2010United Nations Development ProgrammeSouthern SudanAnnual Report

Counting votes through the night, 15 January 2011 © Marcin Suder/UNDP

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Table of Contents

4 Foreword by H.E. Mr. David Deng Athorbei

5 A crucial moment in history: Mr. Joe Feeney

6 UNDP contributes to staging of historic referendum

10 Laying the foundations for a new State: Democratic Governance

12 Capacity building: the IGAD initiative

13 UNV volunteers in the field

16 The core functions for a new State

18 Working to strengthen community security: Crisis Prevention and Recovery

21 County consultations: voices of the people

22 Investing in a pro-poor development agenda: Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals

24 UNDP in the states

26 Donors and partners

28 Financial summary

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Foreword by H.E. Mr. David Deng Athorbei Minister of Finance and Economic Planning

The historic referendum in January 2011 has brought to Southern Sudan the promise of independence and freedom which we have been pursuing for many years. The staging of the referendum was the culmination of years of negotiations, planning and working closely with our partners to ensure a smooth

and transparent referendum process. UNDP was a key partner in assisting with the referendum preparations and conduct across all ten states of Southern Sudan, and is working closely with the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to strengthen governance at all levels. It is a task that is more important now than ever as Southern Sudan takes its first steps as an independent nation.

In 2010 we have seen great improvements in many areas of governance. As we move towards the end of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the GoSS has identified the 19 core governance functions that we need to have in place to ensure state take off and a peaceful and environment for our people in these final stages of the CPA period. These core functions include financial management, rule of law and executive leadership, all areas in which UNDP is actively working with GoSS institutions.

One of the areas in which our partnership with UNDP is bearing the greatest fruit is through support to the states. Many of the institutions at state level lack both human capacity and resources to

ensure effective service delivery. Placing local, regional and international expertise in each of Southern Sudan’s ten states is helping to increase the capacity of those state governments to manage their finances effectively and plan for future development for their communities.

We appreciate UNDP’s efforts in the areas of rule of law and community security, crisis prevention and poverty reduction. Strengthening our government institutions is vital for Southern Sudan’s development as we move forward into a brighter future as an independent nation for the first time. Our people expect us to deliver on the promise of peace, prosperity, and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals and we are working hard with our partners to fulfill that promise.

I look forward to continuing our partnership with UNDP in 2011 to achieve a strong, stable, economically secure State for the new country of South Sudan.

H.E. Mr. David Deng AthorbeiMinister of Finance and Economic PlanningGovernment of Southern Sudan

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A crucial moment in historyJoe Feeney, Head of Office, UNDP Southern Sudan

2010, the last full year of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, presented unique challenges for UNDP as we continued to help build State structures in Southern Sudan. Building strong State structures is crucial now we know from the result of the 2011 Referendum – the people of Southern Sudan have

chosen to create a new State. Effective statebuilding requires a focus on core functions of government, such as rule of law, management of State finances and executive leadership.

Central to the function of government is the rule of law; it is clear that without effective policing, there can be no rule of law and therefore no stable government. The best friend of a vulnerable person in any society is rule of law, which is why UNDP has supported the creation of the Southern Sudan Police Service among other interventions in this sector.

We have also been working closely with the government in other areas of core governance functions – those vital ‘survival’ functions of government that need to be in place to ensure sustainable government. For too long, too many of us in the development community have been doing too much across too many sectors. At this crucial time in Southern Sudan’s history, we need to focus on helping government to manage public finances, deliver services and establish and maintain rule of law.

At UNDP we have changed the development narrative from ‘doing projects’ to supporting strategies which will ensure the foundations for a new State are in place by the end of the CPA on July 9, 2011. Getting these foundations in place will not be easy, and requires further commitment from the international community and all of us at UNDP as we strive to help Southern Sudan in the last steps towards independence.

I would like to offer my sincere thanks to the Government of Southern Sudan for their firm leadership and support to UNDP. I would also like to acknowledge all our donors and partners and thank each and every staff member at UNDP for their hard work in 2010.

We look forward to an equally challenging 2011 and the creation of a new sovereign, democratic State in Southern Sudan.

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Sorting polling materials for Referendum Centres at Naser County Sub Committee office © Marcin Suder/UNDP

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Donor Contributions

Netherlands $7,000,000

Norway $7,313,528

Canada $6,864,055

Sweden $7,376,418

European Union $3,915,663

Japan $7,353,815

DFID $14,691,190

Denmark $3,444,424

Australia $2,993,279

France $690,445

Total Available $61,642,817

Donor contributions to Referendum Basket Fund

UNDP contributes to staging of historic referendumSouthern Sudan is celebrating the staging of a peaceful, transparent, successful referendum giving citizens the opportunity to choose unity or secession for the South. Voting took place from 9 – 15 January 2011, the final milestone of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) interim period that began in January 2005. UNDP joined with the UN Mission in Sudan to form the UN Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED) to provide support to the whole referendum process and in particular to the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC).

