2024 was another productive year for the Somali Public Agenda (SPA). We published 16 papers, held 19 forums, produced 24 podcast episodes, trained 42 bloggers and 23 early career researchers, engaged and talked to local and international media, attended conferences and workshops, trained four interns, and started working with like-minded institutions.

In 2024, SPA conducted and published various extensive studies. We published 16 papers, including four research reports, three policy papers, five governance briefs, and four commentaries. We undertook research and analysis on key governance and public service issues in Somalia, including security, local council formation and operations, Somalia’s membership to the East African Community (EAC), civil society and media role in humanitarian accountability, elections, the constitutional review process, the federal government budget, and taxation. SPA produced joint papers with other research institutions in 2024. We published two studies with the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) and a joint paper with the Puntland Development Research Center (PDRC) and Sababi Institute.

Moreover, SPA published three policy papers in 2024 on contentious issues on elections in the constitutional review process, Somalia’s new electoral bill, and Somalia’s new sales tax. SPA published five governance briefs on elections in Puntland, the Constitutional Amendment Procedure, the FGS annual budget, changing UNSOM to UNTMIS, and insecurity in Beledweyne. SPA also published four commentaries on several governance and public service issues, including the Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU, Somalia’s election conundrum, and a review and analysis of two electoral bills.