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UNDP
Sudan
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Vision
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Together
with national and international partners,
UNDP Sudan will contribute towards
achieving peace, stability and sustainable
human development that meet the needs
and aspirations of the people of SUDAN
through strategic capacity development
initiatives which promote inclusive,
participatory, transparent and efficient
governance systems at national and
sub-national levels.
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UNDP
serving the people of Sudan
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UNDP established its presence in Sudan
in 1965. It succeeded the Expanded
Programmes for Technical Assistance
and Special Fund that operated in
the country between 1958 and 1964.
Over the past four decades, the UN
development programme has gradually
expanded to today’s 50 development
projects across Sudan.
UNDP is present in almost every part
of Sudan. Field offices have been
established in various regions to
ensure the effective management of
projects that are implemented or supported
by UNDP such in Darfur, East Sudan
and in the three Protocol areas
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What
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As the lead in development,
UNDP Sudan supports strategic capacity
development initiatives to promote
inclusive, transparent and efficient
governance systems. Through partnerships
with national and sub-national government
and civil society, UNDP strives to
eliminate poverty, enable recovery,
sustain the environment, and advance
peace and social cohesion.
UNDP’s Sudan’s strategy
reflects the findings of the UN Development
Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2009-2012
and is detailed in the two UNDP instruments:
the Country Programme Document 2009-2012
and Country Porgramme Action Plan
(CPAP) 2009-2012. CPAP constitutes
the legal agreement between UNDP and
the government of Sudan and details
the programme design and capacity
development strategies defined in
the CPD.
UNDP interventions in Sudan are people
centered and focus on 1) Promoting
coordination, efficiency and effectiveness
of the United Nations system as a
whole at the country level 2) Providing
policy and technical support by working
on and advocating for the multi-sectorial
challenges of poverty reduction ,
democratic governance , crisis prevention
and recovery and environment and sustainable
development 3) Acting as an administrative
agent for several pooled funding arrangements
in Sudan , such as the Common Humanitarian
Fund (CHF) and Darfur Community Peace
and Stability Fund .
During 2011, UNDP has managed the
Electoral Assistance Basket Fund and
South Sudan and Abyei Referenda Basket
funds and has established new partnerships
within these frameworks to ensure
scaling up of short to medium recovery
and development programmes.
UNDP supported programmes and projects
will leverage Government counterpart
contributions to enhance ownership
and sustainability where applicable.
Key Achievements 2009-2012
(1) Poverty
Reduction and MDGs
• Delivered over $ 180 million
GFATM funds
• Reduction in malaria cases
from 7.5 million cases in 2001 to
2,3 million cases in 2009, and reduction
of deaths from 35,000 in 2001 to 8,844
in 2009.
• MDG Report produced in 2010
and debated by the Cabinet of Ministers
• International Donor and Investment
Conference for Eastern Sudan, December
2010, Kuwait
(2) Governance
and Rule of Law
• 2010 General Elections held
(first in 20 years)
• 2011 South Sudan Referendum
held
• Establishment of local development
planning structures and processes
in Eastern Sudan
(3) Crisis Prevention
and Recovery
• Reintegration support provided
to 4,000 XBs in East Sudan and 11,000
XBs in South Kordofan State and Blue
Nile State
• Crisis mapping completed in
six states and information incorporated
into state development plans
• 14 local peace processes initiated
and supported in SKS (8 are holding)
• Recovery and peace-dividends
provided to more than 800,000 people
(Recovery and Rehabilitation Programme)
(4) Environment
Policy and institutional framework
in place including:
• National Adaptation programme
of Action (NAPA);
• National Biodiversity Strategic
Action Plan;
• Draft National Strategy for
Reduction of Emission from Deforestation
and Forest (REDD); and
• Strategy for accessing the
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
(5) Other
• Establishment of field offices
in Darfur (3), East Sudan (1), South
Kordofan and Abyei
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Programme:
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UNDP Sudan’s programme section is made
up of three leading units: 1)
Governance & Rule of Law Unit
2) Crisis Prevention
and Recovery Unit, and 3)
Poverty Reduction, Millennium Development
Goals and HIV.
The Country Programme 2009-2012: Focus
on implementing CPA through the three
programme areas as follow:
1) Poverty
Reduction and Achievement of MDGs
- Development of national an sub-national
capacities to plan, monitor, evaluate
and implement the MDGs
- Aid management and coordination
- Pro-poor livelihoods promotion and
private sector development
- Responding to HIV/AIDS
2) Governance and
Rule of Law
- Citizen Participation and Democracy
- Local Government Development and
Public Expenditure Management
- Strengthening Access to Justice
& Promoting Rule of Law
3) Crisis Prevention
and Recovery
- Disaster risk reduction and natural
resource management
- Post-conflict socio-econo
The programme and project staff are
supported by an economic advisor and
a Management Support Unit that ensures
the monitoring and evaluation of the
programmes and projects in addition
to providing advisory services.
