[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1164, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "Resilience Framework, and was developed through extensive consultations with civil society, private sector representatives, FGS and FMS line ministries, national and state parliamentarians, members of the judiciary, and development partners. SDGs are mainstreamed into the NDP-9."}, {"bbox": [97, 243, 1164, 352], "category": "Text", "text": "A joint IMF/WB appraisal confirmed that the document **meets the standards of an interim poverty reduction strategy** (a HIPC DP requirement) in terms of its underlying analysis, topics and policy discussions, extent of stakeholder consultations, and articulation of strategies. An implementation report was issued for 2020. As this was an HIPC CPT it had to be formally reviewed by the IMF and WB. This joint assessment is still being finalised [TBC]"}, {"bbox": [97, 362, 1164, 444], "category": "Text", "text": "However, protracted violence by Al-Shabaab, recurring climatic hazards such as droughts and floods (and associated displacement), unclear distribution of roles and responsibility and limited geographic reach of the government remain huge challenges in executing the ambitious development agenda laid out in the plan."}, {"bbox": [97, 454, 1164, 616], "category": "Text", "text": "The health, economic and social impact of Covid-19 have compounded existing challenges and delayed implementation. The plan's ambitious objectives are also not prioritised nor integrated within a medium term fiscal framework and annual budgets (to ensure high-level costings are linked to estimates of expected resources). In practice, NDP implementation efforts are largely **contingent on sustained financing from international partners** given the limited short/medium term potential to create fiscal space through enhanced DRM or improved PFM systems that can ensure greater growth payoffs from quality public expenditure."}, {"bbox": [97, 626, 1164, 708], "category": "Text", "text": "Government effectiveness for Somalia is assessed amongst the lowest in the world: the bureaucracy's weaknesses reflect partial or absent policy and regulatory frameworks, weak administrative and enforcement capacity (as well as low pay of civil servants), and limited availability of reliable data and of codified knowledge/information."}, {"bbox": [97, 718, 1164, 851], "category": "Text", "text": "Coordination of institutions across and between levels of government is still inadequate. This situation prevails at both Centre of Government Institutions as well as line ministries. A public service pay and grade structure policy was passed in November 2022 and will contribute to address some of the critical challenges with civil service payroll management, in turn affecting fiscal sustainability given the size of the wage bill (which currently absorbs the totality of DRM)."}, {"bbox": [97, 861, 1164, 1157], "category": "Text", "text": "NDP implementation monitoring will continue to be hampered by **significant data gaps**. Although a National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) is now operational and its Director General appointed, Somalia does not yet have an official national statistical system capable of producing regular economic, financial, and social statistics. There is no updated population census informing design and implementation of development strategies, although efforts are underway to plan one using hybrid approaches. The Government is mainly relying on external sources (i.e. WB for socio-economic indicators, FSNAU-FEWSNET for food security and nutrition, etc.). Due to lack of systematic collection and multiplicity of sources, there is a high risk of inconsistent data questioning the validity of policy results. That said, statistical and data collection capacity is gradually but steadily improving, thanks to statistics/M&E capacity development initiatives by various donors: data sets are gradually being updated (e.g. GDP, CPI, fiscal and trade related and the evidence base around poverty and vulnerability has also improved thanks to the realisation of High Frequency Surveys and a first Demographic and Health Survey."}, {"bbox": [97, 1167, 1164, 1246], "category": "Text", "text": "With regards to public policy eligibility in the **education sector**, a sector strategic plan sets out key strategic issues, and the newly appointed Minister has laid out an ambitious agenda that involves a significant upscaling of Government efforts in the education sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 1258, 1164, 1316], "category": "Text", "text": "This SRBC will also provide a useful entry point to other pressing policy issues such as school financing, teacher management (recruitment, deployment, training, supervision, payroll etc.); and sector governance in a federal context."}, {"bbox": [97, 1325, 1164, 1406], "category": "Text", "text": "A recent evaluation of EU funded interventions in the education sector notes that whilst there have been positive results in expanding educational access and participation, greater efforts are required to ensure a more coordinated and aligned approach, including provision of **system strengthening** elements to augment the positive outcomes."}, {"bbox": [97, 1416, 1164, 1551], "category": "Text", "text": "The current **projectized approach does not provide for sustainability in operations** nor a stable environment to allow for long-term development of the sector. This operation would thus support such gradual shift to system level support in the uniquely complex Somalia operating environment, including through working jointly with the FGS on the recently unveiled National Teacher Initiative. Education-specific VT performance indicators and targets will also test the ground for compliance at sector level for a possible sector budget support in the future."}, {"bbox": [97, 1561, 1164, 1644], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its strategy to combat AS, the new administration is keenly aware that **the provision of education services is key to strengthen both the legitimacy of the Government and life prospects for Somalia's youth**, in an effort to deter them from joining terrorist organizations. This commitment is underpinned by a recently announced"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 26"}]