Gedo is a prime candidate for this new funding opportunity.
21. We agreed that all support to local areas of stability should be in accordance with the New Deal for engagement in fragile states recently adopted in Busan, and build on the stabilisation strategies prepared by both IGAD and the Transitional Federal Government. We endorsed a set of principles to guide international support to local areas of stability in Somalia (Annex C). We agreed to continue funding local stability through existing programmes, and noted the establishment of a new Stability Fund to which a number of us will contribute .
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Under the "dual track", Gedo's security gains has recently put it on par with Somaliland and Puntland for USAID, it would be a step up this time for us because this entire money of about 100+ million a year we would be competing for in the Local Stability FundThe deal will be unveiled by British officials at a landmark London conference on Thursday, at which more than 40 countries will convene to discuss the future of the war-torn African state.
Under the plans, Britain will contribute £20 million to a 'stability fund' for Somalia to help its new government secure the territory it has won from the al-Qaeda backed insurgency.
This will pay for a civilian force of “chino-clad warriors” who will be sent into vulnerable areas to help establish a police presence, health care facilities, schools and basic services before the militants can return.
The fund would target areas where either al-Shabaab had been driven out completely, or reduced as a fighting force. Its experts would be trained in forging local peace deals as well as overseeing government services in battle-ravaged regions. Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, said Britain hoped to attract further backing from around the world for the scheme. Somalia has had no functional government for two decades and has been described by William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, as “the world’s most failed state”.
“We want to help Somalis find longer-term political solutions, and a key part of tomorrow will be capitalising on recent security progress on the ground,” he said. “We can make a huge difference if we get this right.”
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he United States is contributing to this effort through its “Transition Initiatives for Stabilization” program, which supports community development projects in Mogadishu’s Benadir Region, Somaliland, Gedo, and Puntland.
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