The support to the referendum has been one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by UNDP here in Southern Sudan. UNDP’s main role has been to administer an estimated US$ 61 million Referendum Basket Fund - a pooled contribution from international donor countries – to support and facilitate the timely conduct of the referendum. The fund financed many critical activities related to the referendum, including voter registration, voter information and voter education, media training, domestic observation, and police training. Other key inputs included materials for the referendum process such as internationally printed and procured registration kits and ballot papers.

“Helping to stage a peaceful, successful referendum has been a major priority for UNDP for the past year,” said Joe Feeney, Head of Office for UNDP Southern Sudan. “It has been a challenging exercise but one that has ultimately shown the international community what we are all capable of here in Southern Sudan when we work together.”

Contributions of donors from the international community to the Basket Fund, coupled with UNDP expertise in delivering assistance to electoral processes around the world, paved the way

for a smooth and credible referendum process that will have a great impact on many people’s lives in Southern Sudan for generations to come. UNDP will continue to support the Government of Southern Sudan throughout the remaining period of the CPA and beyond.

On average, UNDP supports an election somewhere in the world every 3 weeks.

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Japan Observation Mission:“concluded that the referendum was free, fair and peaceful” and commended the northern and southern governments, the SSRC and acknowledged the work of UNIRED in supporting the referendum.

Congressman H.L.Berman, U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee: “the voting has taken place peacefully and a major goal of the CPA has been achieved...it is important to recognize the herculean efforts of the United Nations Development Programme to help make the referendum a reality.”

Arab League Mission: “the process was characterized by a high degree of transparency and integrity in line with international standards.”

European Union Observation Mission: “the process was efficient and well organized, with polling officials well trained.”

The Carter Center: “the referendum process to date is broadly consistent with international standards for democratic elections and represents the genuine expression of the will of the electorate.”

Intergovernmental Authority on Development: “the referendum process was free, fair and credible.”

International response to the referendumThousands of election observers from around the world came to monitor the staging of Southern Sudan’s referendum. They travelled to polling stations across the South to witness firsthand the conduct of the vote, and the feedback from both the observation teams and the international community has been overwhelmingly positive.

Queues on the first day of voting at the Dr. John Garang Mausoleum Polling Centre © Marcin Suder/UNDP

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Laying the foundations for a new State Democratic Governance Programme

The Democratic Governance programme supports national partners to build democratic institutions and establish sustainable, accountable and transparent governance and rule of law systems.

Recognising the importance of strong governance to the future of Southern Sudan, UNDP have committed significant human, technical and financial resources to improving the performance of government institutions and processes. Statebuilding is at the core of UNDP’s commitment to Southern Sudan; without a strong and stable government capable of delivering services to its people, the future of the newly-formed State would be in jeopardy.

UNDP has been supporting the GoSS to identify the core governance functions that need to be in place to ensure the sustainability of the government in the aftermath of the referendum. These ‘survival functions’ include ramped up support to 19 priority areas such as rule of law, public finance management, public administration and the management of natural resources.

Decades of war and instability in Southern Sudan have contributed to a lack of human capacity in many government institutions, particularly in the states. To meet the increase in demand for skills at the state level, UNDP’s Rapid Capacity Placement Initiative (RCPI) has begun deploying up to 150 specialists, recruited by the UN Volunteers programme, directly into state governments to build capacity in planning and budgeting, public finance management, urban planning, engineering, rule of law and several other sectors.

An additional means of increasing the capacity pool to support State functions includes our initiative with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, which is deploying at least 200 civil servants from neighbouring countries into the public service in Southern Sudan, across a wide range of professions including health and education (see page 12).

Rule of law and security for the people of Southern Sudan is a priority shared by both UNDP and GoSS. UNDP’s Rule of Law and Access to Justice programmes have delivered innovative solutions in partnership with GoSS and state governments across Southern Sudan. Regular rule of law forums and peace talks have been held in a number of counties. There has been a focus on working closely with customary law and traditional authority structures on conflict resolution culminating in the construction of a Customary Law Centre in Rumbek to be completed in 2011.

Other forums were held with UNDP’s support during 2010 as a means of promoting stronger executive leadership and giving elected officials the opportunity to share ideas and report on their achievements and challenges. The annual Governors’ Forum continues to be a great success; held in Juba in late October, it saw Governors share concerns over resources, returnees and referendum issues in 2010. County Commissioner’s Forums have evolved from this event and provide an important opportunity for discussion of county- specific issues and work on plausible solutions that can be implemented by local people through local structures.

