Introduction

Somalia, like many African countries has a huge proportion of young people with an estimated 70% of its population under 30 years. The country’s fragile situation and protracted crisis has affected its ability to take advantage of harnessing the benefits of this large youthful population and position them as a resource for the future. Many of the country’s youth who are already faced with the problems of unemployment and vulnerability to armed violence are largely excluded from participation in policy discussion and decision making. Somali youth have not been afforded the opportunity to develop to their full potential and access the opportunities that enable them to grow, develop and prosper as fully engaged, responsive and productive citizens. During the civil war, the youth didn’t get the opportunities to improve their wellbeing or access quality education which is applicable to the needs of their country. This made them vulnerable to the overflowing problems in the environment they lived in like violence, immigration, terrorism, illiteracy, exclusion from the governance system and political process. These predicaments of young people in Somalia if not arrested properly presents serious challenges to state stability and national security, potentially destabilizing roadmap to recovery.

Therefore, this 3-day activity was aimed at promoting young men and young women participation in the ongoing political process in Somalia and beyond 2022 elections through advocacy platforms, developing negotiations skills, networking skill as well as promoting youth synergies to work as united group determined to claim their rightful place in political space, decision making and governance. In order to capacity build young people’s political participation through enhancing their leadership and advocacy skills; SOYVA with

support from UNFPA and Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO) conducted 3-day training workshop for youth political participation in South West State of Somalia.

The workshop that was held in Baidoa at Haldoor hotel on 26th, 27th and 28th February, 2022 engaged a total of 60 participants who were mainly young men and women activists, youth political aspirants, University students, Youth from marginalized and minority groups, Youth who are involved in advocacies, politically engaged and aspiring youth politicians, Youth involved in community volunteer activities, business actors and opinion leaders, youth with disabilities, Young men & women involved in peace and community reconciliation activities and youth graduate and academicians who are aspiring future leaders and politicians, CSOs representative, clan elders and representatives of South West State Ministry of Youth, and Ministry of Women, Family Affairs and Human Rights Development (MOWFAHRD) .The workshop was divided into six sessions spreaded over the three days training and all participants were provided with printed schedules.

Background

The skills and experience for youth to engage in political participation are limited in Somalia, especially in South West State where illiteracy level is higher and people live largely on Subsistence farming. Even though the majority of the youth are politically motivated and engage in relevant discussions and debates, proper political participation in the election of government officials and active petitions to public institutions are lacking. South West Federal Member State is regarded as very significant state when it comes to Somalia politics as it produces the highest number of Members of parliament more than any other FMSs. Currently as per the indirect elections framework of 17th Sep, 2020, the region will have two polling stations located at Baidoa and Barawe with the total of 69 seats for the House of People.In the current elections of 2021/2022, South West State became the first state to conduct the elections in the second polling stations of Barawe city contributing significantly to expanding the democratic space. Meanwhile, as per the current elections, it has elected 56 members for the House of the People out of 69 members and a significant number of above average(50%) can be attributed to the youth.

The narrative of deliberate political exclusion of the young people is gradually changing, though still they are overlooked by clan elders/delegates as political candidates due to their age, financial status, marital status, clan affiliation, perceived lack of experience and exploitation through the notion of future leaders.In Somalia, politics is associated with politically experienced men with financial capabilities, well-connected to elders and power brokers.Young people are viewed as community defenders and subordinate in the face of an elderly persons. Hence, the political class has devised the system of indirect elections as a means to further deny full participation of citizens in the political process thereby denying the youth who are the majority the opportunity to decide for their future.

Objectives of the workshop

• To scale up youth participation in the political and elections process.
• To outline various political activities and opportunities available to the youth
• To provide robust platform that encourages youth to vie for elective position in the current and future elections.

