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METHODOLOGY
Overview
IRI received a grant from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development
(DFID) to develop a strategy for international democratization support to Somaliland covering
the following strategic sectors: political parties, civil society, executive and local governance,
media and parliament. DFID’s intent is for the strategy to be utilized by the international donor
community in the coordination and planning of future democracy-support programs to
Somaliland.
IRI has worked in Somaliland since 2002, with funding from the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and DFID to
implement programs that support the development of a robust civil society, well organized and
representative political parties and a modernized legislature that engages in issue-based policy
making. In 2010, IRI fielded an international delegation to observe Somaliland’s presidential
election.
Primary Audience
: DFID and international donors funding democracy assistance programs in
Somaliland.
Assessment Questions:
1.
What components of democracy and democratic governance should be supported by
international donor assistance?
a.
How are these prioritized by different stakeholders and beneficiaries?
b.
What actors are important to these components?
c.
What possible entry points exist for support to these components?
d.
How should these be prioritized? Low, medium and high priority?
e.
What components are currently being fulfilled and what gaps remain?
2.
What is the existing context for primary democratic actors under the strategic pillars of
political parties, civil society (including media), parliament and national and local
governance?
a.
Who are the key actors?
b.
What are the most pressing enablers and constraints?
c.
What are the existing resources?
d.
What alliances/relationships/power structures and strategies exist?
e.
What are their priority areas for democratic development in the future?
3.
What is the status of international donor support to democratic consolidation in
Somaliland and what opportunities are there for future support?
a.
What is the background of international democracy assistance support to
Somaliland as it relates to the present day?
b.
Who are the actors?
c.
What issues are they addressing? How?
d.
What issues do they think should be prioritized in the future?
