Community Governance and Justice in Solomon Islands Part 3: Lessons and Areas for Improvement

Abstract

The first two parts of this In Brief series told the story of a model intervention with strong support from the people it was intended to serve. There is no denying that by deploying Community Officers (COs), the Community Governance and Grievance Management (CGGM) Project in Solomon Islands improved most of the local justice systems it engaged with. It was not perfect, however. It was difficult to meet its intention to improve the connections between the key justice actors on the ground and formal government institutions. In the language of the project, these were a community’s ‘vertical linkages’. The project also struggled to fully incorporate women into its operations.