• Conduct advocacy and capacity development of youth networks and active youth aspirants as well as youth leaders to boost their participation and realize increased participation of youth in politics and decision-making.
• Enhance participation of youth in political/public decision-making processes at all level of government including local FMS administration.
• Enhance capacity of young men and women, in their leadership role, policymaking ability, advocacy and negotiation skills to inform and influence the Political outcomes and State building processes.
• To create common understanding and awareness among youth on what indirect election system entails and the various political agreements and elections procedures.
• To sensitize young men and young women on the 17th Sep, 2020 agreement, the Baidoa Accord and the recent elections procedures of January,2022.
• Create networks and platforms that promote youth participation in elections

Methodology of Delivery

• Presentation and group discussion by the participants and guest speakers
• Focus Group Discussions(FGD)
• Panel Discussions

ACTIVITIES FOR THE 3- DAYS

Day1

The workshop was officially opened and kicked off with registration done by Mr.Mohamed Abdisalam, a Program Manager of SOYVA. This was followed by a quick opening remarks by Mr. Abdirahman Moalim Abshir and Mrs. Saida Ibrahim who are facilitators of SOYVA to set the stage. They took the participants through the expectations of the three day’s training. The following expectations were set.

• Increased awareness on the political challenges faced by young people
• Enhanced skills in effective public communication, debate, leadership, and increased capacity to use social media for influence and advocacy purposes for young men and young women as well as youth political candidates.
• Familiarization with the elections procedures especially the revised elections calendar and the

communiqué’ of January, 2022 as well as the political framework of 17th Sep,2020.

• Enhanced understanding of strategies to participate in political process beyond the current elections.
• Clear understanding on the indirect election system, its shortcomings and ways of bridging the gap to universal suffrage elections.
• Revising the long-held assumption that politics is dirty game and that politicians are inherently corrupt through installing effective leadership with high integrity.
• Youth to organize into vibrant pressure group with well-articulated youth/women-focused agenda that can translate to political agenda.
• Formation of youth alliances at the South west Federal Member State level to advocate for special youth representation in government department, committees and district level elections.

• Cooperation, engagement and more networks between youth, government stakeholders and the old politicians.
• Youth participation and inclusion in decision making will be achieved with youth taking the lead.

SESSION 1: The Session provided an overview of the 3-day workshop. Mr.Mohamed Abdisalam, the program manager of SOYVA informed the participants that the 3-day workshop is aimed at promoting young men and young women participation in the ongoing political process in Somalia and beyond 2022 elections through advocacy platforms, developing negotiations skills, networking skill as well as promoting youth synergies to work as united group determined to claim their rightful place in political space, decision making and governance. He highlighted that the indirect elections model will not adequately address the full potential for young men and young women participation in the electoral process as it would have been in the case of universal suffrage since decision making lies with the elders and delegates. Social inequality and social discrimination against young people specially in South West is common as they lack significant resources to launch and sustain successful campaigns against the political incumbents and the old guards. Thus, significant number of strategies has to be adopted by the young people. Advocacy platforms are essential to amplify voice of young people and their quest for inclusion. The session elaborated that young people constitute a largest proportion of the Somali population whose participation in political discourse is critical to state building, peace, unity and sustainable democracy. It is believed that most of the political decisions made by the politicians affect the future lives of the young people. Thus Including youth in the political process is significant and can lead to more developments, peace and better reconciliation as energetic young men and women will by large focus on political ideologies and manifesto as they have little regard for emotional tribal politics compared to the old guards. This will transform Somalia leading to transformative politics for tangible growth of country; enhance the level of progress towards a peaceful and prosperous nation that lives in harmony. The session briefed the participants that young people have to identify with likeminded politicians, elders, fellow youth and civil societies in order to mobilize young people to strategize and establish networking for more youth participation in the electoral process.

SESSION 2: This session focused on the strategies that can be employed by youth to increase their political participation and the challenges encountered by the youth. Mrs.Saida,a facilitator explained to the youth the importance of developing strategies to cope up with the modern politics. She reminded the youth that all over the world they face common challenges and grievance that ranges from youth unemployment, recruitment into militia groups, piracy and violence ideologies. She attributed all these vices to the lack of proper role model, lack of quality education, discrimination against the youth in decision making, poor leadership and bad governance. Later on, she formed 6 focus group discussions(FGD) of 10 members to discuss on;

• Strategies to be used by youth to enhance political participation, effective leadership and good governance.
• Challenges faced by the youth in their quest for political positions
• Advocacy platforms available to the youth to advance the youth agenda.

