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| Fast Facts: |
| • Project
Document |
| Location: |
Red
Sea State, River Nile, Abyei SAA,
South Kordofan, Blue Nile State
Upper Nile, North Bahr El Gahzal,
Warrap, Central Equatoria and
Eastern Equatoria |
| Duration: |
January
2005 -January 2010 |
| Focus
area: |
Crisis
Prevention and Recovery |
| Donors: |
European
Commission, Government of Sudan,
UNDP |
| Total
Funds Available: |
Euro
54,325,000
US$ 75,000,000
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| Partners: |
Ministry
of International Cooperation and
Government of South Sudan Ministry
of Finance and Economic Planning
Lead NGOs: Islamic Relief, Mercy
Corps, ROD, IRC-UK, SC-US, ICCO,
CRS, VSF-Germany, SC-UK |
| Delivery
for 2007:
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US
$ 5,234,786.37 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Adnan
Cheema, Project Manager, adnan.cheema@undp.org
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Background
The signing of the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) in January 2005 marked
the end of over 20 years of civil war
in Sudan, and the beginning of the recovery
and rehabilitation process in rural
communities across the country. The
war destroyed roads, electricity, schools,
healthcare centres, and water points,
and depleted natural resources. To help
address these recovery challenges, the
European Commission has re-launched
its development assistance with a €50
million contribution to the Sudan Post-conflict
Community-based Recovery and Rehabilitation
Programme (RRP). The RRP is managed
by UNDP, on behalf of the Government
of National Unity (GoNU) and the Government
of Southern Sudan (GoSS).
The RRP is designed to link relief,
rehabilitation and development in
conflict-affected rural households
across Sudan. From the outset, emphasis
has been on building the capacity
of the national and local institutions,
civil society and communities, to
ensure the sustainability of the process.
The programme is implemented over
a three-year period, by 48 national
and international NGOs, pooled into
ten consortia. These consortia receive
funds for integrated rural development
projects in ten areas across Sudan:
River Nile, Port Sudan, Blue Nile,
South Kordofan, Abyei, Upper Nile,
Warrap, Eastern Equatoria, Central
Equatoria, and Northern Bahr al Ghazal.
Objectives
•Targeting approximately 800,000
beneficiaries, the programme’s
objectives include three components:
capacity building and institutional
strengthening; improving livelihoods;
and providing support to basic services.
•The RRP aims to build the capacity
of local government authorities (LGAs)
through such activities as administrative
and financial training, building and
equipping administration offices, organizing
village development committees and directly
including LGAs in the management of
RRP activities.
•To improve livelihoods, the RRP
is building vocational centres, and
training people in such activities as
bicycle repair, tailoring, carpentry,
and welding. The RRP aims to improve
food security through agricultural training
activities, and improving market structures
and access routes.
•The RRP will improve people’s
access to basic services such as access
to water, healthcare, and education
facilities.
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• Institutional Strengthening:
The RRP has trained 189 local government
authorities in public administration
to date, and has reach 63% of the final
target; has trained 1,066 community
leaders in public administration, which
is 107% of the initial goal; has created
and reorganized 166 village development
committees to enhance community leadership;
has hosted seven out of ten targeted
peace-building and human rights events;
and has organized 14 Human Rights associations.
• Improving Livelihoods: the RRP
has trained 249 farmers and veterinarians,
and 554 farmer and veterinarian assistants;
built 12 grain banks and mills, which
provide a cheaper and more accessible
way for people to have their grain processed
for cooking and baking; given business
loans to 5,751 people in micro-credit
schemes, which is 383% of the initial
target number.
• Basic Services: the RRP has
built 643 water and sanitation systems,
including boreholes, wells, water reservoirs,
and pit latrines, and will build 1,925
by the end of the programme; has trained
552 teachers to improve curriculum and
the education system; has built 24 primary
healthcare centres; trained 648 healthcare
workers; constructed 109 schools, and
equipped these schools with desks and
supplies.
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