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| Fast Facts: |
Project
document and reports:
• Project Document 1
• Project Document 2 |
| Location: |
All
10 States of Southern Sudan |
| Duration: |
January
2006- December 2009 |
| Focus
area: |
Democratic
Governance |
| Donors: |
UK’s
Development for International
Development,
The Netherlands Embassy |
| Total
budget: |
Phase
One: US$ 7,350,538
Phase Two: US$12,212,515
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| Partners: |
Ministry
of Presidential Affairs (MoPA),
Government of Southern Sudan.
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Planning (MoFEP), Government of
Southern Sudan.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
(MPA), Government of Southern
Sudan.
Ministry of Housing, Land and
Public Utilities (MHLPU), Government
of Southern Sudan.
10 States Governors Offices.
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| Delivery
for 2007:
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US$
3,229,000 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Shyam
Bhurtel, Head of Governance Unit.
shyam.bhurtel@undp.org
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Background
The Comprehensive
Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in January
2005 was a milestone event in the
history of the Sudan, ending 22 years
of civil war in the country and creating
an opportunity to cultivate peace
and development. The CPA recognizes
the political and administrative autonomy
of Southern Sudan in the interim context
and keeps the self-determination option
open for the south if required. The
CPA and the Interim Constitution of
Southern Sudan have made provision
for a three-tiered system in the South,
comprising the Government of Southern
Sudan (GoSS), States and Local Government.
Within this framework, decentralization
mechanisms for Southern Sudan have
been built on five pillars: (i) devolution
of power – administrative, management
and fiscal – to the respective
levels of government; (ii) affirmation
to common norms and standards on governance
that reflect the unity in diversity
of Southern Sudan; (iii) welfare of
people, protection of human rights
and fundamental freedoms; (iv) participatory
governance as an expression of unity;
and (v) pursuit of good governance
through democracy, separation of power,
transparency, accountability and respect
of rule of law.
In this context, the GoSS recognizes
the challenges associated with implementing
the CPA. It considers the institutionalization
of democratic, accountable and participatory
good governance at all levels as the
most appropriate way to address the
challenges and make a conscious move
towards institutionalizing democratic
good governance.
UNDP seeks to support this process
through the strengthening of the institutional
capacity of states to adequately plan,
set priorities, manage revenue and
expenditures and deliver basic services
in an equitable manner. The results
that are expected to be achieved towards
the realization of this objective
are: establishment of clear policy
frameworks to support the states;
establishment and operationalisation
of planning and service delivery mechanisms
for states; enhancing the capacity
of state legislative assemblies for
effective legislative oversight and
law making; and strengthening the
capacity of states in urban management.
Objectives
The project’s objective is to
improve the institutional capacity
of local government to adequately
plan, set priorities, manage revenue
and expenditure and deliver basic
services in an equitable manner.
Outputs
• Policy frameworks/strategies
for supporting decentralized governance
formulated
• Enhanced state capacity in
planning, budgeting and public financial
management
• Enhanced capacity of state
assemblies for law making and oversight
functions.
• Enhanced state capacity in
urban management and rehabilitation
of state physical infrastructure.
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• Facilitated the establishment
of a States Coordination Desk in the
Ministry of Presidential Affairs (MoPA)
• Supported the MoPA in formulating
TORs for a high level GoSS Policy
Task Force for coordinating GoSS support
to states, and developed separate
TOR for consultants to support the
work of the Task Force.
• Facilitated and technically
backstopped the organization and management
of two Governors Fora in 2006 and
assisted the GoSS in producing reports
from the two Fora.
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