BULSHO FORUM · OUR COMMUNITY PLATFORM

Listen together.
Learn together.
Know better.

A dedicated space for meaningful community engagement, practical civic education, and trusted community intelligence — turning participation into informed action.

Explore the three programs →How the programs connect

THREE CONNECTED PROGRAMS

01 · Community Engagement02 · Civic Education03 · Community Intelligence

The Forum structure

Three programs. Twelve working parts.

An integrated public-facing model for connecting with people, building civic understanding, and using evidence to guide decisions.

PROGRAM 01 / 03

Community Engagement

Create trusted pathways for people to be heard, represented, and connected to action.

THE CONTACT

01.01

Community Listening & Dialogue

Listening sessions, town halls, and facilitated conversations with residents.

01.02

Community Outreach & Mobilization

Reach groups and neighborhoods through local leaders and partners.

01.03

Stakeholder Partnerships

Coordinate elders, youth, civic groups, institutions, and service providers.

01.04

Participation & Feedback

Gather suggestions, follow up on concerns, and close the feedback loop.

PROGRAM 02 / 03

Civic Education

Make civic knowledge practical, understandable, inclusive, and useful in daily life.

THE TEACHING

02.01

Civic Rights & Responsibilities

Accessible learning about rights, duties, and responsible participation.

02.02

Governance & Public Institutions

Explain how local institutions, public services, and decisions work.

02.03

Democratic Participation & Dialogue

Build skills for constructive debate, inclusion, and public participation.

02.04

Civic Learning Resources

Short guides, workshops, podcasts, and multilingual learning materials.

PROGRAM 03 / 03

Community Intelligence

Turn lived experience and credible evidence into useful community insight.

THE KNOWING

03.01

Community Needs Assessment

Identify needs, service gaps, local assets, and emerging priorities.

03.02

Community Research & Mapping

Use surveys, interviews, and community mapping to understand patterns.

03.03

Data, Evidence & Insights

Translate information into accessible briefs and actionable findings.

03.04

Learning, Monitoring & Feedback

Track changes, share results, and refine programs with communities.

Research & Studies

Studies that serve the community.

As an organization, Bulsho Forum does not only listen — we study. Through Community Intelligence, the Forum runs research and studies that turn community experience into evidence for programs, partners and public decisions.

STUDY 01

Community Needs Studies

Surveys, interviews and listening data that show what residents need most — and where services fall short.

STUDY 02

Workforce & Worker Studies

Studies on jobs, wages, workplace safety and fair treatment in our community.

STUDY 03

Civic Participation Studies

How residents reach city services, use their rights, and take part in public decisions.

STUDY 04

AI & Community Studies

How artificial intelligence is changing work, services and daily life for our community — and how residents can benefit from it, not be left behind.

STUDY 05

Local Government Studies

How city and county government works, where decisions are made, and how community evidence reaches them.

STUDY 06

Community Building Studies

How trust, participation and local leadership are built — and what makes a community strong enough to act together.

Every study is shared back with the community — in the Forum, on Bulsho Podcast, and in our advocacy.

Under Community Intelligence · Program 03

Publications

From the Forum’s desk

Articles

Research-based writing that explains an issue clearly: what is happening, why it matters, and what can be done.

Blog

Community voices, Forum updates, and notes from our listening and events.

Editorials

The Forum's own position on the issues that matter to our community — stated plainly, in our name.

First pieces are in preparation — this is where they will live.

Forum in practice

Dialogue is the work.

Scenes from community dialogue work — consultation halls, public panels, and facilitated sessions. This is the practice Bulsho Forum is built on.

Community consultation in a town hall — Community consultation — residents in dialogue.

Public panel discussion — Public panel — Mogadishu Dialogue Forum, 2022.

Panel discussion in session — Panel discussion — civic dialogue in session.

Facilitated community session — Facilitated session — listening to elders and residents.

Abdifatah Ali Hassan leading a community training session — Training led by Abdifatah Ali Hassan — Deputy Director General, Bulsho Forum.

Bulsho Forum in the world

Geneva, October 2025.

Bulsho Forum attended Global Development 2030 at Palexpo Geneva — a global gathering exploring frameworks and collaborative pathways for life beyond the SDGs.

Session at Global Development 2030, Palexpo Geneva — Inside the sessions — Development 2030, Palexpo Geneva.

Bulsho Forum at Global Development 2030, Geneva — Abdifatah Ali Hassan — Deputy Director General.

At Palexpo Geneva, October 2025 — Palexpo, Geneva — October 2025.

Dialogue panel — Dialogue at home — Mogadishu Dialogue Forum.

How the Forum works