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Facts: |
• Project
Document (1)
• Project
Document (2)
• Project
Document (3)
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| Location: |
All
ten States in Southern Sudan |
| Duration: |
January
2006 -
31 December 2009 |
| Focus
area: |
Democratic
Governance |
| Contributions(USD): |
DFID:
565,870
EU: 552,041
FRA: 481,047
NET: 360,396
SIDA: 500,000
UNDP: 985,000 |
| Partners: |
Local
Government Board
PACT
Catholic Relief Services |
| Delivery
(USD):
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2007:
5,135,000
2008: 2,883,000 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Anil
Kumar, Governance Team Leader
a.i,
anil.k.c@undp.org |
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Background
The Comprehensive
Peace Agreement (CPA) represents a
real opportunity for the Government
of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to put into
practice its stated vision for responsive
and democratic governance. However
it also poses enormous challenges,
as the government needs time to establish
itself and develop and implement policies
and legislation, as well as build
new capacities, systems and structures.
The situation of the past 22 years
has meant that in Southern Sudan governance
at all levels, and domestic capacity
for service delivery is, at best,
rudimentary. Indeed, the situation
in Southern Sudan is one of starting
almost from scratch when it comes
to key capacities for governance and
service delivery. The role of local
government in the post-conflict period
is of particular importance. It is
where most citizens interact directly
with the government in the expectation
of enjoying some form of “peace
dividend” – their security,
their rights, and their basic services.
The Local Government Recovery Programme
(LGRP) is a three-year programme.
The implementation of the LGRP is
divided among three implementing agencies
based on each one’s presence
on the ground. UNDP has the overall
management and implementation role
in the Upper Nile, Unity and Western
Bahr el Ghazal States; Catholic Relief
Services in the three States of Equatoria
Region – Western, Central and
Eastern Equatoria; and PACT in Jonglei,
Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap and
Lakes States.
Objectives
The project aims to support the local
government in Southern Sudan so that
it is capable of playing a leadership
role in socio-economic development,
and therefore contributing to democratic
development and sustainable peace
in the new dispensation in Southern
Sudan.
Outputs
• The formal establishment of
a local government, with a clear legal
and policy framework and basic facilities.
• Capacity-building of local
governments in order for them to meet
their prescribed roles in governance
and recovery.
• Local government assuming
a practical and central role in post-war
recovery in target counties.
• Local government perceived
as effective and legitimate.
Snapshots
of the project's major achievements
• A draft Local Government Policy
developed, in the form of a Memorandum,
and submitted to the Ministry of Presidential
Affairs.
• A draft Local Government Act
completed and submitted to the Ministry
of Presidential Affairs for presentation
to the Council of Ministers and onward
transmission to GoSS Legislative Assembly
for the legislation process.
• 10 organizational development
facilitators recruited and trained.
• 132 local government administrators
trained in planning, finance and budgeting
and in local government administration.
• Planning Units established
in all counties.
• Planning Unit staff and local
government administrators trained
in county planning, financial/budget
management and local administration,
using standardized modules as recommended
by GoSS.
• County Planning and Budgeting
process completed and submitted to
the State Ministries of Local Government
in all 10 States, by all 78 Counties
in Southern Sudan.
• Design of the Local Development
Fund in its final stages.
• Assessment of the Local Government
Recovery Programme completed.
• The Local Government Policy
Framework and draft Local Government
Bill have been developed.
• Under the guidance of the
Local Government Board, the county
level planning Units have been established
in all 78 counties with County Executive
Committees assuming oversight functions
to systematize recurrent annual planning
and budgeting.
• For the first time since the
civil war, the planning and budgeting
process was conducted in all the 78
counties culminating in 2008 County
plans and budgets that were submitted
to the States.
• State facilitators conducted
and completed training for County
Planning unit staff in planning and
budgeting to build the trainees capacity
to carry out their county planning
and budgeting process for 2009 in
Jonglei; Upper Nile; Northern Bahr
El Ghazal; Eastern Equatoria; and
Central Equatoria States. As a strategy
for building sustainable local capacity
at the state level, the facilitators
had previously received training as
facilitators.
• A total 132 county staff received
training in planning, budgeting and
administration to lead the county
planning and budgeting process with
technical backstopping from the experts
and the planning specialists in the
states in collaboration with the Support
to States Project.
• The screening exercise of
3500 local government administrators
to reduce redundancy and to promote
efficiency of the Local Government
was completed.
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