Since its inception in October 1999, The Puntland Development Research Centre (PDRC) carried out in-depth research work on a number of contemporary social issues in Puntland. These included research on peacebuilding, Somali customary law, democracy, and human rights. The Centre realizes that youth is of paramount importance to the Puntland Society in terms of numbers, drive and creativity and that addressing the issues of interest to them concern us all. It is for these reasons that PDRC organized a series of workshops on youth issues in which young people themselves took a pro-active role as animators of discussion.
This research paper would hopefully and gradually be more focussed as the dynamics of youth development become more specific and more complex.