MinbarFellowship is three weeks annual residential program that brings together 15 young, promising and emerging leaders from all walks of Somalia. The program is named after Adden Abdulle Osman, the first democratic president in Somalia.
In honor of his legacy, and to draw inspiration from his peerless statesmanship,
patriotism, democratic ideals, the fellowship shall be named after him. This is intentional, anchored on the need to chart a clear vision for the fellows, on the direction their education and experience, should aspire for. The fellowships will bring together 15 young, promising leaders (both male and female) from all fields and regions in Somalia, who have exceptional leadership experience and have the potential to become a transformative leader. The model is to identify those who are already making an impact in their respective spheres of influence, whose transformative leadership can be upscaled and improved.
The overall objective of the fellowship is to promote and advance strategic themes and policy areas relevant to transnational governance, state-building process in Somalia.
The areas of focus include regional integration and governance, gender equality and empowerment, environmental governance and climate change, political economy, cross-border migration and mobility, trans- boundary resource governance, diplomacy, digital politics, cross-border economic and transnational response to humanitarian disasters such as famine, foods and pandemics.