The following are the feedback on the strategies of promoting young people participation in politics;

• Young men and young women inclusion in formal politics through capacity development for young men and women candidates and formation of youth councils at FGs and FMSs. The groups added that the following set of skills is critical towards political strategy
• Leadership skills
• Negotiation skills
• Public speaking
• Networking skills
• Lobbying and interpersonal skills
• Youth-friendly legal framework that is crucial in enabling youth/women political participation- eligibility to vote, to be a candidate and electoral administrators.
  • Increase advocacy through use of online platforms for knowledge sharing and networking among politically active young people. Social media, blogs and other online tools can give educated women/ young citizens a voice for political activism, and open channels for direct feedback between government officials and youth.
  • Strengthening the relationship between traditional elders (delegates) and youth. To break a cycle of skepticism and mistrust, youth can develop the skills and motivation to successfully interact with elders. At the same time, traditional elders could be encouraged to create space for them by removing barriers to youth involvement.
  • To fully utilize the affirmative action measures such as the current women quotas for young women
  • Development of strong political party youth and women wings
  • Association with political mentors.
  • Involvement in electoral management body as delegates, technical implementing committees, poll station workers, dispute resolution committee, volunteer election observers and community educators on politics as well as voting

The focus group discussion put forward the following points as challenges that hinder young people political participation

• Financial limitation: Young men and women do not have the resources to engage actively in a context that has monetized politics. Without the financial muscle it becomes hard and almost impossible to draw attention and votes/delegates, nobody will listen. In some contexts it is no longer politics of ideas and issues but how well one can pay for votes/delegates or use money to protect the votes during elections.
• Minimal investment in young people and women to take on representation role: Young people lack formal education and have not been nurtured to debate, present and deliberate on current issues, so in most cases they are left behind. Young potential leaders are not identified early by the older leaders for grooming, nurturing, exposure and encouragement to take the mantle of representation at parliament level and in government.
• Gender Power relations: The older ones are often times not interested to see young ones in their space so they tend to block this space. Further, the space for young youth and women to participate is hampered by the patriarchal nature at the household level and externally. .

• Lack of participation in decision making process–The Somali culture is built on the elders system where traditional elders dominate every important aspect of life. Therefore, young men and women lack platform to engage and deliberate on issues touching their life.
• Lack of mentorship program
• Lack of knowledge and awareness about roles: Young people are sometimes unaware of what a representation/political career would entail – beyond attending functions and campaigns
• Lack of strong youth alliances and coordination at Federal and Federal Member States.
• Illiteracy and lack of exposure for young community men and women to offer themselves for leadership.

DAY 2:

SESSION 3: The guest of honors with the background experience on the youth political participation and leadership in Somalia were invited to shade light on the theme. A panel of technical government officials and experienced politicians was constituted to discuss with the youth participants on the strategies for engagement in politics and over view of the current Somali youth policy.

The panel involved 5 individuals comprising of representative from the Ministry of Youth in South west state, politicians from South west assembly, Youth political aspirants, civil society representatives and representative from South west ministry of women.

The panelists engaged the youth on some of the most effective alternative methods towards formal political participation that young men and women can choose to bring about transformation in Somalia. A number of ideas were discussed as follows;

• Lobbying and caucusing to get issues incorporated in key country statements, budgets, policies etc.
• Popularize and raise awareness about good leadership – Young people need to know what is possible with good leadership especially development and gainful employment of youths.
• Mobilization through sports, Music and drama (that most youth are interested in) can be viable entry point to bring about change and ensuring young people are heard.
• Platforms such as the Parliamentary outreach that bridges the gap between the closed doors of parliaments and the public should be encouraged – to increase the space for participation by youth and women.

A number of key supportive issues that enhance youth political inclusivity were also discussed during the panel discussion sessions. These discussion points include:

• Engagement in community work and activism by young people
• Seeking knowledge to enhance personal skills critical for political career
• Engaging in peace forums and volunteering to champion for nationalistic views that communities can realize and reward
• Understanding the provisions of Somali youth policy and participating in review process
• Exposure to national and global issues. Engage in dialogue and follow up on international commitments and domestication according to national policies and guidelines.
• Work with the retired MPs and leaders to mentor and coach the young Parliamentarians/leaders. Clear orientation/induction on their roles/responsibilities and expectation of the public

SESSION 4: This session was presided over by guest speakers/mentors to share their knowledge, experience and inspire the young people. They actively engaged with the participants and each highlighted the following:

Mr.Abdi Adow Ahmed who is an Ex-SOSWENSA Chairman and active member of the civil societies shared his views with participants. He thanked SOYVA, UNFPA and SOLO for providing such crucial platforms for the youth to engage each other on matters of inclusivity, leadership and advocacy campaign. He said that this is very unique platforms as it provides the youth with the insight and exposure to real matters affecting the youth specially those living in South West. He highlighted the following key points.