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Strategic
Frameworks and Tools:
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UNDP's
work in the country is based on the
Standard
Basic Assistance Agreement signed
in 1978 by the Government of Sudan.
The Organization’s activities
are carried out in partnership with
Government ministries and departments,
national and international development
partners, UN agencies, alongside the
non-governmental organizations and
Sudanese academic institutions.
UNDP Sudan's programming is governed
by the following major tools: Sudan
Country Analysis, the
United Nations Assistance Framework
(UNDAF) for 2009-2012, Country
Programme Document for Sudan for
2009-2012 and Country
Programme Action Plan for 2009-2012.
Based on national priorities within
the framework of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), the
Country
Analysis is the common analytical
tool of the UN system to inform the
identification of strategic development
priorities by the United Nations.
The analysis takes the Millennium
Development Goals as its starting
point and identifies key development
challenges and capacity gaps that
need to be addressed. The Analysis
provides the foundation for the UNDAF.
With the current United Nations Development
Assistance Framework coming to an
end in 2012 , the UN Country team
in Sudan has started the planning
process related to the development
of the next programme support for
the period between 2013-2016. The
UNDAF will be the guiding framework
for all UN agencies , funds and programmes
in Sudan and will support the achievement
of the Millennium Development Goals
and national development priorities
as outlined in the national development
plan for the period 2012-2016 , which
was recently finalized.
The CPD is approved by UNDP
Executive Board on 12 September 2008.
The Country Programme document is
used to provide greater clarity to
the UNDAF results, i.e. to make deliverables
by UNDP more explicit and thereby
aiding monitoring and accountability.
The
Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP)
constitutes the legal agreement between
UNDP and the Government of Sudan to
execute the Country Programme Document
(CPD) for 2009-2012. The CPAP further
details the programme design and capacity
development strategies outlined more
strategically in the CPD.
- Review of the UNDP Sudan Country
Cooperation Framework 2002-2006 (CCF-2)
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Supporting Capacity Development the
UNDP Approach
Letters of Agreement for the provision
of Country Office support services:
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Contribution Agreement for Strengthening
Access to Justice and Confidence Building
in Kassala and Khartoum states
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Grant Agreement for Capacity Building
of the Sudan Judiciary project
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Letter of Agreement for the Poverty
Alleviation-oriented governance programme
for the Red Sea State project
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Contribution Agreement for the Sudan
Post Conflict Community Based Recovery
and Rehabilitation Program
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Interim Disarmament Demobilization
and Reintegration Contribution Agreement |
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Partners:
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UNDP Sudan's main development
and funding partners are: The European
Commission, the UK’s Department
for International Development, the
Governments of Netherlands, Denmark,
Norway, Italy, Japan, France, Spain,
Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, the
Swiss Development Corporation, the
Swedish International Development
Agency, the Canadian International
Development Agency, Canada’s
Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade, the US Agency
for International Development, the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and
Malaria, Global Environment Facility,
the World Bank, and Khalifa Bin Zayed
Al Nehayan Foundation.
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Fund
Management:
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UNDP Sudan Fund Management Unit administers
a number of Multi Donor Trust Funds
in Sudan: the Common
Humanitarian Fund (CHF), Common
Humanitarian Fund (CHF), which is
a special initiative bridging the
financial gap between humanitarian
aid and development assistance; the
Darfur Community Peace and Stability
Fund (DCPSF) to promote community
level peace building in Darfur. The
Fund Management Unit also delivers
operational assistance in establishing
Technical Secretariats in support
of the UN Resident Coordinator. The
Unit also provides Management Agent
support to national and international
and NGOs participating in multi-donor
trust funding frameworks.
Through the Fund Management Unit (FMU),
the UNDP CO serves as the lead agency
in administrating pooled funding from
donors, providing operational support
for programme resource management
, finance and accounting legal services.
Between January 2006 and September
2011 , UNDP Sudan administered an
overall muti-year budget of USD 1.
040 Billion, establishing one of the
highest delivery records in the Regional
Bureau of Arab States (RBAS) and averaging
a delivery rate of USD 60 million
a year in NGOS execution projects.
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Other Services: |
In addition to the operational services
provided to over 10 UN agencies operating
in Sudan, the Country Office administers
two UN funds in the country:
The United Nations
Volunteers programme (UNV) is
the volunteer arm of the United Nations,
and based in Bonn/Germany. It mobilizes
qualified UN Volunteers and people
to become active in volunteering in
their countries.
The Women's
Fund at the United Nations (UNIFEM)
provides financial and technical assistance
to innovative programmes and strategies
to foster women’s empowerment
and gender equality. |
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