While Somalia continues to recover from armed conflict, anarchy and reshapes its governance systems around federalism, public institutions are facing the challenging task of developing more adoptable solutions to federalism and transitioning it down to local communities and the public sector reform process faces deep loopholes in existing frameworks.

Barsan carries out a significant amount of work to support public institutions and development partners throughout Somalia in their efforts to bring about change and reform, by providing a range of different services. Barsan Associates offers consultancy services to public administrations and implementing partners, donor agencies in Somalia on the following areas:

• Constitutional review process (stakeholder consultations).
• Electoral Reform (civic engagement).
• Citizens Engagement.
• Regulation and legislative development.
• Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution.
• Institutional capacity building.
• Gender Equality, Human Rights and Marginalized/minority inclusion.
• Public Financial Management.