• He noted that youth are not organized to work together to achieve a common goal. He stated that youth in South west lack structures that coordinate them to voice their grievances adding that though youth have numbers; they lack unity, focus and information. Thus he advised the participants to embark on the strategies of unifying the youth at federal and federal member states. With their numbers, the youth can establish a strong bargaining power during the elections and they can be recognized by the power brokers.
  • He also emphasized the issue of civic education to be integrated in to the Somali curriculum as it used to be during the deposed regime of 1991.He criticized the youth for not been patriotic to the country.
  • Mr.Abdi Adow stated that the only solution to tackle the issue of patriotism and clanism, lack of democracy and transparent elections is to introduce this kind of civic education in to school curriculum so that expertise can inculcate in the minds of the learners sense of patriotism and good leadership.
  • He encouraged the youth to know their constitutional rights, support the government agenda that are positive regardless of who is championing it. He talked about the significance of paying taxes so that the government can create good infrastructure and more jobs for the young people. Young people should also put into task the government on the use of the national budget so that the government accounts for every penny. With such kind of public accountability, the country could have effective leaders that can transform the country and provide platforms for the growing population of youth.
  • He also informed the participants on the available prospects for the youth during and after the elections. He encouraged the youth to be part of election observers and technical supporters for the electoral task force in order to interact and get the experience. He advised the youth to be part of delegates, electoral conflict resolution committee and active campaigners. These platforms will provide the youth with massive experience and help them to easily contest in the subsequent elections.

Mr.Abdi Jibril Adan who is Secretary General Baidoa District contributed to the topic by highlighting ways of enhancing inclusivity and political participation of youth in South West State through leadership development workshop and advocacy campaign. He contributed the following points.

• Youth need to be visible, vocal, actively campaign and persuade the elders/delegates to elect young people in to the House of the People and Upper House

• Youth need to directly participate and engage in active community dialogue meetings and consultative gatherings
• The need to promote youth-led and/or collaboration alliances in order to collectively look for seats and advance youth agenda.
• To be transparent, respectful, accountable, friendly and appealing to other youths, women and elders
• The need for stakeholder organization and government to providing support for the youth individual seen by the youth as a politically proactive that can represent fully youth without fear, favor and nepotism.
• Youth to adopt give and take attitude in order to front one of their own who is well-versed with the situation, knowledgeable and one that can air their grievances on the floor of the parliament.
• It is vital for the youth to support fellow youth who are competent and well educated with high degrees of integrity, professionalism and advocacy spirit so that he/she could provide substantive bills in the parliament that promote the plight of the young people.
• Seek endorsements, Financiers and training. Young people have limited substantive exposure to issues and policies. It’s important for them to not only articulate their problems, but also to identify the solutions. They also have limited resources to which end they can seek support from communities through fundraising.
• Encourage action-oriented activities by designing projects or community activities that can potentially raise their profiles. This will enable young people to be known by the community elders and provide easy ticket for consideration of political seats.
• The need for connection and networking between youth, political class and community leaders. For many young people, this may be the first time that they have come in contact with public officials or community leaders. Laying the groundwork for an introduction is essential, and helps raise the profile of youth and help in their candidature.

Mr.Abdi Jibril noted some of the impediment to the effective inclusivity of youth in the political participation are related to the curtailed youth involvement.He noted that veteran politicians will use their accumulated wealth over the many years to suppress the voice of youth and buy delegates sidelining the fresh graduates and youth from marginalized as well minority groups. Girls are further marginalized because they are always assigned to rotational political seats; and these seats belong to the clans, so every clan will propose not to have women as their representative by stating that women normally belong to the clans of their husband; and therefore will not fully represent her biological clan.

Mrs.Maryan Sheikh Ibrahim who is from Ministry of Women discussed in detail having youth activists who work on advocacy and youth political participation. She stated that before youth discuss about the inclusivity, they should try to build themselves in their backyard by actively participating in community activities and volunteer groups. This will give youth in-depth knowledge about the needs of their communities and wherever they get opportunity to join politics, they can have platform to run on. She highlighted some of the available skills for the youth and women to participate in the political process. She highlighted the following points:

• Young people at the Federal and State should devise a mechanism to unite and speak with one voice- She said united we stand and divided we fall.
• She encouraged the young people to know their rights and that is already a win.

