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USAID Support to the Comprehensive Peace Plan in Sudan
| USAID Assistance FY 04 to FY 06 (in millions) |
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FY 04 |
FY 05 |
FY 06 |
| Darfur |
| Humanitarian Assistance |
73.00 |
98.00 |
42.00 |
| Development/ Reconstruction |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Food assistance |
127.00 |
272.00* |
100.00 |
| Darfur Sub-total |
200.00 |
370.00 |
142.00 |
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| Non-Darfur |
| Humanitarian Assistance |
35.00 |
80.00 |
50.00 |
| Development/ Reconstruction |
74.40 |
157.00 |
174.00 |
| Food assistance |
155.00 |
57.00* |
50.00 |
| Non-Darfur Sub-total |
284.40 |
294.00 |
274.00 |
| Sudan Total |
464.40 |
664.00 |
416.00 |
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| *Food assistance numbers are subject to increase. |
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Enhancing Stability in Sudan
- Programs focus on the following key geographic areas to avoid future conflict or return to conflict:
- Eastern Sudan;
- the transition area between the North and South (Abyei, Nuba Mountains, and Southern Blue Nile);
- unstable border areas of Uganda and Ethiopia; and
- GOS garrison towns in southern Sudan.
- Programs focus on key issues to enhance stability:
- Equitable distribution of resources among all ethnic groups;
- Enhancement of the rule of law;
- Reintegration of internally displaced persons and other persons affected by conflict;
- Advancing local and regional reconciliation; and
- Provision of basic services.
USAID’s Priority Sectors
- In areas of stability, USAID programs target peaceful areas to enhance medium and long-term goals of reconstruction and development
- In areas of relative instability and newly accessible areas, USAID targets sources of fragility to provide highly visible, quick-impact activities to demonstrate the benefits of peace and prevent conflict over scarce resources
- USAID’s key sectors include:
- Support to the Peace Process
- Governance
- Education and training
- Health, Water, and Sanitation
- Economic Recovery
Support to the Peace Process
Activities include:
- Consultative meetings with traditional leaders, local authorities, youth, women, and civil society organizations to build consensus for peace;
- Promotion of independent media, including radio and newspapers; and
- Return and reintegration of IDPs and other conflict-affected persons to their homes.
Governance
Activities include:
- Technical assistance to stand up the Government of Southern Sudan, including three long-term advisors to the Ministries of Finance, Public Service and Justice; a coordinator for training on public administration, anti-corruption, and leadership;
- Political party training on how to develop issue-based platforms, grassroots structures, communication strategies, internal democracy and political pluralism;
- Development of the interim constitution;
- Assistance provided for a population census, which will establish a baseline for elections; and
- Training in/support for the organizational capacity of civil society organizations
Education
Activities include:
- An interactive radio program and accompanying teacher training materials;
- Training 300 teachers and 1600 learners in non-formal education over in FY05;
- A comprehensive program to strengthen the capacity of the southern Sudanese workforce;
- Rehabilitation of 100 primary schools, three secondary schools and two teacher training institutes in FY05; and
- Strengthening the capacity of the SPLM Secretariat of Education (soon to be the GOSS Ministry of Education) to deliver educational services and programs.
Health, Water and Sanitation Services
Activities include:
- Delivery of essential child survival, high-impact maternal health, nutrition services, and reproductive health services;
- Strengthening regional training centers for health workers;
- Provision of safe water and sanitation in the county health departments and health facilities;
- Development of a Tuberculosis Policy and guidelines for the GOSS;
- Prevention and treatment of malaria;
- Prevention of transmission/impact of HIV/AIDs through targeted behavioral change messages and strengthening of GOSS institutions; and
- Provision of emergency water and sanitation, the rehabilitation of water sources, general water maintenance activities, community sensitization, and education programs for sanitation.
Economic Recovery
Activities include:
- Support to the Sudan Microfinance Institution;
- Creation of financial laws and regulations in southern Sudan that are friendly to small and micro-enterprises;
- Establishment of agribusiness training centers, market information centers, and business associations, such as a regional chamber of commerce;
- Assistance in establishing customs and trade promotion agencies for the GOSS;
- Rehabilitation of targeted roads; assistance to establish and operate GOSS and community-based road repair and maintenance systems; emergency road repair and demining to speed delivery of aid and return of IDPs;
- Quick-disbursing funds to increase food production, animal health services, and livelihoods; and
- Emergency food relief and commodities in conflict zones.
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