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Executive and Local Governance Priorities for Democratization
Based on the results of two participatory workshops and numerous interviews with both
executive and local government representatives, this section presents a discussion of their
priorities for national and local governance support.
Two separate strategy workshops were held on the topic of governance, in addition to individual
in-depth interviews. One workshop was held with executive branch leadership and another with
local government representatives, including mayors and council members. Priorities for
democratization differed slightly between the local government and national executive branch,
and within workshop groups there were clear divisions of opinion on the severity of various
challenges in Somaliland’s governance structure.
The aggregated, prioritized subcategories are highlighted below with red boxes:
It is of interest to compare those subcategories that are prioritized with those subcategories that
are not prioritized. Note that those that are not highlighted as high priorities may have been
listed as medium priority or low
priority, or may not have been mentioned at all by participants.
The following section describes the high, medium and low priorities raised by executive and
local government representatives within each of these categories in further detail.
