Among the Intellectuals and civil society at large, the cycle of violence continues to raise apprehension. That the Somali society is suffering from dislocation has never been in doubt. What is perhaps the question of the moment is what it will take to reconcile this society.