Country: Somalia
Project Code: P10-SM01
Pillar: Advocacy
Appealing Agency: Somalia Coalition to Ban Landmines (SOCBAL)
Implementing Partners: SOCBAL members
Summary Objectives: SOCBAL intends to advocate for the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty in Somalia. It will urge government policy makers to participate in international mine action conferences and become a state party to the convention.
Activities:
- Recruit support staff.
- Organize sensitization and planning workshops for government representatives.
- Conduct institutional awareness training.
- Carry out policy advocacy.
- Give presentations on the mine problem and its impacts.
- Perform ongoing monitoring.
- Establish committees.
- Ensure feedback and communication.
- Conduct reporting.
Expected Outcomes:
- Somalia will become a state party to the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty.
- Policies on the adoption of the treaty will be passed.
- State-level institutional awareness of the treaty will increase.
Project Budget: $80,000
Project Duration: January 2010 through December 2010
Budget Shortfall: $80,000
Targeted Beneficiaries: Somali population, government institutions
| BUDGET ITEMS In US$ | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Staff | 20,000 |
| Operational costs (vehicle rental, support costs) | 40,000 |
| Administrative costs | 20,000 |
| Total | 80,000 |
Dahir Abdirahman Abdulle ; Technical Advisor; Mogadishu –Somalia; Tel: 252 0 98 69 73; e-mail: somalia_socbal@yahoo.com
last edited: Oct 27, 2009