The Nexus Difference
Somali-led, Somali-owned
Somali-led, Somali-owned Nexus is a platform for Somali civil society leadership that is Somali-owned and Somali-led. Nexus represents a next stage in the localization agenda and is ensuring that interventions are deeply embedded in local contexts. With eight member organizations with operations across all Federal Member States and Somaliland, Nexus has not only a reach that few others can claim but also a grassroots community-based presence that makes the consortium uniquely placed to develop far more nuanced processes for conflict sensitivity and social inclusion than existing interventions.
South to South Learning
South to South Learning Nexus member organizations possess between them decades of experience across a wide variety of programmatic interventions in the sectors of development, humanitarian aid and peacebuilding. The experiences and expertise possessed by Nexus member organizations is a formidable resource that will be leveraged in a process of South-to-South Learning, knowledge sharing that will improve the capacities and programmatic capabilities of all organizations.
Leader for Public Private Partnerships
Working with the private sector, Nexus will bridge the gap between community needs, private sector interests and environmental concerns by facilitating new public-private partnerships to bring sustainable development outcomes in the sectors of energy and environmental stewardship. Additionally, Nexus will leverage the established working relationships that already exist between member organizations and government institutions across all Federal Member States and Somaliland to work with the government in the establishment of new policy 8 frameworks and processes, including a National Climate Change Action Policy and a model for a National Beneficiary Registry for Social Safety Net Programs.
Thought Leadership
Nexus will address persistent barriers to achieving sustained impact by claiming space as a thought leader, influencing the future of Somalia and Somaliland by pushing the boundaries of what is thought to be possible, promoting Somali-led research initiatives and producing annual reviews of best practices, lessons learned from Nexus activities. In a context of growing tensions between national and international actors, Nexus is uniquely placed to influence from within by building bridges between religious and clan leaders, other influential actors in Somalia and Somaliland and international actors.
NEXUS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Nexus is a platform for locally led change in response to the current challenges to Somalia and Somaliland. The main objectives of Nexus Consortium include:
I. Deliver humanitarian response to save lives/livelihood.
II. Enhance disaster preparedness and resourcing response to reduce vulnerabilities.
III. Empower communities to design and deliver their own initiatives.
IV. Mobilize actors to support community development initiatives by shifting the paradigm from international to local organizations for strengthening the bottom-up approach to address the challenges faced by local communities at grassroots level.
V. Contribute to a peaceful and stable Somali society to achieve sustainable development.
VI. Advance the Somali aid system through empowering the locally led approach by
delivering integrated peacebuilding, humanitarian and development Programmes.
VII. Generate spaces for local organizations to seek, scale-up and deliver integrated
programming through multidimensional engagements between local communities, civil society and the public and private sectors.