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Durable Solutions
IOM designs its interventions to enhance progress towards durable solutions and shift the paradigm from aid-agency driven modalities to one where the government and community co-design and lead their nationally aligned and owned programming.
IOM's durable solutions portfolio contributes to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDPN) by strengthening collaboration and coherence between humanitarian, development, and peace actors, Member States, communities and other partners.
As such, IOM works with the government of Somalia at the Federal Member States and district levels in urban and peri-urban areas to establish foundations for durable solutions through implementing participatory approach to return, relocation, and local integration.
Activities:
- Inclusive governance, and participation in decisions and processes of public affairs at all levels
- Sustainable livelihoods and employment opportunities to enable displacement affected communities to meet their daily needs and live-in dignity
- Displaced populations achieving adequate standard of living through sustained access to adequate water, housing, health service and basic education
- Protection, safety and security to achieve legal safety, and physical and material security for displacement affected communities
Danwadaag Durable Solutions Consortium
Danwadaag, meaning ‘common purpose’ in Somali, is a Durable Solutions Consortium made up of IOM (as the lead agency), Concern Worldwide, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Juba Foundation, GREDO, SHACDO, and the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS).
The Danwadaag Durable Solutions Consortium works with the Government of Somalia and communities to enhance progress towards durable solutions and (re)integration for targeted displacement affected communities in urban centres in Benadir Regional Administration, South West State and Jubaland State of Somalia.
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Saameynta
IOM Somalia has recently signed a new four-year durable solution multi-million project named ‘Saameynta’ (‘impact’ in Somali), to support the Federal Government of Somalia to find durable solutions for more than 75,000 internally displaced and vulnerable host community members, out of Somalia’s total caseload of 2.9 million Internally Displaced People (IDPs).
Through enhancing the sustainable reintegration of displaced communities in urban areas, Saameynta aims to leverage value generated by planned urbanization and urban infrastructure investment and to increase the self-reliance and access to sustainable basic services of IDPs residing in the cities of Baidoa, Bossaso and Beletweyne. The project comes at a crucial time as forced displacement, drought, closure of refugee camps in neighbouring countries, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exacerbated the displacement situation in the country.
Drought Displacement Impact Response Disclosure of Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
This document presents the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for the Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) under the World Bank Somalia Urban Resilience Programme (SURP II).
The proposed project will support drought response activities in Mogadishu, Baidoa, and Garowe that would likely receive a large inflow of IDPs. Support will be provided for multiple activities, including, water, sanitation, hygiene, health, housing, land and property.
The ESMF ensures that the project activities are compliant with the relevant requirements of national policies, regulations and legislations, the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards as well as environmental and social aspects. The objective of the ESMF is to set out the principles, rules, guidelines and procedures to assess and mitigate the environmental and social impacts of project activities.
The implementation of activities will be led by IOM in partnership with the Danwadaag Consortium, which comprise the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Concern Worldwide (CWW) and Gargaar Relief and Development Organization (GREDO).
Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for Component 4: Urban Forced Displacement
This document presents the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for Component 4: Urban Forced Displacement under the World Bank Somalia Urban Resilience Programme (SURP II). This includes the Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) and the Second Additional Financing interventions.
The proposed project will support drought response activities in Mogadishu, Baidoa, and Garowe that would likely receive a large inflow of IDPs. Support will be provided for multiple activities, including, water, sanitation, hygiene, health, housing, land and property.
The ESMF ensures that the project activities are compliant with the relevant requirements of national policies, regulations and legislations, the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards as well as environmental and social aspects. The objective of the ESMF is to set out the principles, rules, guidelines and procedures to assess and mitigate the environmental and social impacts of project activities.
The implementation of activities will be led by IOM in partnership with the Danwadaag Consortium and BRCiS Consortium which comprise of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Concern Worldwide (CWW), Action Against Hunger (ACF) and Gargaar Relief and Development Organization (GREDO).