Civic & Governance

YOVENCO is involved in community development programs in collaboration with UNICEF have over the years been working building the capacities of Community village committees particularly community monitoring groups to engage implementation of UN Joint Programme on Local Governance (JPLG) development projects and other related projects in their areas. Provided trainings including participatory impact monitoring (PIM) is aimed at building the capacity of local people to realize their potential and, collectively, become more self-confident and self-reliant so that they can take a lead in developing their own communities. In 2010, communities from Borama, Berbera, Shiekh, Hargeisa, Burao and Odweyne were trained with monitoring community projects. Those communities who participated in this process proved that they have benefited from such trainings and their contributions to the implementation and monitoring process was acceptable.

Under UN Joint Programme on Local Governance( JPLG), YOVENCO built the capacities of local authorities of Berbera, Sheikh, Burao, Odweyne, Borama and Hargeisa in administrative wise and reporting. YOVENCO in collaboration with UNICEF and STIPA assisted local municipalities to come up District Development Framework (DDF). During this project, YOVENCO advocated that priorities from the communities and villages to be reflected in the district development plans.

Our Vision

"A society where every citizen enjoys access to better livelihood with dignified life, human rights and social justice promoted and climate change vulnerability reduced’’.

Our Mission

"YOVENCO commits to work with people in poverty and exclusion to improve their socio-economic status, protect their rights, promote gender equality and well-being and reduce climate change vulnerability through service delivery, empowerment, and policy advocacy’’

Values

-Humanity - Commitment

-Integrity - Gender sensitivity

-Accountability and transparency.

-Respect for diversity

Mandate and Scope of Work

The mandate of YOVENCO is based on its overall goal, constitutional framework and current legal context of Somaliland; thus, its scope of work and programmatic operations are aligned with the Somaliland National Development Plan (NDPII), Sustainable Development Goals (SDSs), Millennium development Goals (MDGs) as well as other regional and global frameworks focusing on human rights, social development, environmental protections and other related frameworks. Specifically, YOVENCO currently prioritized to work on the following thematic areas:

Child rights and governance
Livelihood and resilience building
Education and skills development
Women and youth empowerment
Awareness creation on varied thematic issues including violence against children and women, HIV & AIDS,
environmental degradation and drug/substance abuse etc.
Environmental protection and conservation
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

Civic & Governance

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