• She advised the young people to always try a challenging professional like politics. She encouraged the participants to peruse political science at the university so that they can participate effectively in politics after graduating. She highlighted that people don’t understand political science as a career and thus most youth and women need civic education to peruse such vital courses at undergraduate level.
• She indicated that if young people don’t try to vie for elective post, then they sanction themselves to be the victim and misused by the old generations. She motivated mostly the girls to compete effectively with men and ascend the position of leadership. Nothing is given on silver platter.

Mr. Adan Ali Adan who is the chairman of the district civil society contributed to the topic by highlighting the importance of youth political inclusivity as healthy and can lead to political stability. security and reduces crimes. He highlighted the following key benefits.

• Better Citizens–Young people who participate politically in their community from early on are more likely to become engaged citizens, responsible voters and transformative democrats. So in order to have better “young” citizenship, political participation and human rights activism are some of the best tools.
• Longer term political stability of the country– It is critical that young people are involved in formal political processes and have a say in articulating today’s and tomorrow’s politics. Inclusive politics is not only an essential political and democratic right but also crucial to building stable and peaceful societies. When there are obstacles to participating in political processes, young people can rapidly feel disempowered and embark on violent ideologies, demonstrations and causes state of anarchy.
• Help in creating resilience and development of larger youth population-The youth face many issues in the world, but these issues go unheard. Since the youth would better understand other young people, the best way to improve this young generation would be through politics, which is a tool critical to policy formulation that affects youth and development of the country.
• Break the status quo-The younger generation’s fresh ideas and new leadership can help to overcome authoritarian practices. Advocacy and policy formulations led by youth leaders can force autocratic leaders to accept constitutionalism and rule of law, allowing these youths to become part of formal decision-making.

DAY 3

SESSION 5: The participants were taken through series of political agreement leading up to the National elections. The facilitators created awareness on the 17th Sep, 2020 agreement to promote youth understanding of the agreed electoral frame work concerning the indirect elections in Somalia. This agreement stated that;

• It’s the guiding framework for Somalia 2021 election.
• It envisages the election taking the form of electoral caucuses where the FG and FMS shall nominate independent electoral commission known as State Electoral Implementation Team(SEIT) at each level of the government which should work harmoniously.
• Delegates of electoral caucuses should be formed by community elders, Civil Society and the FMS.
• Caucus should be 101 who will in turn elect an MP
• Each FMS will have 2 places/locations of elections outlined/Mapped that election should take place in

• Somaliland seats should be filled in directly in Mogadishu for the upper and lower houses.
• FMS MPs will elect upper house MPs.
• The agreement should be taken to upper and lower houses be enacted into to electoral law
• The FG and FMS should provide security at the pooling stations.
• 30% of seats to be considered for women.
• Freedom of media to be upheld as provided in the provisional constitution and they should be accorded opportunity to cover the elections freely without intimidation.

Key terminologies used in the above political agreement

• Electoral College-The concept of the Electoral College is driven from the number of voters (delegates) who are going to vote for a candidate. Each Federal Member States have two polling stations most probably the two main cities. It is at these locations that the 101 delegates will vote; and one MP is voted by 101 delegates. Thus the 101 delegates form a college with the composition of youth, elders and women.
• Delegates-These are the voters and one MP is voted by 101 delegates at the Electoral College
• Elders- These are the clan traditional elders who shall select the delegates with the help of the sub-clan elders. There shall be 135 or more traditional elders who shall select delegates from their communities to form electoral colleges according to specific criteria. For each college, out of 101 delegates there is a requirement to have at least a number of women and youth.

The young men and women were also enlightened about the key outcomes of the National Consultative Council Communiqué’ in Mogadishu on 9th January,2022 which led to the acceleration of the elections of the lower house. The meeting of the National Consultative Council came as the result of the delay in the electoral process in many federal member states due the concerns raised by the opposition presidential candidates and the political aspirants. The following are the key issued rose in the communiqué’.

• Prior to elections of each seat in the HOP, the names of members of delegates selection committee (DSC) must clarify, registered and published.
• SEIT shall share the names of DSC with FEIT
• SEIT and FEIT are independent committees in accordance with 17th Sep,2020 agreement, 1st Oct,2020

,27th May,2021,22nd August,2021 and the communiqué’ of 9th January,2022.

