Locations
Joint Police Programme
(Phase 2)
Background
The Joint Police Programme II (JPP2) continues to address the efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of police service delivery to Somali citizens, while supporting the institutional and operational capacities of the federal and state-level security and police institutions, with a focus on human rights and gender-responsive measures.
Through this second phase of the programme, UNDP, UNTMIS, and UN WOMEN will further assist the FMS and FGS police structures to enhance their development and professionalization and protect the safety of citizens, as well as their individual rights, in line with the New Policing Model. Which, although not fully implemented, is the basis for policing programming in the country. The Programme intends to adopt a more problem-solving and people-centric approach and proposes to combine the institutional and capacity development support provided to federal and state-level police institutions and the strengthening of community engagement through improved and extended police service delivery and enhanced oversight and integrity mechanisms, allowing citizens to increasingly participate in security sector strategies and protection mechanisms that more effectively respond to their grievances.
About the Project
Years of conflict in Somalia have eroded public trust and weakened the police force’s capacity. The partial implementation of the 2016 New Policing Model has led to fragmented structures, inconsistent practices, and limited coordination across federal and state levels. The police remain under-resourced, understated, and operate under the threat of militias and Al-Shabaab. Women’s exclusion from the force further undermines its efectiveness.
The Joint Police Programme II (JPP II) seeks to address these challenges by strengthening institutional capacity and rebuilding community trust in policing.
| Project Name | Joint Police Programme II (JPP2) |
| Project Duration | Jan 2024 - Dec 2026 |
| Total Project Budget | $14.9 million |
| Focus Areas | Police service delivery to Somali citizens, institutional and operational capacities of the federal and state level security and police institutions |
| Donors | European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) |
| Partner Agencies | UN WOMEN, UNTMIS, AUSOM, and IOM |
| Implementing Partners | Ministries of Internal Security at the federal and state government levels and the state and federal police |
| Project Manager | Petrit Skenderi |
Key Planned Objectives:
Enhance the professionalism and capacity of Somalia's police forces to build trust from the community including vulnerable groups and is more accountable.
- Community Engagement/Community Policing - Trust and cooperation between police and local communities across Somalia, including newly recovered areas, are enhanced through community security approaches, broader deployment and service delivery, and greater oversight and accountability.
- The professionalism and capacity of police at both FGS and FMS levels is enhanced to increase their effectiveness.
- Strategies, frameworks, structures, and standards are harmonized across police at both FGS and FMS levels, guided by New Policing Model in coherence with the National Security Architecture.
- Representation and retention of women in the police is increased and the capacity of women police officers is enhanced through specific training including SGBV and other investigations.
Key Achievements
- 180 community members and police officers were trained in community policing across four districts in Mogadishu, strengthening collaboration and trust.
- Established a comprehensive and nationally endorsed framework for the Joint Police Programme Phase II
- Strengthened coordination and coherence in Somalia’s policing and security sector reform efforts
- Ensured gender-responsive programming by including UN Women as an implementing partner of the project.
