About Us
The Global Council of Somalis (GCS) is a public affairs council linking all Somali organizations, states and communities across the globe. It is a membership-based organization and provides consulting services, risk management, policy development and building of good governance infrastructures and systems.
Vision
To be a leading organization, which links all Somali organizations, develops, and protects Somali people across the globe.
Mission
To promote the reconstruction of the Somali State and represent the interests of Somali people across the globe on the basis of merit and competency.
The Activities and General Business
- Connection with experts and policy makers across the globe with respect to grassroots advocacy, lobbying and digital advocacy in the interest of Somalis
- Political engagements through fundraising processes, defining strategies in the interest of the Somali people wherever, whenever, and however possible and legal.
- Reach key stakeholders across the globe with respect to Somali interests
- Understand political risks and lawmakers with respect to Somali interests across the globe.
The GCS complements all existing Somali organizations, communities and states with respect to the Somali language, culture and history. It works to assist all these global organzations to achieve their shared goals and objectives including the raising of the necessary funds for their activities and shared objectives.
The GSC believes that there must be creative synergy among all Somali organizations, which could be benefncial for all Somalis across the globe. It, therefore, helps Somali organizations connect with the governments of their locations and countries. It is a membership organization that all Somalis of all backgrounds are welcome as long as they share the values, vision and mission of GSC. The GSC operates in a professional, business-like and transparent fashion.
Shared values
Somali ethnicity, tongue, and origin, and Muslim by faith – in general, with civility and respect as the core behavior of members towards each other. Many activities and attitudes will be generally respectful of Somali norms and traditions, although other good and beneficial non-Somali etiquettes is also adopted.
The GSC aims at recreating a new Somali with these and other good values
- Civility in terms of goodwill towards all Somalis to resolve all kinds of issues.
- Redevelopment of the old norms of non-reliance on law for everything. One cannot make a rule for every possible human action or behavior. Many things should be standard and understood that they are either good or bad for a Somali society.
- Deployment of laws and regulations to protect the rights of everyone in the Somali landscape and not to threaten anyone. This improves the quality of life in the country.
- Protection of rights and freedoms in terms of what is good for the Somali society, which should be in line with its culture, the laws of the Somali, and faith.
- Maintaining the Somali family as a microcosm of the larger Somali family with expectations from members such as educating the children and looking after and protecting each other.
- Preserving the Somali culture, language, laws, and religion in terms of the traditional Somali set up, as it is now exposed to enormous pressures from other cultures and other peoples’ norms. The GCS will have to watch for the best to maintain and protect the identity of the Somali.
- Deployment of positive politics in terms of how the Somali society is controlled andéor managed, and where authority lies – the traditional clan leaderships versus modern political parties, competencies and capacity of leaders in either case and setting up a balance between these two major sources of authority and the Islamic faith, as was tradition and customary in the past.
- Accountability in terms of holding leaders accountable for their actions, discourses and other issues related to the respect or disrespect for the law in the Somali territories.
- Rebuilding the old Somali Identity in terms of encouraging all Somalis to have a shared purpose and values and a general sense of fellowship as it was always in the past, thus belittling the urge to clan belonging and adherence, thereto.
- Developing the soft infrastructures including education, healthcare, policing, courts and judicial systems, regulatory bodies and public services.
- Developing the hard infrastructures of linking and connecting the Somali lands and seas with the involvement of Somali global networks.
- The participation of Somalis in the financing of their governance infrastructures through an efficient taxation systems in the home countries.
- Building an efficient Somali economic system, which puts Somali people among the greats of human societies and more specifically in the African continent. This will involve exploitation of the country’s above and sub-soil wealth, marine resources, and air spaces.
- Preserving the Somali heritage in order to learn from the past and prepare for the future.
- Preserving the Somali language, culture, myths, stories, folklore dances, poems and poetry to promote the Somali people’s shared values and purposes.
- Maintaining the Somali pride and resilience in the face of the enormous pressures that have been exerted on the country and people for over half a century.