HACP team brings consolidated expertise in building inclusive societies and sustaining peace through good governance and conflict analysis, prevention and management to federal government, state administration and local governments across the Somalia to address today’s emergency, humanitarian, development challenges. At the heart of our intervention is preventive governance, referring to those processes and mechanisms of democratic governance that ultimately foster resilience against instability and violent conflict. Building peace is about much more than ending clashes. It is about putting in place the institutions and trust that will strengthen the social contract and carry people forward into a peaceful future.

HACP delivers technical expertise of local skills and homegrown knowledge of Somali dynamics with extensive academic and international experience to help people affected by violent conflict achieve lasting peace. We draw on our shared experiences to influence policies and improve peace-building practice in Somalia through tested participatory best practices that not only aim at resolving conflicts but also supporting sustained peace among previously warring communities.

While the significance of good governance to sustaining peace is widely recognized, the focus tends to be on national governance. Applying national reconciliation framework and Wadajir Framework, This overlooks the crucial role of local governance actors, particularly when the central government is fragmented or lacks broad access. These actors include not only formal institutions like state Administrations and municipal governments but also a mix of other actors that could range from traditional chieftaincies to community-based organizations to religious institutions to youth and women.