Recent Events

First Consultative Meeting of the Somalia Federalism Network (SFN)On July 9-11, 2016 at Entebbe, Uganda[1] Representatives from the Federal Government of Somalia, existing member states and those in the process of formation held the first consultative meeting of the Somalia Federalism Network (SFN), with HESPI support, to discuss the key elements of cooperative federalism in Somalia. The participants at the meeting also included members of parliament and political leaders, scholars and change agents who articulated the…

HESPI Board of Directors Meeting evaluated the first half year performance assessment, 4-5 June 2016, Nairobi, Kenya 

Training for Senior officials of Somalia and South Sudan on Fiscal Transparency and Effective Budget Management 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 of middle level budget…

 HESPI Policy Forum on Assessing Private Sector Challenges and      Opportunities in the IGAD Region – on 20th May, 2016             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…

Training on Financial Audit, Internal Control Systems and Fraud Audit of Public Resources Managementfor selected Auditors of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Somalia and South Sudan The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute conducted training program for selected Auditors of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Somalia and South Sudan on the following core topics: Financial Audit, Internal Control Systems and Fraud Audit of Public Resources Management on May 2-8, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training…