FBO FORUM NAIROBI

PEACE INITIATIVE PROCESS IN

SOMALIA
22.11.2010
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Base data:

– Finn Church Aid is an independent foundation set up

by the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church to carry
out diaconal work – service – in the world.

– Our task is to reduce, together with less privileged

people, their vulnerability and to work towards a more
just world.  Not mission work.

– PIP in Somalia (Somaliland, Puntland and Galgayo)

since 2009: To solve local conflicts together with
traditional and religiuos leaders

– Some app. 10 conflicts solved every year

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The P.I.P. process

The PIP-process consists of 6 steps:

1.Conflict Assessment
2.Preparation
3.Meetings with decision makers
4.Paving the road for the venue
5.Getting under the tree
6.Reconciliation
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1. Conflict Assessment 2. Preparation

•Information •Authority approval for the peace work

•Mapping the stake holders •Re-assuring the readyness and

willingness of the clans / communities
•Assessing and selecting the
methodology

•Assessing solvatability and ripeness

of the conflict

•Cost estimation for process

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3. Meetings with major
stake holders
•Meeting with elders/religious
mediators and the parties
•Forming facilitators committee
•Bring together the clan elders,
religious leaders
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4. Paving the road for
the venue
•Making puffer zone
•Announcing ceasefire and to stop
ongoing conflicts for dialogue
•Tools-resolution by the Elders or
arbitration either Religious /
Customary law
•Selection of the venue, date,
participants and observers, and neutral
mediators
•Preparing and ensuring availability of
living facilities in the Venue
•Agreement on the agenda before
mediation starts
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5. Getting under the tree
•Starting dialogue,
negation/mediations and resolution
process
•Signing agreement, social contract
and peace accord
•If there is no agreement, give time for
another round of talks
•Celebration of peace agreement for
whole community in the area
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6. Reconciliation
•Follow up of the agreement
implementation
•Blood (money) compensation process
•Reconciliation, trust building,
integration of the conflicted clans
•Talks on recourse sharing in peaceful
manner
•Making Heer – traditional accord
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Time and cost:

• Process takes 1-3 Months to solve one conflict

• Phase GETTING UNDER THE TREE takes 10-12 days

• Average cost of solving one conflict is 12 600 USD

Kiitos = asante = thank you.

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