United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently seeking a qualified Design and Operational Readiness of an Innovative Finance Mechanism. to join their team in Somalia. This opportunity is in the Operation Affairs field. This position closes on Oct, 23. Apply now to be considered.
Procurement Process
RFP - Request for proposal
Office
UNDP-SOM - SOMALIA
Deadline
23-Oct-26 @ 05:00 AM (New York time)
Published on
02-Oct-26 @ 12:00 AM (New York time)
Reference Number
UNDP-SOM-00718,1
Contact
procurement Unit -
everline.shireka@undp.org
Introduction
Introduction
Saameynta Phase I, jointly implemented by IOM, UNDP and UN-Habitat, concluded in December 2025 and
established important foundations for government-led, area-based solutions to protracted urban displacement.
Saameynta Phase II has been launched and is moving into implementation, scaling up approaches that worked
under Phase I in Baidoa and Bossaso. The programme seeks to reduce displacement-related vulnerabilities by
strengthening government and municipal systems, inclusive land governance and planning, climate-resilient
services, sustainable livelihoods, and economic inclusion. Under Outcome 3, UNDP is responsible for
strengthening displacement-affected cooperatives and improving their access to finance, with particular attention
to women and youth.
Access to appropriate finance remains constrained for displacement-affected households, producers,
cooperatives and micro and small enterprises. Saameynta Phase II therefore seeks to move beyond stand-alone
grants toward financing approaches that can leverage capital, strengthen local financial intermediation, share risk,
and progressively mobilize additional public and private capital. The assignment will support UNDP to establish
the institutional, operational and financial foundations for such an approach, while ensuring that the model is
locally anchored and appropriate to Somalia's fragile and displacement-affected context
About Somalia
Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa and has a growing job market, particularly in the humanitarian, development, and private sectors. Major employment hubs include Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe, Baidoa, and Kismayo, with opportunities from international NGOs, UN agencies, government institutions, and an expanding private sector.
Ereyada Soomaaliga (Somali Keywords): La-talin • Shaqo Soomaaliya • Shaqo Cusub
Objective of the assignment:
The objective of the assignment is to design and prepare for operationalization a locally anchored innovative
financing mechanism that expands sustainable access to finance for displacement-affected communities,
cooperatives and enterprises, as a vehicle for economic inclusion and resilience in Baidoa and Bossaso. The
assignment will strengthen selected cooperatives, develop fit-for-purpose financial products and operating
systems, and establish a practical pathway for progressively leveraging local financial institutions, de-risking
instruments, concessional finance, development finance and impact investment.
The assignment is expected to move beyond a diagnostic study. It should leave behind strengthened institutions,
operational tools and systems, financial products, and an implementable financing architecture that can be
capitalized and scaled through subsequent programme implementation .
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