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Since 2002, IRI has remained involved in the growth of the country’s political parties and associations, providing nonpartisan support. In 2011 Somaliland’s political thinks blow up allow for the creation of new political associations and three new political parties emerged as those to be officially recognized for the next 10 year period. Throughout the transition IRI has offered organizational and functional support to the nation’s new political entities and is currently working with national, party leadership to strengthen decentralization and internal party organization. Democratic Governance Local council elections in November 2012 ushered a host of newly-elected local leaders into office, a transition that IRI, with funding from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, will support by offering workshops to local councilors in areas such as leadership, constituent outreach while fostering citizen engagement in the process by introducing citizen-issue discussion forums and issue-based working