IGAD Boosts S. Sudan’s Human Resource Ahead Of July 9 42 Kenyan Civil servants arrived in Juba over the weekend in an effort to boost capacity building of South Sudan’s civil sector in different Ministries of the Government of Southern Sudan and the Ten States. 06 June 2011 IGAD Boosts S. Sudan’s Human Resource Ahead Of July 9 Kenyan Civil servants welcomed after arrival at Juba Airport [©Gurtong] By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 6th June 2011 [Gurtong]- 42 Kenyan Civil servants arrived in Juba over the weekend in an effort to boost capacity building of South Sudan’s civil sector in different Ministries of the Government of Southern Sudan and the Ten States.
The Under Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service, Madam Joshua Rebecca said that, the international mentors are to improve the skills of South Sudanese civil servants. The Kenyan mentors began a five days induction workshop in Juba today on priority areas in the civil sector. Rebecca clarified that, the program supported by the Norwegian government has come at a right time considering the cross-cutting issues the GOSS is likely to face after becoming independent a month from now. “This program is very important; it’s a time for nation building and transformation. There are lots of demands from respective States’ Ministries and Counties that need to be addressed,” Rebecca said. “There are several challenges facing human resource departments nationwide due to lack of skilled persons, a key instrument in service delivery,” she added. South Sudanese civil sector has been rocked with many management setbacks including paying salaries to ghost workers due ineffective payroll systems. The 42 senior officials are a part of the 200 senior mentors to be sent by the IGAD, Inter-governmental Authority on Development countries to South Sudan. “They will be mentoring civil servants in diverse service delivery areas for a period of two years,” Rebecca said. Nina Schjelderup, Norwegian Consul Development expert told the press that, her government had donated about 10 million US dollars to enhance the two years project capacity building. The Kenyan Consul General in Juba, Cleland Leshore reiterated Kenyan’s commitment to have continued close ties with South Sudan even after her independence. Meanwhile the UN Deputy Coordinator for South Sudan, Liz Grande also reiterated UN’s mission to ensure outstanding South Sudanese institutions that can deliver effective services to the people of the region. She said UNDP is looking forward for GOSS to receive mentors from different areas of need. “After the secession, doctors, nurses, teachers from different African Union Countries will be arriving to South Sudan to boost capacity building in different areas,” said Liz Grande. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
