# UNDP in Somalia: governance, elections, justice and climate

> What UNDP does in Somalia: governance, elections, justice, local government and climate; who leads it; its country programme for 2026 to 2030; and its funding.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

UNDP supports the institutions of the state rather than giving emergency aid. Its work in Somalia covers parliament, the courts, the electoral commission, local government, jobs and climate resilience ([this site's international bodies page](/en/institutions/international-bodies-in-somalia/); [UNDP Somalia](https://www.undp.org/somalia/press-releases/new-project-boost-climate-resilience-across-17-cities-somalia)). It reports a project to build climate resilience across 17 Somali cities ([UNDP Somalia](https://www.undp.org/somalia/press-releases/new-project-boost-climate-resilience-across-17-cities-somalia)).

## The 2026 to 2030 programme

UNDP launched a new five-year country programme for Somalia on 21 June 2026 ([UNDP](https://www.undp.org/node/594586)). UNDP said the programme "positions UNDP to address Somalia's complex development challenges more effectively" ([UNDP](https://www.undp.org/somalia/speeches/new-country-programme-positions-undp-address-somalias-complex-development-challenges-more-effectively)). Its 2025 annual report is public ([UNDP Somalia annual report 2025](https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2026-05/somali-annual_report_2025-final-spread.pdf)).

## Who leads it

UNDP says Christophoros Politis presented his credentials as Resident Representative on 11 August 2026; he was previously deputy Resident Representative in Ukraine and Tajikistan ([UNDP](https://www.undp.org/somalia/press-releases/undp-reaffirms-commitment-somalias-transformation-new-resident-representative-presents-credentials)). Lionel Laurens held the post from 2023, after four years as UNDP's Resident Representative in Zambia ([UNDP](https://www.undp.org/somalia/speeches/new-country-programme-positions-undp-address-somalias-complex-development-challenges-more-effectively)).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by UNDP for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 million |
| 2025 | 3.4 million |
| 2026, to November | 0 million |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

FTS records humanitarian funding only, so development projects may not appear in these figures. In May 2026 UNDP called for more investment in jobs and services as shocks deepened ([UNDP](https://www.undp.org/node/582851)).

## How the work is shared

UNDP works with the [Federal Parliament](/en/institutions/federal-parliament/), the [courts](/en/institutions/courts-and-judiciary/), the [independent commissions](/en/institutions/independent-commissions/) including the electoral commission, the [Ministry of Planning](/en/institutions/ministry-of-planning/) and the [Ministry of Environment and Climate Change](/en/institutions/ministry-of-environment-and-climate-change/).

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