Get Usaid Somalia Youth Assessment. Usaid Somalia Youth Assessment

Somalia: Youth unemployment rate from 2002 to 2021 CharacteristicYouth unemployment rate202135.35%202035.76%201933.91%201833.78%9 more rows

Many young people have grown up experiencing conflict and poverty. Somalia continues to face multiple crises, including the coronavirus pandemic, floods, desert locust, conflict and protracted situation affecting internally displaced persons (IDPs).

USAID's work in Somalia addresses key challenges by supporting peace building and national reconciliation initiatives; building the capacity of governing institutions and civil society groups to support the establishment of a functioning national government; improving the delivery of social services; and meeting ...

The National Stabilization Strategy is built upon a horizontal coordination platform to help stabilization stakeholders discuss mutual areas of interest and linkages between activities, policy, and strategy, e.g. synergies between community policing initiatives and development of community recovery projects.

USAID is also working to reduce the appeal of extremism in Somalia through programming that fosters good governance, promotes economic recovery and growth, offers youth skills training, and works to increase social cohesion through improved community with government relationships.

The National Youth Policy is based on the principle of cooperation and collaboration – “a must for all stakeholders in youth development – government ministries, civil society, the private sector and young people – to collaborate and work together to ensure the best result in the development of young men and women“.

President George H.W. Bush authorized the dispatch of U.S. troops to Somalia to assist with famine relief as part of the larger United Nations effort. The United Nations' United Task Force (UNITAF) operated under the authority of Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter.

A Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) defines how a Mission will further the goal of ending the need for foreign assistance in a given country by articulating how and where it will build self-reliance with the country partner.