more than 200 participants from across the region and around the world joined distinguished Somalis including senior government officials, business people, civic and youth leaders in Djibouti In December for the third Annual forum for Idea. (AFI) Organized By (HIPS) 15-19-2019 The Theme For This Year Was: The Role Of Somalis In Peace In The Horn Of Africa:Unlocking Human Capital for Shared Prosperity
The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies’ Annual Forum for Ideas Djibouti, 15 – 19 December 2019
HIPS Annual Forum for Ideas, Djibouti, 18 – 22 December 2017: After event report

The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) held its first Annual Forum for Ideas (AFI) from 18-22 December 2017 in Djibouti. The theme of the three-day discussion was The State of Somalis: Towards Peace, Stability and Prosperity, and it touched on a wide range of issues affecting Somalis in Somalia/Somaliland, in the diaspora, the Somali […]
Special Forum with the President of Somalia
On 11 September 2014, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was a guest at the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies’ Forum for Ideas. Thursday’s forum coincided with the second anniversary of President Mohamud’s election as a non-transitional president of Somalia.
Roundtable with the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, was guest speaker at our latest Forum for Ideas, held on Sunday 3 August 2014 at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu.