The present document is the product of a year and a half long intensive consultative work carried out under the auspices of the “Pillars of Peace” Programme, implemented by the Puntland Development Research Center (PDRC) in partnership with the International Peacebuilding Alliance (Interpeace). The Pillars of Peace Programme is an ambitious Somali-wide peacebuilding endeavour critical to the changing security and political dynamics of Somalia.
The programme is intended to offer a space for dialogue and development research in order to contribute to the consolidation and underpinning of peace and culture of dialogue among the communities and established legal authorities. The main output of the research carried out all over Puntland is embodied in the present “Puntland Note: Mapping the Foundations of Peace – Challenges to Security and Rule of Law, a working Democracy and the Devolution of Power to Local Authorities”.
The document consists of the findings of the Pillars Mapping Exercise, shaping the public opinions on security and Rule of Law, the prospects of a working democracy and the devolution of power to local authorities. The document, above all, focuses on the challenges facing the above three pillars, which are drawn on and synthesized from the views of the various sectors of stakeholders consulted.