Achieving Local Solutions to Displacement Crises in Somalia: a Human Security Approach to Durable Solutions​

For centuries, the Somali way of life has been shaped, altered and defined by mobility amongst different population groups, with over 70% engaged in seminomadic pastoralism. While there has been progress towards recovery and stability since the formation of a new government in 2012, human insecurities from economic to food, health, environmental, political, personal, and community remain entrenched and compounded by structural factors related to governance, inequality, marginalization and exclusion. ​

Applying the human security approach in combination with support from the UN Peacebuilding Fund, the programme focuses on localized, community-driven interventions with the goal of empowering communities and enabling local and national leadership to identify the root causes and drivers of conflict and displacement. Through participatory and inclusive activities, and based on a human security neighborhood profiling, the programme addresses human insecurities in a comprehensive manner and seeks to facilitate the sustainable return, recovery, integration, and peaceful co-existence of displaced populations.

KEY MATERIALS​
Programme Summary​
Handbook: Facilitating Durable Solutions in Somalia – Experiences from Midnimo-I and the Application of Human Security