International Partnerships
A local technical partner, accountable for defined work.
International organisations bring programme design, products and funding relationships. We bring a Mogadishu-based team that can build, adapt, implement and support the systems and financial processes a programme depends on, and that can be held to clear deliverables.
Who we work with
Organisations with a mandate in Somalia.
In each case we take responsibility for a defined part of the work, not the whole programme, and we report against it.
- International consulting firms
- Development organisations
- Research institutions
- Technology implementation companies
- NGOs and institutional programmes
- Government development partners
Work packages
What we can deliver within a programme.
- 01
Technology delivery
Systems development, localisation, integration with existing platforms, dashboards and continued technical support.
- 02
Financial and operational systems
Internal controls, financial reporting, process improvement, budgeting and governance for programmes and partner institutions.
- 03
Research and development support
Digital data collection systems, research coordination, field implementation support, monitoring infrastructure and analytical reporting, scoped to the capacity each assignment requires.
- 04
Consortium collaboration
Clearly scoped technical contributions, local coordination and defined project responsibilities within a consortium.
Partnership structures
Four ways to work together.
The structure follows the programme and its procurement rules. We are comfortable working as a subcontractor or as a named partner.
- Subcontracting
- We deliver a defined work package under a lead contractor’s agreement and reporting.
- Technical implementation partnership
- We act as the local technical partner for a product or platform, adapting, implementing and supporting it.
- Joint proposals
- We contribute the technical approach, work plan and costs for the Somalia component of a bid.
- Consortium participation
- We join a consortium with clearly assigned responsibilities, subject to eligibility and procurement rules.
The pathway
From a requirement to a handover, in five agreed steps.
Every partnership is documented before work begins. Both sides know what is being delivered, who is responsible and what happens at the end.
- 01
Requirement
The partner shares the programme objective, the technical requirement or the call for proposals, and what it needs from a local partner.
- 02
Agreed scope
Together we define the work package: what will be built, adapted or supported, for whom, by when and within which budget.
- 03
Responsibilities
We set out who leads each activity, who approves and who is consulted, with named contacts and reporting lines on both sides.
- 04
Deliverables
Each deliverable has a description, acceptance criteria and a date, so progress can be reviewed without ambiguity.
- 05
Handover
Source code, documentation, training records and support arrangements are handed to the partner or the end client as agreed.
Responsibilities
Who leads what.
A typical division of responsibilities for a technical work package. Each partnership agreement sets out its own version.
| Activity | Lead partner | HornBridge |
|---|---|---|
| Programme objective and client relationship | Leads | Contributes local context |
| Technical approach for the Somalia work package | Approves | Leads |
| Software development and integration | Reviews | Leads |
| Local adaptation, data preparation and configuration | Consulted | Leads |
| Training and adoption | Consulted | Leads |
| Progress reporting | Receives | Provides |
| Acceptance of deliverables | Leads with the end client | Supports |
We have no formal partnership agreements to announce, and we do not present any organisation as a partner, client or funder unless an agreement exists. Participation in proposals and consortia is subject to the eligibility and procurement requirements of each opportunity.
Contact
Planning work in Somalia?
Tell us about the programme, the work package and the timeline. We will reply with how we could contribute and what we would need from you.