Welcome to the website of the Somali Reconstruction & Development Programme (RDP). It is coordinated jointly by the UN & WB supported by donors and undertaken jointly with Somali authorities.

The RDP is a national plan that lays out, in a prioritized, sequenced manner, Somalia’s key 5 year key national recovery, reconstruction and development priorities, priority actions, outcomes, and, their financial implications.

The RDP was developed through a ‘post-conflict’ needs assessment process called the Somali Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) which was carried out in 2005-7 and involved a national assessment of rehabilitation and transitional recovery needs.

The RDP highlights three key national recovery priorities :

• Peace, Security, and  Good governance
• Basic Services and Social Protection
• Private sector-led growth to expand employment and reduce poverty.

The cost of the implementation of the RDP is USD 2.2 billion over five years (costed in 2007).  Partial implementation of the RDP began in January 2008.

This site is primarily intended as a one stop resource centre for all practitioners working or interested in working in Somalia.

The site contains the key RDP documents as well as  other key reconstruction and development documents on Somalia.

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