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Democratic Governance Programme - Key Achievements 2010

Strengthened Government Capacity

■■ Deployment of up to 150 UNV volunteers into state government ministries via the Rapid Capacity Placement Initiative; 77 currently placed, others under recruitment

■■ UNDP is co-located in 16 GoSS Ministries and Commissions including Office of the President, Finance and Economic Planning, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Legal Affairs and others providing assistance with capacity development

Strengthened Electoral and Referendum Processes

■■ Major support to the referendum through management of US$61m Basket Fund for procurement of ballots, voter education, registration, training and other activities across Southern Sudan

■■ Southern Sudan referendum process assessed as free, fair, credible and in line with international standards by international observer groups

■■ Assistance to April 2010 democratic elections in Southern Sudan – training of observers and media, provision of voter education campaigns and polling materials, management of pooled donor funds and other technical assistance contributed to peaceful elections

■■ Induction training provided to all 10 state Legislative Assemblies in their oversight and representation functions

Improved Dialogue and Coordination

■■ 2010 Governors’ Forum enabled states to share information on development challenges and achievements

■■ High-level meetings to assist GoSS with identifying essential governance functions which must be in place by the end of the CPA period to enable State take-off

■■ 10 Commissioners’ Forums, one per state, were held allowing for state level dialogue on key policy issues between the county governments

Increased Security and Rule of Law

■■ Constructed classrooms, medical facilities and water and sanitation mechanisms at the new Southern Sudan Police Service training academy in Rajaf. The first class of over 5,000 recruits graduated in November 2010, including over 250 women police officers

■■ Over 25,000 police trained on referendum security in partnership with UNPOL in the lead-up to the referendum

■■ Major boost in expansion of law enforcement capacity and coverage, with 63 new police stations and posts currently being constructed across 10 states (Governance and Crisis Prevention and Recovery portfolios combined), scheduled for completion by mid-2011.

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The IGAD Initiative

IGAD (the Intergovernmental Authority on Development) is an East African regional development organisation. The IGAD initiative aims to deepen regional cooperation and integration and boost the capacity of the GoSS public sector. In close cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Public Service, a total of 200 highly qualified civil servants from IGAD member states will be seconded to perform strategic functions within GoSS ministries, commissions and state- level government. Selected civil servants will be deployed in areas such as financial management and public administration, which have been identified as priority areas for capacity development by the GoSS. The initiative aims to meet pressing demands for public service personnel in the short term, while laying the foundations for long-term capacity development by providing mentoring, training and technical expertise within the host agencies. The initiative also seeks to build South-South cooperation between

Southern Sudan and its neighbours. It is supported by Norway, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.

Currently the process of identifying 80 civil servants from Kenya is at an advanced stage and deployment will commence in early 2011. In October 2010, the Ugandan Government formally agreed to offer their support following a visit by GoSS senior officials, led by the Minister of Cooperatives and Rural Development. The GoSS delegation further visited Ethiopia to meet the Ethiopian Government delegation, led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and assisted by the Minister of Civil Service.

The IGAD initiative complements the Rapid Capacity Placement Initiative and other interventions supported by the US, GTZ, South Africa and Kenya, among others.

Capacity building

Minister of Labour and Public Service, Mrs. Awut Deng Acuil speaking at the Eighth Governors’ Forum, October 2010 © UNDP

Delegates from the Government of Southern Sudan and the Government of Kenya meet at the presentation of the IGAD framework in Nairobi, September 2010 © UNDP

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UNV volunteers in the field

Promise Iroegbu is a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist from Nigeria working with Global Fund projects. He is embedded with the Ministry of Health, Western Bahr el Ghazal (WBG). Since his deployment in July 2010 he has supported the harmonization of reporting mechanisms for all health programmes in the state. Through the development of a qualitative monitoring and evaluation and feedback mechanism under his lead, health facilities in WBG now receive regular supplies of drugs and testing kits. Promise is currently supporting the development of the Health Management Information System.

Clara Kenyana is a Statistician from Uganda embedded in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in Central Equatoria State (CES). As part of her work, she has built databases for the education system encompassing students, classrooms, teachers and school data. She has introduced the use of data into planning and policy making within the state, ensuring the state is using evidence-based planning in the management of its resources. Her input has helped the government of CES to prioritize government spending based on a clear analysis of the needs of the population.

