Events

The Chinese Academic of Social Science (CASS), and the United Nations Office for South – South Cooperation (UNOSSC) jointly organized the South-South Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development seminar on October 21, 2021. The focus of the event was knowledge sharing on poverty eradication for developing economies, exchange of views on the challenges faced on poverty […]

The African Union Peace and Security Council, at its 811th meeting held on 22 November 2018, mandated the AUHIP to among others undertake a series of research activities and consultative meetings with member countries of the IGAD and the Red Sea Basin on the development, governance and security challenges facing the region. In addition, that […]

On December 23, 2020, Dr. Ali Issa, The Managing Director of HESPI, made a presentation at the China Africa Institute virtual seminar on the Occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to discuss the economic, trade and finance cooperation between China and Africa over the past two decades and since the Forum […]

HESPI organized an online research-validation workshop on 11th of November to share the findings of research conducted on the above topics commissioned by the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) chaired by President Thabo Mbeki in preparation for the convening of the conference on peace, security, stability, economic cooperation and development in the Horn of […]

The African Union Commission and the Horn Economic & Social Policy Institute signed MoU on July 24, 2020 at the Headquarters of the AUC. The ceremony was presided by H.E. Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson AUC and Ambassador Peter G.Robleh, Chairperson HESPI Board of Directors in the presence of Dr. Ali Issa, Managing Director […]

On February 14, 2020, HESPI organized briefings sessions on progresses of project implementations of the RWG activities under the AUHIP on the HoA for the period of June – December 2019. The meeting was attended by about 20 people. Representatives from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland embassies; participants from the AUC Sudan and South Sudan […]

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) jointly with the Institute of Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Development Studies (IPADS) of Jigjiga University organized an International Conference on Climate Change, Pastoralism, and Resilience Building on October 3-4, 2019 in Jigjiga, Ethiopia. At the opening session of the Conference, honored guests touched briefly on the important and topical […]

The Horn Economic & Social Policy Institute (HESPI) held a workshop which covered issues that were among the components of a research project conducted for the Secretariat of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The workshop discussed two commissioned studies at the venue on 3 – 4 May 2018. An assessment of status of Warehouse […]

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) signed a project agreement in October 2017 with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) under the support projects to “Conflict Affected Countries- the Republic of South Sudan”. The project aimed at improving both intra-regional trade and sound economic and financial policies, specifically public finance reform that includes […]

Senior representatives of the Somali Government, the United Nations, representatives from Somalia Federal Member States, and the international community met in Mogadishu on 4 – 5 December, 2017 to participate in the Somalia Partnership Forum officially opened by H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia with a call for greater investment […]

The Annual HESPI Conference on IGAD Economies was held on September 24-26, 2017 at the Mamoun Beheiry Center (MBC) in Khartoum, Sudan . The three-day conference on the theme “Youth Unemployment and Creating Opportunities through Trade and Investment in the IGAD” was jointly organized by HESPI, ACBF, MBC, UNECA and IGAD Secretariat. Over 21 research […]

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) launched its flagship publication, the 2017 Africa Capacity Report (ACR2017) which was on the theme: Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation. The Report was launched in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa and the Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology of the African […]

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is a regional Think Tank, head quartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, primarily engaged in Socio-economic policy research institutional capacity building with focus on the IGAD region. One of HESPI’s ultimate objectives is to influence policy through policy dialogue by organizing public forums and policy round table discussions. […]

The Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) Regional Economic Community comprises 8 member states with combined GDP of USD 218 billion and population of 250 million (World Bank, 2015). The region has been characterized by low socio-economic performance for many years, but has experienced a turnaround in the last two decades when most countries recorded impressive […]

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) has been organizing Policy Forums to create an avenue for cross-learning and to disseminate research findings to influence policy formulation and implementation processes. On 26 September 2016, the Institute held a policy forum on Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization based on a commissioned study conducted for selected IGAD […]

HESPI organized Training Session and Experience sharing visit for Bank supervision officials from the Central Banks of Somaliland and South Sudan in Collaboration with the National Bank of Ethiopia, 18-23 July 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Representatives from the Federal Government of Somalia, existing member states and those in the process of formation held the first consultative meeting of the Somalia Federalism Network (SFN), with HESPI support, to discuss the key elements of cooperative federalism in Somalia. The participants at the meeting also included members of parliament and political leaders, scholars […]

HESPI Board of Directors Meeting evaluated the first half year performance assessment, 4-5 June 2016, Nairobi, Kenya