Somalia Joint Fund 

ObjectivesFund scope

A continuation of the Somalia Multi-Window Trust Fund—established in 2014— the Somalia Joint Fund accelerate UN contributions to sustainable and peaceful development by providing a platform for joint policy and strategic dialogue that translates into high-quality and flexible programming across seven thematic funding windows: Inclusive Politics; Rule of Law; Human Rights and Gender; Climate and Resilience; Community Recovery and Local Governance, Economic Development, and Social Development.

The SJF leverages its flexible funding to promote deeper UN integration, closer partnership with Government, and to facilitate evidence-based strategic dialogue with and alignment between donors informed by portfolio of interlinked strategic programming. Doing so empowers stakeholders of the Somalia Joint Fund to increase flexibility of UN programming to maximize the value of all investments and ensure required agility necessary in a highly dynamic context.

The SJF’s portfolio is derived from the UN Cooperation Framework for Somalia and fully aligned with Somalia’s National Development Plan. Six cross-cutting programmatic themes guide all investments and include gender equality and women’s empowerment, leaving no one behind, social contract and legitimacy, capacity-sharing and exit strategies, anti-corruption, and environment and climate security.

All SJF investments incorporate programmatic standards such as portfolio-level data collection and analysis, evidence-driven reporting and communication, and joint risk management, and improved management capacity.

GovernanceGovernance arrangements

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SJF Management Group
The SJF Management Group is responsible for the strategic direction of the Somalia Joint Fund and approval of new programmes. It is co-chaired between the UN and the Government and includes two rotating donor representatives.

Partner Forum
Comprises the UN and contributing donors. The Partner Forum provides a platform for strategic dialogue and information exchange on performance of the fund.  

Secretariat
The Secretariat is responsible for day-to-day functions of the fund, overseeing financing allocation and project cycle management. The Secretariat also provides policy and technical advice to the Resident Coordinator and the Management Group and have programme cycle management, administration and coordination responsibilities.

Participating Organizations
Participating United Nations Organizations develop project/programme proposals, and report on implementation and financial performance to the  SJF Management Group through the Secretariat and Administrative Agent. Organizations establish mechanisms to implement activities through national authorities and other national, regional, and international organizations and local NGOs.

Administrative Agent
Recipient Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, the MPTF Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Recipient Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors. 

Projects

Somalia Joint Fund

Somalia Joint Fund is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

Somalia Joint Fund

ResultsFocus on impact and results

Stakeholders strive for results by improving the relevance and effectiveness of resources invested in national recovery and development in Somalia.

ContactsPoints of contact