HESPI Board of Directors Meeting evaluated the first half year performance assessment, 4-5 June 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
HESPI has been supporting the key integrity institutions of Somalia and South Sudan, including the Ministries of Finance, Public Accounts Committees of the legislatures, Supreme Audit Institutions, Central Banks, and anti-corruption agencies to strengthen effective Public Finance Management (PFM). In this context, among the institutional capacity building activities of HESPI planned for 2016 was training […]
Background The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) a regional think tank that focuses on research and institutional capacity building to enhance policy formulation and implementation in the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) Regional Economic Community. The sub region comprises 8 member states with combined GDP of USD 218 billion and population of 250 […]
Training in Leadership and Public Finance Management for Senior Officials of the Government of Somalia in July 2012: A seminar for 20 Director Generals of the government Ministries of Somalia was conducted in Kampala, Uganda in July 2012, with support of the Uganda management Institute (UMI) and was received very well.
Training on Computing and Accounting Principles in April 2012 was conducted by HESPI associates and consultants for 32 Somali (TFG) mid-level officials in Mogadishu on April 27-May 12, 2012.
Leadership Seminar and Public Finance Management (PFM) training was held for officials of Puntland and Somaliland in December 2006 (co-sponsored with World Bank).
On October 5, 2019, a delegation from HESPI – IPADS International Conference including members from HESPI Board and Management, the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and climate change and a representative of PDRC, both from Puntland, State of Somalia planted trees at the Jigjiga University Campus. The delegation also visited a nursery and revegetation project at […]
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 […]
HESPI carried out a consultative meeting on rebuilding viable and effective institutions in Somalia in collaboration with UNECA in Addis Ababa in August 2013. This consultative meeting was entitled “Rebuilding Viable State and Effective Institutions in Somalia.” The meeting has drawn concerned participants from different parts of the globe working at various capacities. It brought […]
HESPI conducted diagnostic scoping mission to South Sudan in July 2013 which enabled it to assess the performances of public agencies responsible for PFM and of financial sector policies and also the capacity needs of these agencies and institutions. The issues and units assessed included Monetary Policy Management, Economic and Financial Governance, Auditors General department, […]
HESPI and World Bank co-organized a leadership and public finance management seminar for senior Somali officials was held in June 2006. The participants included the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG); the Speaker of Parliament; Ministers for Finance; the Governor of the Central Bank; and the Auditor General.