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ResearchDialogue Policy LabTraining
Somali Public Agenda contributes to the understanding and improvement of public administration in Somalia through research and analysis on various issues that affect public policies and provision of public services. SPA regularly publishes research reports, governance briefs and commentaries (always in both the Somali and English languages) on decentralization, public bureaucracy, and local administration; democratization and elections; financial governance; security, justice, and rule of law; urban planning and land administration; employment; and, education system and health services. These publications often inform citizens, policymakers, practitioners and the international actors on governance and public service issues in Somalia.
SPA Dialogue is a platform and space for discussions on governance and public service issues in Somalia. The SPA Dialogue serves as an avenue for the critical examination of issues of public priority. Different segments of society, including researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, are invited to meet and discuss issues on equal terms. SPA Dialogue convenes dialogue with policy-makers and public figures and organizes workshops and book/report launches. SPA Dialogue exists to initiate discussions and debates on governance and public service issues. Often the findings of the discussions help inform Somali Public Agenda’s research and analytical outputs.
Based on the findings and policy recommendations of our studies, we design public policies, programmes and projects with the relevant authorities through our Policy Lab. In collaboration with policymakers, public administrators and the community, we design knowledge based public services. Before government invest resources in the policies, programmes and projects designed, we envisage to experiment with the public service at a small-scale level to test the efficacy of the services designed.
Based on the findings of our research and our co-designing work, Somali Public Agenda through its SPA Learning Lab offers short training courses to contribute to the building of administrative cadres that can deliver public policies and programmes to the community. The SPA Learning Lab aim is to connect the civil servants, policy makers and non-profit sector workers with communities and provide administrations with the technical skills necessary to formulate and implement solutions for public service challenges. Moreover, the center offers training to Somali professionals who have desire and passion to join the public sector as well as professionals engaged in the civil service and non-profit sectors.
Somali Public Agenda (SPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan, and independent public policy and administration research and action organization based in Mogadishu. It aims to advance understanding and improvement of public policy and services in Somalia through evidence-based research and analysis, dialogue, policy and service design, and training.
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