International Cooperation

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DEPARTMENT 

Mandate

The International Cooperation Department (ICD) is mandated to lead, coordinate, and manage the Republic’s external relations in the spheres of foreign aid mobilization, bilateral and multilateral agreements, trade and investment cooperation, tourism promotion, and climate change diplomacy. The Department serves as a central institutional mechanism to ensure effective engagement with international partners and to align external assistance and cooperation efforts with national development priorities.

 The following are the functions of the Department of International Cooperation: -

• Organize and guide the bilateral and multilateral cooperation and exchanges among the MOFAIC and international organizations, foreign government agencies and foreign institutions, and carry out international cooperation mechanisms
• Assist other departments in promoting major international cooperation projects
• Liaise with Somaliland's representatives’ office economic sections affiliated to the MOFAIC, guide their work, organize analytical studies on world economy, carry out work related to economic diplomacy
• Administer and coordinate international cooperation and foreign affairs and institutions affiliated to the MOFAIC
• Formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate policies, procedures, guidelines and regulations for supporting the development and promotion of International Cooperation
• Working out management procedures, rules and regulations on foreign affairs and supervise their implementation
• Handle day-to-day foreign affairs and documents between the MOFAIC and foreign parties and unify statement for the foreign parties
• Formulate annual plan of ministerial officials' international visits, review and approve international visit plans at Director General level or below.
• Organize international training programs, examine and approve annual international training programs;
• Examine and approve international visits applications of the MOFAIC staff and institutions affiliated to the MOFAIC and standardize management of the visits
• Undertake foreign affairs tasks assigned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Coordinate international cooperation between the MOFAIC and other central government agencies
• Guide the foreign affairs service provided by the Protocol and Consular Section of MOFAIC
• Coordination of international trade and investments in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and Ministry of Investment Development
• Coordination of donor aid and international security matters concerning Somaliland
• Preparation and implementation of the five (5) year strategic plan and budget for the department.
• Preparation and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system and tools for the Department
• Preparation and implementation of the capacity development for all staff based on the needs assessment and in-line with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) guidelines and requirements.
• Preparation of the annual financial estimates in consultation with the heads of sections
• Coordinating the formulation of the department’s risk management framework, risk profiling, risk reporting and monitoring