• FEIT should ensure DSC are selected by the traditional elders
• The FG, FMSs and electoral dispute resolution committee (EDRC) shall ensure the right DSC, the candidates for the seat fulfill the requirements and the procedures.
• The DSC shall be independent and consists of elders, clan elders, civil society of the community and sub-clan and the seat shall not be interfered with.
• Prior to the elections, the DSC and electoral delegates shall be trained in accordance with the electoral procedures
• Delegates shall not be prevented from meeting with the candidates running for the seats
• The election of each seat should be witnessed by electoral commission, media and independent observers
• The NCC urges all the electoral body and EDRC to abide by the elections procedures

• The NCC shall inform all the electoral commission to maintain law and order and to act in accordance with agreed procedures.
• The NCC urges the electoral commission to maintain 30% women quota
• No candidates who meet the requirement shall be barred from running for a seat in his community.
• All candidates shall have equal opportunity to campaign for the seats.
• Delegates selecting members of the house people shall not pay any fee
• The armed forces should be politically neutral
• Amisom must strengthen the security of the presidential palace
• The current parliamentary elections will be conducted between 15th Jan to 25th Jan,2022 which has again been extended to 15th March 2022.

SESSION6: Group discussion on lesson learnt: A recap of group discussions on the lessons learnt was done in order to ensure the youth internalize the essence of this training. Some of the questions discussed were:

1. What can be done to support young MPs and women in their parliamentary career?
2. What are the roles of the youth and women in the electoral process?
3. What challenges are youth and women facing when it comes to elective politics? And what are the solutions?
4. Recommendations

The participants were given opportunity to highlight the key lessons learnt from the 3 –day workshop. The following are some of the suggestions raised by the participants.

Mrs.Fardosa Mohamed who is participant contributed to the discussions by stating:

• The unity of the youth and cooperation in order to win elective post and even ministerial position after the elections.
• The importance of individual responsibility in raising ones status in the society. She said every person in a society is like a star; and your star must shine one day.
• She also pointed out that a universal suffrage election is the only pure means to have youth political inclusivity and effective leadership.

Mrs.Muna Osman who is also a participant maintained the same tone as other participants but added that:

• Young people should take part in many civic education and trainings in order to equip themselves with the skills and experience required to engage in public representation. She encouraged the young people to take part in the electoral process from the day one of the general elections and continuously involve in the electoral process even after the elections in order to mould and build the political figure.

Mr.Abdullah Abshir shared the lessons she learnt from the 3-day activity. He said that;

• He has learnt through the 3- day civic education the potential in him to vie for an elective post and that he has every right to participate in the elections and the electoral process.
  • He thanked the organizers, SOYVA in partnership with UNFPA and SOLO for providing such crucial education on youth political participation and provided leadership skills as well lobbying skills that are vital for the youth and women. He said such information cannot be available in other platforms a part from sessions like this.

Madam Hamdi Abdulahi also shared the lessons she learnt from the activity by highlighting the following specific points.

• Attitude is very significant in engaging in any activity.Thus for the youth to participate in the political process, they need to have positive attitudes towards politics and politicians. The young people should be driven by ideological reasons rather than clan politics.
• She stated that passion is a key to any success. For the young people to venture into the politics, being passionate about leadership is an important ingredients.
• Confidence and commitment is another ingredient the youth and women lack. She stated that she used to believe politics is all about money and for old people with grey hair. Through the civic education provided by SOYVA in collaboration with UNFPA and SOLO, we have learned that there is no such limit and every person can venture in to it.
• Youth are also disorganized and easily manipulated. Through the civic education, we have learnt that unity and togetherness is a key to political power.

Recommendations

• More civic education on capacity building for young men and women to develop their leadership and advocacy skills to ensure political inclusivity and decision making.
• The conversation about elections and political process should not end with completion of the national elections. Elections are a process and involve various electoral cycles they need to be gradually developed till the day of the next elections.
• Youth empowerment through development of entrepreneurship skills and other soft skills that create jobs and lead to youth resilience.
• Developments of platforms and events that will help give national exposure and voice to voiceless youth and girls with exceptional leadership qualities and governance ideas.
• Involvement of youth in peace building activities towards political stabilization of Somalia