Leaders Debate On South Sudan’s New Deal Compact The new deal compact consultations have been held in Eastern Equatoria State where the leaders have been engaged in having an umbrella agreement between the Government of South Sudan and development partners. 01 October 2013
*By Peter Lokale Nakimangole* *TORIT, 01 October 2013 [Gurtong] –* In attendance were the State Government officials, civil society, parliament, national and international organizations and partners. Among the Delegates included the National Finance, Commerce, Investment and Economic Planning Ministry Director for Aid Coordination, Mr. Moses Mabior Dau who dislcosed that the Government is conducting seminars in the states in order to enable it collect essential information on what the new deal compact will appear. He explained that the new deal, a global reform initiative, seeking out to hasten development progress in the fragile and conflict affected states and it is a joint understanding between the Government of South Sudan and the international Community to enhance Partnership in the next three years. The leader of the yesterday’s high profile delegation, Toby Lanzer, who is also the Deputy Special Representative of Secretary General for United Nations Mission in South Sudan, commented that development does not happen suddenly or overnight but it takes some time to build which includes peace building efforts with real patience. “It is long terms process. The Country’s citizens should not lose hope in the process of building,” he said. He explained to participants that in the spirit of the New Deal, the government of South Sudan should be in the driver’s seat to implement projects and programs aided by development partners. To encourage ownership of the New Deal Compact in South Sudan the Government has initiated a wide consultation process. In his opening remarks, Eastern Equatoria State Governor Louis Lobong Lojore said South Sudan thanked the donor community for the initiative as he concurred rating South Sudan as the fragile State despite its independence. Describing it as right decision that comes at the right time in the Republic of South Sudan, the governor said the new deal signed by South Sudan and donor’s community is the right move. He noted that for the new deal Compact to succeed, people need to shift away from what he terms as conventional development approach. The National Director for Aid coordination who was the main facilitator during the consultation processes explained that South Sudan was embarking on a document that sets out the overall objective, general principles and modalities for an improved and more effective partnership with development partners. The new deal document which serves a compact or a mechanism to implement country owned vision and planning, will reveal mutually agreed policy benchmarks which government and donors will commit to work towards achieving. The Director Mabior disclosed that Eastern Equatoria was the 7th State where the continuing consultations on new deal compact so far has commenced. South Sudan’s Compact is anticipated to be completed by November and will then be signed by the Government and development partners. Officials disclosed during the meeting that a series of consultations are now underway in ten states of the Republic of South Sudan with prime objective to thrash out needs aim at to modifying techniques to guide Government in its work while equally seeking better way that donors deliver or channel aid. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx>, Foreign Aid/Assistance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/30/Foreign-AidAssistance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14op%2Bdj8xv3CjKZh_p9PuV%2BgFSEbUUrhGejWZGguitEEwCQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