SunRa Lambert Baj is a Peace and Community Security expert from the United Kingdom working for UNDP’s Community Security and Arms Control project in Upper Nile State. He works in the Ministry of Local Government and Law Enforcement and works closely with the Peace Commission, providing technical assistance on security issues such as identifying threats to peace in local communities. He has conducted community consultations throughout the state, discussing how to build peace in the communities, which has led to the construction of police posts and boreholes.

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Southern Sudanese celebrating the announcement of the referendum results, Juba © Marcin Suder/UNDP

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The core functions of a new State UNDP has been working on capacity building with the Government of Southern Sudan throughout the Comprehensive Peace Agreement interim period (CPA). However, as the final stages of the CPA interim period were approaching, it became apparent that a more concerted, coordinated effort was required by the international community to ensure sustainability of government in the post-CPA period. In late 2009 UNDP led the creation of a Capacity Enhancement Working Group with key donors to better coordinate capacity building work with GoSS. At the same time, different models for international development and government stabilization were reviewed in pursuit of best practice ideas which could be used in the Southern Sudan context to build on existing work around strengthening State institutions.

In July UNDP approached GoSS to begin the process of clarifying the vital core governance functions that must be in place by the end of the CPA period to mitigate fragility and ensure “State take-off.” Providing direct support to the Ministry of Finance and Economic

Planning, UNDP helped to organize a high-level meeting of international partners from OECD countries and the region in Brussels in August, where GoSS presented their 19 core functions which require immediate support to be in place by July 2011.

These functions are grouped in five areas of operation, in summary:

Executive Leadership Ability to deliver services; communicate with the public; achieve political consensus

Rule of Law and Law Enforcement Essential legislation; effective training and resourcing of police; management of police budgets

Fiduciary Management Strong management and oversight of finances at GoSS and state levels; tax systems in place; economic management systems in place

Public Administration Management of Civil Service, payroll and pensions at GoSS and state levels

Natural Resource Management Systems in place for regulation and revenue management of oil resources; mechanisms in place to ensure food securityFemale prison guard in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal © Jenn Warren/UNDP

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Following the meeting in Brussels, UNDP and donor partners worked with GoSS to refine and further detail an action plan to ensure core functions are in place and identify gaps in assistance. The resulting detailed and costed action plan was endorsed at a high-level meeting in Juba in mid-November. “I hope that we can all agree that this is the start of a long journey together,” said Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, David Deng Athorbei at the opening of the meeting. “We will work hard to be accountable, transparent, and effective for the people of Southern Sudan. The sustained support of our development partners is also required and welcomed as part of this journey.”

The action plan includes deliverables required for the functions to be in place; detailed actions to achieve the deliverables; a review of what is already in place; and identifying key GoSS and partner gaps. UNDP is now working closely with partners to direct existing support to the agreed priorities and to mobilise additional funds needed to fulfil the priorities outlined in the framework. The total resource needs for achieving GoSS core function priorities are approximately US$85m, the majority of which has now been allocated from a range of donors and partners.

GoSS is leading the way in shaping development efforts in Southern Sudan by directing donors and international partners to support the most vital, survival capacities of government. Statebuilding on this scale, and in this brief timeframe, has never been achieved before. Building on international best practices and lessons learned from other new nations, UNDP has worked closely with GoSS to lay the foundations for strong, functioning institutional structures to serve the people for the future.

Woman casting her vote in the Southern Sudan Referendum © Marcin Suder/UNDP

Above: Delegates at the high-level meeting on core governance functions hosted by the European Commission, with the support of UNDP, on 17 September 2010 in Brussels ©European Commission

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Working to strengthen community securityCrisis Prevention and Recovery Programme

The Crisis Prevention and Recovery programme supports national partners to secure peace and stability through targeted crisis prevention and recovery projects. The programme supported interventions in three key areas.

■■ Community Security and Arms Control targeted at improving security and social cohesion

■■ Southern Sudan Recovery Fund (SRF) interventions targeted at supporting State stabilization

■■ Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) also targeted at supporting State stabilization specifically through reintegration programmes

Community Security and Arms Control (CSAC)

The CSAC project has been working with the GoSS to conduct extensive consultations in numerous counties across four states – Eastern Equatoria, Upper Nile, Jonglei and Lakes States. The consultation teams were led by government with members from the Community Security and Small Arms Control Bureau, the Ministry of Peace and CPA Implementation, and UNDP. The teams used the ‘Participatory Rural Appraisal’ method, which incorporates a variety of tools including focus groups, sampling, interviewing and mapping exercises. The consultation process brought together a balanced cross-section of the local population including traditional leaders, women’s groups and youth groups.

