Administration & General Services Sector
$124.3 million, 45% of total budget for 2018, to continue rebuilding the Administrative Sector of the Federal Government. Key services are shown below.
Driving Government Performance
$11.1 million (4% of total budget) for recurrent expenditure for the President and Prime Minister’s Offices, and the Civil Service Commission.
Parliament
$22.6 million (8.2% of total budget) for legislative activities (both Senate and People’s House)
Environment
$0.4 million for environmental protection
Foreign Affairs
$5.5 million (2% of budget) for foreign affairs and support to embassies abroad.
Finance
$8.4 million (3% of total budget) for Public Finance Management (accounting, revenue collection, expenditure management).
Economic Planning
$1.5 million (0.5% of total budget) for Planning for Somalia’s economic development.
Interior and Federal Affairs
$37.7 million (13.6% of total budget) to take care of Interior and Federal Affairs, fostering reconciliation after the 25 year civil war, and subventions to Regional States.
Refugees
$0.4 million contribution towards welfare of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Religious Affairs
$0.8 million for fighting extremism through Religious Affairs.
Justice
$12.9 million (4.7% of total budget) to cover federal justice services including the judiciary, legal services, courts, prisons, constitutionalism.
Auditor General
$1.4 million (0.5% of total budget) for detecting and preventing errors and fraud in public financial management through external audit.
Disaster Management
$0.8 million for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management
Projects for the Administration Sector
Capacity Injection Project
$7.6 million (2.8% of total budget) to strengthen the staffing and institutional capacity of selected line ministries and central agencies to perform core government functions. The project is funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister.
Special Financing Facility for Local Development Project
$3.5 million (1.3% of total budget) to support the construction and reconstruction of infrastructure and the development of public service delivery capacity in targeted areas of Somalia and support the Federal Government and regional administrations’ capacity to respond to eligible crises or emergencies. The project is funded by the World Bank and implemented under the Ministry of Finance.
Public Finance Management (PFM)
$6.9 million (2.5% of total budget) to establish and strengthen institutional capacity for the management of public funds in central finance agencies and targeted sectors. The project is funded by the World Bank and implemented under the Ministry of Finance.
Recurrent Costs and Reform Financing Project (RCRF)
$2.2 million (0.8% of total budget) to enable the Somali Government to achieve reliable and transparent financing of critical civil service operations to help strengthen the legitimacy of the state. The project is funded by the World Bank and implemented under the Ministry of Finance.
Economic and Financial Governance (EFGP)
$2.6 million (0.9% of total budget) to establish a macroeconomic and budget framework that is conducive to fiscal discipline, strategic and efficient in the allocation and use of public resources and thereby contributing to a stable macroeconomic environment. The project is funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented under the Ministry of Finance.
Somali Core Economic Institutions and Opportunities Project (SCORE)
$3.2 million (1.2% of total budget) to improve the enabling environment for private and financial sector development; and to catalyze private investment and job creation. The project is funded by the World Bank and implemented under the Ministry of Finance.
Support to Stabilization (S2S) Project
$0.9 million (0.3% of total budget) allocation for 2018. This is a UN funded project and supports the FGS efforts in stabilizing the newly recovered areas of South Central Somalia, through establishment of caretaker and interim local administrations capable of leading an inclusive dialogue towards the formation of governance structures and promoting reconciliation.
Somali Urban Investment Planning Project
$6 million (2.2% of total budget) to provide: (i) an assessment of the feasibility of, and preliminary plans for, selected urban investment, and institutional strengthening activities in southern Somalia, Puntland, and Somaliland, and (ii) enhanced project preparation and implementation capacity of participating agencies. The project is funded by the World Bank and implemented under the Ministry of Finance.
