This documentandrdquoPreliminary Assessment and Strategic Approaches Reportandrdquois the first section of the second volume prepared during a mission to analyse andrdquoRural Water and Sanitation Interventions in Northeast and Southern Somaliaandrdquounder a framework contract financed by the European Union and implemented by Montgomery Watson Harza in consortium led by Parsons Brinckerhoff. The strategy builds on the European Commission andrdquoStrategy for the Implementation of Special Aid to Somalia 2002 - 2007(SISAS)andrdquoand the results cf a workshop held on 6 November, 2003 in close cooperation with the SACB WSISC (Somalia Aid Coordination Body Water Supply Infrastructure and Sanitation Committee) committee and other stakeholders where the proposed strategy was analysed.