The teams worked with local partners and communities to find ways to prevent violent conflict and help ease tensions when they erupt. By identifying the key sources of insecurity within each county, the consultation team is able to recommend new solutions which might prevent security issues and conflict before they begin, and to deliver project activities such as improved communications, transportation, boreholes and police posts to address those issues.

Community members gather to map patterns of local conflict during Upper Nile State county consultations © UNDP

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Sudan Recovery Fund

The Sudan Recovery Fund (SRF) began in 2008. UNDP is the Administrative Agent for the SRF on behalf of the international donors, and distributed over US$ 55 million in 2010 through partner NGOs and participating UN agencies to key development projects throughout Southern Sudan.

Round 1 of the SRF funding had a focus on income generation and agricultural production in rural areas. These projects are now in the final stages, and have achieved results in areas such as construction and repair of a number of buildings including police posts, schools and local government buildings, distribution of agricultural inputs to over 11,000 households and ploughing of more than 586 x ¼ hectare fields for cultivation.

Round 2 of the SRF is also nearing completion, with a focus on small grants to community-based organizations. UNDP has provided capacity building support to the Southern Sudan Reconstruction and Development Fund (SSRDF), which has overseen the disbursement of approximately US$ 1.6 million of small grants by its implementing partner, BRAC, to 70 community-based organizations for implementing agriculture, education, health and WATSAN projects in all 10 states of Southern Sudan. These small grants have reached approximately 55,000 beneficiaries (21,000 youth, 20,000 women and 14,000 men).

During 2010, SRF has re-focused its priorities following consultation with GoSS to specifically look at stabilization measures in high-risk, insecure states that were affected by communal violence

in 2008-2009: Jonglei, Lakes, Eastern Equatoria and Warrap. Based on strategic priorities identified through the county level consultations conducted through UNDP’s Community Security and Arms Control (CSAC) project, complemented with state-level consultations with State Security Committees, these programmes aim to deliver capacity building support to state governments, extending the authority of the state to remote areas through infrastructure assistance including: road-building, development of security and rule of law infrastructure such as police posts, and construction of water reservoirs to mitigate conflict from competition for water resources during the dry season.

The first stabilization programmes (for Jonglei, Lakes, and Eastern Equatoria) were finally approved in late 2010 and implementation of these initiatives with state governments has begun, in partnership with the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Pact Sudan. It is expected that the programme in Warrap will be approved in early 2011.

The Fund is supported at present by the UK and the Netherlands. A Steering Committee chaired by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning meets on a regular basis to approve expenditure and review programme progress.  The Steering Committee is co-chaired by the Deputy Resident Coordinator of the UN in Southern Sudan.

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Crisis Prevention and Recovery Programme Key Achievements 2010

Community security and social cohesion■■ Provided a viable approach to local identification of community security

priorities, including community-based conflict analyses conducted in 37 counties across 4 states, or nearly 50% of the counties in Southern Sudan

■■ Supported projects aimed at producing ‘peace dividends’ of economic and livelihoods recovery through more than 70 (12 international NGOs and 69 local NGOs) county-level projects in more than 50 counties distributed among the 10 states of Southern Sudan.

Stabilization■■ 10,604 ex-combatants have been demobilized■■ 5,281 ex-combatants are either in training or have completed training■■ Provided support to state information collection and for planning

and recovery

Socio-economic recovery■■ Over 47,000 people benefited from livelihood training and the

distribution of agricultural inputs such as seeds, livestock, farming tools and equipment

■■ 70 community based-organisations have received grants for agriculture, education, health and water and sanitation projects in all 10 states, reaching approximately 55,000 beneficiaries

■■ Over 100 community groups have been organized to increase community economic outputs

■■ Over 600 vulnerable children were referred to Child Protection Units or Offices (nine of which were established under the Sudan Recovery Fund) and attended to by trained social workers

■■ Small grants provided agriculture, education, health and WATSAN projects in all 10 states reaching approximately 55,000 beneficiaries

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration

2010 has presented significant opportunities and challenges for the DDR programme in Southern Sudan. We have reached the 10,000-mark of disarmed and demobilized former combatants, with nearly 8,000 having entered reintegration-training services and approximately 50% having graduated from reintegration training.

A comprehensive review of UNDP’s DDR programme was undertaken in the second half of 2010. UNDP is carefully examining the findings of the review. In the meantime, UNDP has begun to consolidate its own lessons learned, best practices and next steps, where conclusive insights can be drawn and fed into any future redesign.

DDR participant taking part in technical training © Jenn Warren/UNDP

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County consultations: voices of the peopleExperience has shown that, by engaging people at the community level, development projects tend to be much more responsive, better designed and likely to succeed in the long term.

