About the Project

BASIS presents a project framework for UNDP´s work in the security sector and is a part of a sub-national area-based approach that introduces a fresh application to security sector development through a people-centered lens in the Somali Federal Member States. 

The project supports the Ministries of Internal Securities at FMS and FGS levels and the Office of National Security and State Security Offices to develop people-centered assessments and state security policies. The objective is to encourage creative thinking to achieve a more inclusive participation from communities, including IDPs to work with state and local governments to examine and rethink some of the critical issues hampering a successful security development in the FMS. This will be carried out through assessments in key locations, and the formulation of security local committees to enable people-centered solutions that will enhance security resilience in vulnerable communities with special emphasis on women, youth and marginalized groups. 

The project will enable improved coordination between FMS and FGS security institutions to facilitate the implementation of the federal model, the National Security Architecture, the ATMIS transition and the National Development Plan. The project will support states to understand affordability, community needs, and climate risks that will inform the development of state security policies that will feed into national policies and deliver FMS MOIS strategic plans under the overall MOIS FGS strategic plans. Enhancing the participation and the role of women in the security sector is also a key objective of BASIS