SDRI is a Somalia-focused, independent think tank, multidisciplinary research and capacity development institute. The institute specializes on addressing complex resilience problems in Somalia. SDRI focuses on the study of disaster resilience, health systems, sustainable education, natural resources management and water, nutrition and food security, public financial management and media and governance. To achieve these, SDRI promotes innovation and resilience leadership, resilience programming, resilience knowledge management. SDRI has offices in Mogadishu, Kampala and Nairobi, partners in all federal member states, IGAD, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Turkey, United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and full -time faculty, consultants and research fellows working in-country across the federal member states and regions in Somalia.
Why SDRI and Why Now:
SDRI Launched in 2015 to Fill a Crucial Gap
SDRI was established to act as a coordinating agent to facilitate multidisciplinary learning and knowledge transfer collaboration between existing institutes, centers, scholars, and practitioners within the universities in Somalia, regional and International Universities and centers of excellence. The primary objective of SDRI is to strengthen the capacity of people, infrastructure and systems to recurrent disasters both manmade and natural by applying rigorous scientific research, conducting advanced specialized capacity building programs and promoting robust learning between communities, government, NGOs, INGOs and donors. SDRI will bring together the resilience stakeholders (the communities, people and institutions) from a variety of disciplines to tackle complex resilience related problems with increasingly integrated understandings, methodologies, and solutions for advanced resilience learning that will inform successful disaster resilience leaders hip and programming.
VISION STATEMENT
To be Africa’s preeminent institute dedicated to excellence in disaster resilience human and institutional capacity building through training, research and learning.
MISSION STATEMENT
To provide knowledge and experience through standard training, research and knowledge exchange programs to promote disaster resilience leadership, programming, analytics and M&E relevant to the needs of the communities people and institutions .
CORE VALUES
The academy prides in the following core values
- Fairnes
- Professionalism
- Innovation and creativity
- Openness to diversity
- Responsiveness
- Integrity
- Commitment and Cooperation
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Our strategic objectives are to:
- Undertake real time and real world rigorous resilience research
- Provide community and organizational leaders, policy makers and other stakeholders with learning opportunities in the disaster resilience field.
- Provide resilience leadership, programming, analytics and M&E education and training opportunities
- Develop and foster national and international networks for collaboration in disaster resilience teaching, research and programming.
- Promote robust learning and sharing of disaster resilience expertise and innovation
SDRI services follow four main areas, as follows:
- Training and capacity building
- Research and Knowledge Management
- Design Thinking, Ideation and Innovation
- Advocacy and Awareness
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