While UNDP’s programme in Southern Sudan places a heavy emphasis on building the capacity of key government institutions, it also recognizes the need to work with a diverse set of other actors – particularly at the grassroots-level – to promote sustainable development. Capacity development is, at its core, an initiative to help people help themselves. This is why many of UNDP’s projects involve work with community groups, women’s organizations, the media and traditional authorities.

One such project is the Community Security and Arms Control (CSAC) initiative which has, since November 2009, opened a unique consultation process in communities across some of Southern Sudan’s most violent areas. Working in partnership with the Southern Sudan Peace Commission and the CSAC Bureau, the goal of the project is to try to reduce insecurity by encouraging those affected by it to come up with their own solutions to tackle it. Due to their high frequency of ethnic clashes, four specific states were targeted by the CSAC project – Jonglei, Lakes, Eastern Equatoria and Upper Nile. Within these states, a total of 37 counties participated, including payam-level representatives. Only Lafon County failed to complete the exercise because communities were unable to come together.

This is the first time such an extensive consultation process has taken place and it is an example of how community needs can be voiced. The process also makes the state more visible by ‘linking the government to the people’ and engaging communities in decision making.

Over 2,000 people, men (including traditional leaders), women and youth, were consulted by teams who helped record the key drivers of conflict and facilitated the prioritization of possible interventions to counter it. A ‘Participatory Rural Appraisal’ method was used, which utilizes a variety of tools including focus groups, sampling, interviewing and mapping exercises. Communities put forth a number of possible ideas such as the construction of police posts to provide a security presence, and the establishment of boreholes to ease resource-based violence. Since many states are experiencing growing issues around disenfranchised youth, targeted vocational training was also high on the list.

UNDP’s support to local and state-level government enabled this consultation process to be led by government partners. Data from communities was compiled and presented to State Security Committees for validation. The priorities set by the county residents themselves have now been put into action, with the CSAC project constructing boreholes, building police posts in insecure and remote areas, and working to extend State authority to the more remote communities who are most vulnerable.

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Investing in a pro-poor development agendaPoverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Programme

The Poverty and MDGs programme supports national partners to plan, monitor, evaluate and implement poverty reduction initiatives.

Emerging from decades of war and instability, Southern Sudan’s recovery has occurred in stages. Initially there was a need for emergency assistance; following this, the establishment of GoSS highlighted the need for institution-building and strengthening of State structures. Whilst this important work is underway, the medium-term development of Southern Sudan is also coming into focus as the next vital stage of moving from the recovery phase to the development agenda.

UNDP is partnered with GoSS to develop a medium-term development plan for Southern Sudan which aims to reduce poverty and increase progress towards the MDGs. Through provision of technical and institutional support to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, UNDP has provided support to the annual planning and budgeting process and improved the management and coordination of aid resources. UNDP is working towards a future in which GoSS are delivering services across Southern Sudan through effective fiduciary management and decentralized governance structures.

Laying the foundation for a pro-poor development agenda in Southern Sudan requires first understanding what constitutes poverty, who and where the poor are, and how their experience of poverty may be changing. To this end, in 2010 UNDP worked closely with the Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation in the preparation of the report Poverty in Southern Sudan, which documents the situation from the comprehensive country wide poverty line survey undertaken in 2009. The publication of this data was a landmark achievement and is now widely sourced as the most reliable data on poverty in Southern Sudan.

UNDP also supported the development of the 2010 MDGs Progress Report which was launched in October 2010.

In 2010 UNDP played a critical role as the Principal Recipient of the

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Over US$15m was spent in 2010, via distribution to implementation partners, providing Anti-Retroviral therapy for 4,000 patients and building capacity of government HIV/AIDS partners such as the Ministry of Health and the Southern Sudan Aids Commission. HIV and AIDS are key issues in the East African region and preventing their further spread is imperative for Southern Sudan’s development.

The Global Fund has supported many NGOs and small community-based organizations throughout 2010 to increase awareness of HIV and AIDS and to empower women through livelihoods training. One organization which received funding assistance from UNDP was the Yei-based group Widows, Orphans and People living with HIV / AIDS (WOPHA). In 2010 their work in Yei on de-stigmatising AIDS, raising awareness, facilitating access to treatment and providing sustainable livelihood training achieved global recognition. Nominated by UNDP, WOPHA were one of the 2010 recipients of the prestigious Red Ribbon Award presented in Vienna to organizations for community leadership and social mobilization in the HIV and AIDS arena.

The strategy of the Poverty and MDGs programme has begun to evolve in 2010 from the role of Principal Recipient of grants, administering funds on behalf of donors, to the more sustainable approach of building the government’s capacity to take over fund management for themselves. It is a longer-term strategy of capacity building in a range of government departments that will change the programme in future years.

