Supporting principled and efficient NGO coordination and promoting youth employability through South Sudan NGO Forum

• NGO forum members 
• 90 young graduates

• Improved collaboration and coordination of NGOs in South Sudan in the delivery of principled and qualitative humanitarian and development assistance
• Improved employability of South Sudanese youth across the country and support the professional development of young graduates

Risultati principali attesi:  

• 90 interns improve their employability through job placement experience gaining opportunities
• Registered 114 International NGOs and 257 National NGOs supported to deliver effective and principled humanitarian and development assistance through collective coordination, information sharing and security environment improvement

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

The SDC funding support with NGO forum ended in 2019. Since then engagement was through programmatic sharing and policy dialogue. Nevertheless, the below attributes can be considered as an outcome of the engagement and elements of the results of the past supported projects.

• The external engagement and policy engagement done by NGO forum during the last phase has led to a considerable improvement around government policy, legislation and interference in NGO affairs such as staff recruitment, softening of government plans to impose potentially disabling taxes and work permit charges etc.
• More so the governance challenges faced by NGO forum that resulted to donor funds suspension was resolved through donor engagement which is a positive attribute of the work done during the past phase
• The Safety and Security and Information Sharing has been regarded as equally critical. It helped NGOs to negotiate for access and took safety measures in coordination with INSO. However, there is need to address the gap left by the departure of INSO in provision of safety and security services to the NGO members