’Sharing information and coordinating efforts among the NGO community in Southern Sudan’

 

 

Southern Sudan NGO Forum

• Governed by 12 elected NGO Steering Committee members.
• NGO Secretariat since 2008.
• Over 200 indigenous & international NGOs committed to meeting needs of communities in Southern Sudan up to 2011 & beyond.
• Representing NGOs working in hard-to-reach locations, providing essential services directly to beneficiaries and linking with local governments.

• The NGO Forum meets on a monthly basis in Juba (first Wednesday of each month).
• The NGO Forum has a google group for sharing of information.
• The NGO Forum is expanding to State meetings with State NGO focal points.

• Monthly strategic Country Directors meeting (1.5 hrs max.) of named representative/alternate only (last Thursday of each month).
• There is a google group mailing list specifically for NGO Country Directors
• Agreed that from 2009 the NGO Country Directors group elect the NGO Forum Steering Committee Members on an annual basis.
• The NGO Forum Steering Committee reports directly to the NGO Country Directors.

• The NGO Health Forum meets on a monthly basis to support information sharing among the 120+ NGOs involved in health services (last Thursday of each month).
• The NGO Health Forum has a google group for sharing of information.

• Indigenous NGO Forum currently has 108 members in the mailing list.
• Indigenous NGO Forum has 11 Steering Committee members base in Juba and 10 state focal points base in respective states of south Sudan.
• Indigenous NGO Steering Committee meets twice a month (2nd / 4th Wed of each month). 
• Indigenous NGO Forum meeting is held on monthly basis (first Saturday of each month) 
• Google groups mailing list for indigenous NGOs managed by Secretariat Assistant Coordinator.

• Bi-weekly NGO Security meetings for NGO Security Focal Points convened by NGO SFP / NGO Secretariat. The meeting includes a briefing by UN Security.
• There is a security mailing list accessible for NGO Security Focal Points.

• The NGO HR Forum meets on a bi-monthly basis to support information sharing
• The NGO HR Forum has a google group for sharing of information.

• UN: members / observers of the UNCT and SMT.
• Monthly meetings with UN DRC/HC, UNMIS Regional Coordinator (also DDO), and Joint Donor office
• Members/observers on SRF, BSF, CHF, MDTF Steering Committees
• Full NGO participation in GoSS Budget Sector Working groups
• Liaison with Ministry of Regional Cooperation, Governors, Southern Sudan Relief & Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC)
• Attendance at the GoSS/Donor Forum, and Governor’s Forum

• Better engagement with GoSS
• Improving links with INGO SC North
• Briefing papers, strategic documents etc
• Using the seat we have at the table through targeted advocacy
• NGO Forum member feedback to inform position papers (esp. funding mechanisms); evidence-based research
• State representation and increased civil society participation

For further information about which NGOs are operational in each State in Southern Sudan please click on the links below:

• Eastern Equatoria
• Central Equatoria
• NGO Offices in the Capital, Juba
• Western Equatoria
• Northern Bahr el Ghazal
• Western Bahr el Ghazal
• Warrap
• Lakes
• Jongeli
• Upper Nile
• Unity  

Please send any comments / additions / suggestions on the website to jubangoforum@gmail.com