Bulsho: Strengthening Community and Local Institutions for Social Cohesion, Inclusion, and Resilience

About this project

The Bulsho operation will provide anchor financing for implementing Somalia's Bulsho program for strengthening community and local institutions for social cohesion, inclusion and resilience. The Bulsho program is guided by the government's decentralization, stabilization and reconciliation policy framework. It seeks to leverage Somalia's robust social capital and nascent community institutions to provide a complementary bottom-up and community-centered approach to address Somalia's core development and service delivery challenges by implementing at scale a local platform that starts with citizens objectives, needs and priorities, and incentivizes communities, local leaders, district authorities, FMS and FGS to mobilize resources and collaborate in the delivery of sustainable solutions. It is a 10-year program (2025-2030), will be implemented in all FMS, focuses on extending local governance and services to hard-to-reach and rural areas, and seeks to build trust and legitimacy by focusing on process--or how services are delivered--while contributing to progress on service delivery outcomes.The design of the government's Bulsho program and the proposed Bulsho operation is underpinned by local and global knowledge. This includes an in-depth review of 15-years of operational experience implementing community development and local governance initiatives in Somalia under the Bulsho ASA (P179287). This review encompassed the World Bank's previous Community Driven Development and Re…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Somalia

Sectors

Multi-hazard response preparednessSocial protection and welfare services policy, planning and administration

Places

Mogadishu

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation

Accountable

Ministry of Finance

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P508408.

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