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• Project
Document |
| Location: |
Juba |
| Duration: |
2006
-31 December 2009 |
| Focus
area: |
Democratic
Governance |
| Contributions(USD): |
Phase
Two (2007-2009):
DFID: 1,030,928
NOR: 1,700,000
UNDP: 200,000 |
| Partners: |
Presidency of the Government of
Southern Sudan |
| Delivery(USD):
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2007:
943,000
2008: 939,000 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
Anil
Kumar, Governance Team Leader
a.i, anil.k.c@undp.org |
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Background
The signing of
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) in 2005 marked a critical juncture
for Sudan. It represented an opportunity
for the people of Southern Sudan,
in particular, as the area most affected
by Africa’s longest civil war,
to finally experience peace and development.
Since 1983 there have been an estimated
2 million deaths attributable to 22
years of conflict, 4 million internally
displaced people, and more recently
2 million IDPs caused by the situation
in Darfur, and almost 1 million refugees
in neighbouring countries.
In this context, the expectations
of the new Government of Southern
Sudan (GoSS) seem in excess of what
can actually be delivered. The responsibility
of the President to make wise decisions,
to manage competing interests, to
negotiate differences, and to both
establish and deliver key priorities,
is enormous. The task will be impossible
without strong support being given
to the President to carry out these
many functions and to ensure he has
good and timely information, sound
analysis, and efficient organization
in his office. Therefore, the GoSS
President requested UNDP to provide
technical assistance to his office.
With financial support from the Norwegian
Government, as a follow up to its
commitment to the peace process, UNDP
launched the Support to the Presidency
project to assist the office of the
GoSS President in developing its functional
capacity.
Objectives
The project’s objective is to
strengthen the Office of the President
so that it can adequately carry out
its role of supporting the President
in providing direction for key strategic
priorities in Southern Sudan and in
his task of running his Cabinet, and
through this, support the functioning
of the Government of Southern Sudan,
contributing to democratic development
and sustainable peace.
Outputs
• The capacity of the Office
of the President is enhanced to coordinate,
oversee, and monitor key strategies.
• The human and institutional
capacity of the Office of the President
is enhanced to support the President
in achieving his mandate.
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• Supported the formulation
and review of the Policy Framework
for the Ministry of Presidential Affairs
through the provision of much needed
technical assistance. The Policy Framework
re-organizes the President’s
Office, the Vice President’s
Office and the Ministry of Presidential
Affairs into one functioning government
body (The Office of the President).
This Framework outlines the mandate,
vision, and guiding principles of
the new office and elaborates its
key goals and strategic objectives.
This includes the institutional arrangements
for policy implementation.
• A concept paper for the Southern
Sudan Strategic Planning Council was
developed and a task force was formed
to review it through a consultative
process. The concept paper is now
ready for submission to and approval
by the Council of Ministers. It will
then be passed to the Assembly for
final endorsement. The Strategic Planning
Council will be established at the
end of this process.
• Conducted two consultative
workshops for induction training for
the senior staff in the Presidency.
The first workshop on Ministry of
Presidential Affairs Policy Framework
was held to acquaint senior management
of the Office of the President with
the Policy Framework. The second workshop
discussed and reviewed the Support
to the Presidency work plan;
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