The five-year Bringing Unity, Integrity and Legitimacy to Democracy project provided critical assistance to help build electoral systems, renforcer la société civile et encourager la participation civique en Somalie, avec un accent particulier sur les femmes, les jeunes et autres groupes marginalisés.
It was funded by the NOUS. Agence pour le développement international et mis en œuvre par Associés créatifs internationaux, with its partners the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa, Forcier Consulting et le Institut Républicain International.
Credible democratic elections and systems in Somalia were obstructed by decades of civil war along with elite- and clan-based governance systems, a weak central government and a lack of a culture of civic participation.
En plus, the participation and role of women in politics was extremely limited, perpétuer les inégalités entre les sexes dans la société.
The Bringing Unity, Integrity and Legitimacy to Democracy project supported newly-formed political parties and regulatory bodies to shift incentives so that political parties increasingly sought to earn a broad-based popular mandate from voters, rather than rely on traditional political alliances that are often based on clan structures.
With a focus on local ownership and sustainability, the project strengthened the capacity of electoral management bodies, partis politiques, médias, civil society organizations and other key stakeholders.
