Foundation conducts second Training-of-Trainers Workshop in Somaliland

Legal Advisors from the Somaliland Parliament trained by the Foundation

The Max Planck Foundation conducted the second Training-of-Trainers Workshop for Legal Advisors of the Somaliland Parliament. The workshop was held in Hargeisa, Somaliland from 10-14 May 2022 and was combined with two workshop days for honorable members of the House of Representatives of the Somaliland Parliament and their legal support staff on 11 and 12 May respectively.

On the first day of the workshop, the Legal Advisors of the Somaliland Parliament reported on their work and current opportunities and challenges in the implementation of the project activities. The Foundation’s Research Fellows then presented the workshop materials on the topic Constituency Work and Public Outreach, which were discussed and adjusted by the Legal Advisors and Research Fellows to fit the Somaliland context. On the second day, the Legal Advisors of the Somaliland Parliament conducted the second legal capacity building workshop for selected members of the House of Representatives of the Somaliland Parliament and their legal support staff on the topic The Somaliland Law-Making Process from a Comparative Perspective. This was followed by another legal capacity building workshop on the topic Constituency Work and Public Outreach on the third day. The workshop materials that had been discussed and adjusted on the first day of the Training-of-Trainers Workshop were presented by the Legal Advisors with the support of the Max Planck team. On the fourth and final day of the workshop, the Foundation’s Research Fellows presented the workshop materials on the topic The Role of the Legislature in Government Oversight Processes, which were then examined afterwards. The amended workshop materials will serve the Legal Advisors to conduct the fourth legal capacity building workshop for selected members of the House of Representatives of the Somaliland Parliament and their legal support staff, which is currently scheduled for the first week of June 2022.

All workshop materials presented and used during the Training-of-Trainers Workshop were prepared by the Foundation’s Research Fellows well in advance of the workshop so as to provide the Legal Advisors of the Somaliland Parliament with sufficient time to study and reflect on them.

This was the second and final Training-of-Trainers Workshop to be delivered in Hargeisa, Somaliland under the current EU- funded project.