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Poverty reduction and MDG’s programme: Key Achievements 2010

Management of the Global Fund programme portfolio

■■ 200,000 young people exposed to HIV and AIDS education■■ Over 105,000 people received HIV Counselling and Testing■■ Over 4000 people living with HIV and AIDS are receiving

ARVs and an additional 7000 are enrolled in pre-ART■■ Expansion of TB treatment centres from 36 to 49 sites

across Southern Sudan■■ Commencement of US$ 47 million grant focusing on

reconstruction and rehabilitation of health infrastructure and enhancement of service delivery

Technical support to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFeP)

■■ GoSS, states and counties received technical advisory support in annual planning and budgeting process

■■ Conceptual and technical support provided to the Southern Sudan Development Plan

■■ New aid management system implemented in MoFEP

Technical Support to the Southern Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE)

■■ Supported finalization and launch of the Poverty Assessment Report in Southern Sudan – analysis of the 2009 National Baseline Household Survey

■■ Supported preparation, consultation and finalization of the Southern Sudan component of the Sudan Millennium Development Goal Report

Advancing gender and women’s empowerment

■■ Completion and dissemination of the UNDP Southern Sudan Gender Strategy

■■ Technical and advisory support and gender mainstreaming training provided to members of Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly and for all 10 state legislative assemblies

■■ Facilitated and provided technical support to the establishment of the first Women Lawyers Association in Southern Sudan

Private sector development

■■ Capacity development, technical support and training provided to Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Bank of Southern Sudan officials

■■ Supported development and implementation of revised youth employment programme, a joint UN programme in collaboration with Ministry of Youth, Sports and Recreation

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Patients diagnosed with TB undergo a 2 month round of intensive treatment © Arkangelo Ali Association

UNDP in the statesUNDP’s strong presence in all 10 states of Southern Sudan helps it support key government institutions at the local level.

State Fast Facts

Central Equatoria

Capital City: JubaNumber of UNDP staff: 2 (not including Juba UNDP HQ)UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Finance

Eastern Equatoria

Capital City: ToritNumber of UNDP staff: 13UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Local Government & Law Enforcement, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing & Public Utilities, Ministry of Transport & Roads, Commissioner of Police

Jonglei

Capital City: BorNumber of UNDP staff: 27UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Public Service, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Law Enforcement, Ministry of Finance, DDR Commission, Ministry of Legal Affairs

Lakes

Capital City: RumbekNumber of UNDP staff: 22UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Health, DDR Commission, State Secretariat/Governor’s Office

Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Capital City: AweilNumber of UNDP staff: 16UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Ministry of Finance, State Revenue Authority Office, Police HQ, Ministry of Local Government

State Fast Facts

Unity

Capital City: BentiuNumber of UNDP staff: 4UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Local Goverment, Ministry of Legal Affairs

Upper Nile

Capital City: MalakalNumber of UNDP staff: 18UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Local Government and Law Enforcement, Ministry of Health, Police HQ, Governor’s Office

WarrapCapital City: KwajokNumber of UNDP staff: 7UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Finance

Western Bahr el Ghazal

Capital City: WauNumber of UNDP staff: 26UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Governer’s Office, Ministry of Local Government and Law Enforcement, Police HQ, DDR Commission

Western Equatoria

Capital City: YambioNumber of UNDP staff: 20UNDP staff co-located in Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, State Secretariat, Police HQ, DDR Commission, Ministry of Labour and Public Service

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States of Southern SudanUNDP is present in all states with nearly 150 international and national professionals working with state governments

Data Sources: National, State and County Boundaries based on Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Map Series, 250k, 1936-1951, United Kingdom Directorate of Overseas Survey; digitised by DEPHA, OLS. Payam Boundaries Source unknown, digitised by Operation Lifeline Sudan

The information shown on this map does not imply official recognition or endorsement of any physical, political boundaries or feature names by the United Nations or other collaborative organizations. UN OCHA and affiliated organizations are not liable for damages of any kind related to the use of this data. Users noting errors or omissions are encouraged to contact the IM Unit, OCHA at imusouth@un.org

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Donors and partnersUNDP’s development work and its support to institutional strengthening and capacity development put partnership at the centre of all aspects of our work. Much of UNDP’s innovative programming and critical development work is made possible thanks to the generosity, commitment and dedication of our donors and partner institutions.

UNDP is a proud supporter of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials and agencies, who are taking the lead in building a peaceful and prosperous Southern Sudan. The funding that UNDP receives from its generous donors is channelled directly towards programming that strengthens the capacity of national bodies to manage the peace and development process.

