Effective Multi-stakeholder Engagement in South Sudan

1. Effective Multi-stakeholder Engagement
in NAP related activities in South Sudan
Presented
By
Payai Manyok John
D/Director For Climate Change & UNFCCC National
Focal Point
On 14th June 2018
Crossroads Hotel, Lilongwe, Malawi

2. Introduction
— South
Sudan
is
a
landlocked
country
located
in
the
East-­‐central
region
of
Africa
— 87%
of
the
12.2
Million
popula?on
depends
on
agriculture,
livestock,
and
forestry.
— South
Sudan
is
one
of
the
newest
par?es
to
the
Rio
Conven?ons,
and
ready
to
meets
its
commitments
and
obliga?ons
under
the
conven?ons
— South
Sudan
has
developed
its
NAPA
and
working
on
its
NAP
—
South
Sudan
has
also
ra?fied
the
Paris
Agreement

3. Stakeholders’ Identification
Projects Steering
Committee (PSC)
PSC consultation
with states Liaison
officers & States
government
Stakeholders’ Consultation
( Government, NGOs, CBOs
& Partner)
Stakeholders’ identification
-Line Ministries & agencies
-Private Sector
-Civil Society Organization
-Academic &Researcher
-Local NGOs & CBOs

4. Coordination Mechanism
Ministry of
Environment
and Forestry
States
government
Private Sector
Civil Society
Organization
Academic and
Research
Line agencies
(Development
Partners)
Lines
Ministries

5. Roles of Stakeholders
— Ministry of Environment and
Forestry
◦ Overall Coordination with
Stakeholders and implementing
agencies
◦ Project Formulation and Approval
◦ Monitoring and reporting
— Line Ministries & States
◦ Coordinate thematic areas
◦ Provide technical expert to the
implementing partners
◦ Project Formulation and Approval
— Line agencies
◦ Provide technical & Financial
support

6. Roles Continued….
— Civil Society Organizations (CBOs,
academia, Researcher)
◦ Advocacy
◦ Project Implementation
◦ Generate research to inform Policy
Makers
— Private Sector( Business and HSG)
◦ Financing ( Micro-Finance)
◦ Provide technology improvement

7. What activities did Stakeholders got engage?
Project
Partners
Donor
Stakeholders
1
National Adaptation
Programme of Actions (NAPA)
MOEF &
UNEP
GEF
All Stakeholders
2
IGAD
Drought
Disaster
and
sustainability
Ini?a?ve
(IDDRSI)
7 Institutions
AfDB &
World Bank
All
Stakeholders
3
Comprehensive Agricultural
Development Master Plan
(CAMP)
5 Ministries &
JICA
JICA &
GoSS
All
Stakeholders
4
National Capacity Self-
Assessment (NCSA)
MOEF &
UNEP
GEF
All Stakeholders
6
State of Environment Report
(SoE)
MOEF &
UNEP
DFID via
Concern
Worldwide
All
stakeholders
7
National Biodiversity Strategy
and Action Plan (NBSAP)
MOEF &
UNEP
GEF
All
stakeholders

8. Sustainability of Stakeholders Engagement
— Ownership of the Project (bottom up
approach)
— Government support
— Engagement of private sector &
Community Self Help Group (SHG)
— Capacity building

9. Best practices and Lessons learned
— Stakeholders ownership of the project
— Political will
— Resource allocation
— Awareness creation
— Stakeholders participation and involvement at the
following stages ;
◦ Project preparation
◦ Implementation, Monitoring and evaluation
◦ Closing of the project
— Stakeholders engagement is very expensive and its
needs a strong collaboration btw the government
and the development partners

10. Thank you for listening!