UNDP’s donors do not just contribute financially; they are an

integral part of each project’s decision-making structure. UNDP works directly with national counterparts, donors and other stakeholders on all aspects of project implementation, formulation and monitoring. Regular project board meetings, an Inter-Ministerial Approval

Committee and annual reviews of UNDP’s Southern Sudan programme ensure that all stakeholders are engaged in strategic decision-making and are able to evaluate UNDP’s activities and achievements across various sectors.

UNDP also works in close partnership with other UN agencies and the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). UNDP in Southern Sudan is engaged in the following UN Joint Programmes: Conflict Prevention and Peace-Building (with UNICEF, IOM, ILO, FAO, WHO, UNFPA, and UNIFEM) and Youth Employment (with UNIDO, ILO, UNICEF, UNOPS, FAO, UNESCO, IOM, UNFPA, and UNAIDS).

UNDP also collaborates closely with UNMIS on project implementation, in particular through the United Nations Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED), and with UN Police (UNPOL), the UN Mine Action Office (UNMAO) and the UNMIS Divisions for Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Civil Affairs.

Unloading referendum polling kits at Juba International Airport © Marcin Suder/UNDP Road construction in Central Equatoria State © Jenn Warren/UNDP

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Southern Sudan donor contributionsNon-core resources in 2010 (US$)

Multi-Donor Trust Fund - Southern Sudan

60,593,533

Global Fund29,193,968

Norway28,949,673

Sudan Recovery Fund

(UK and Netherlands)

22,246,839 Netherlands16,236,432

United Kingdom

(DFID)13,029,125

Canada(CIDA)

10,553,441

Japan10,469,707

European Commission4,843,414

Canada (DFAIT)4,752,731

Sweden (SIDA)4,354,189

Denmark4,190,989

USA (INL)3,034,679

Germany2,409,639

Common Humanitarian Fund877,550

France741,677

MDG Fund647,789

Italy551,752

UNOCHA267,320

Government of Southern Sudan134,354

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Project Expenditure (in US$)

Local Government Recovery $1,879,124.50

Support to States $4,989,903.43

Support to Presidency $1,201,126.62

Support to Elections and Democratic Processes $23,823,210.17

Support to SS Reconstruction Development Fund $295,878.83

IGAD Regional Initiative for Capacity Placement in South Sudan $23,910.12

Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission $3,442.46

Support to the Judiciary of Southern Sudan $460,119.95

Support to South Sudan Referendum $25,176,581.80

Promoting Access to Justice $1,566,364.33

Support to Police and Prisons $11,094,078.02

Support to Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development $465,231.72

Total Democratic Governance Unit $70,978,971.95

Public Works Component of RIEP $19,227.01

Community Security and Arms Control $9,442,508.89

Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (reintegration component) $12,218,098.36

Recovery and Rehabilitation Project $1,336,146.36

Sudan Recovery Fund Round I (NGO)Sudan Recovery Fund Round II (Small Grant Mechanism)Sudan Recovery Fund Round III (State Stabilization)

$6,851,812.36 $1,556,870.68

$360,114.29

Joint Programme on Conflict Prevention $4,116.97

Disaster Risk Management in South Sudan $36,746.23

Total Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit $31,825,641.15

Financial summary

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Project Expenditure (in US$)

Support to Economic Planning $1,556,480.45

Joint Programme on Microfinance Development and Youth in Sudan $143,569.67

TB Prevention and Control Round 2 (Global Fund) $337,072.40

Malaria Prevention and Control Round 2 (Global Fund) $105,242.24

TB/HIV Prevention and Control Round 4 (Global Fund) $3,674,300.92

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Round 5 (Global Fund) $7,851,952.31

TB Prevention and Control Round 7 (Global Fund) $3,766,251.17

Health Systems Strengthening Round 9 (Global Fund) $125,627.24

Total Poverty and Millennium Development Goals Unit $17,560,496.40

M&E, security, development support services, global gender, programme support, cross-cutting advisory $2,837,653.09

Total Cross Cutting $2,837,653.09

Total UNDP expenditure for 2010 $123,202,762.59

Training in Juba © Jenn Warren/UNDP© Jenn Warren / UNDP Training in Juba © Jenn Warren/UNDP

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Youth vocational training centre, Juba © Jenn Warren/UNDP

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United Nations Development ProgrammeUNDP Compound, Juba, Southern SudanCover: Referendum Centre staff member showing ballot paper to observers during counting at Juba University Polling Centre © Marcin Suder/UNDPContributors: Dianne Janes, Joseph Tabani, Bettina Woll and programme staff of UNDP

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