EISA Parliamentary Center (Canada) Development Studies and Research Institute (DSRI) NDI/NR Directorate in the Ministry for Welfare UNIFEM Society: Sudanese Platform for Elections (Shams) SuGDE Khatima Adlan Center Alsharg Center for Culture and Legal Aid/Justice and Confidence Center (JCC) Peace Institute of University of Khartoum UNICONS Open Budget Initiative A variety of newspapers, broadcasters and journalists IMS FoJo Media Arab Working Group Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (SMEC)
locality, state and national level Baselines: TBD development needs assessment, including study trips and training workshops Organize conferences for NAC, Parliament, CSOs and media in order to discuss the NAC legal framework Organize conferences for the NAC to present their findings to Legislatures, Media, CSOs Support the printing and online publication and distribution of reports Output 3: Gender Budgeting tools and analysis are integrated in the budget planning process Indicators: % parliamentarians trained in gender budgeting scrutinizing & monitoring % of National and State budgets undergoing an annual gender budgeting review by the Women’s Directorate % of relevant NGOs endorsing gender responsiveness of national and state level budgets Baselines: TBD Targets (2011) TBD Targets (2012) TBD Activity Result 3.1: Gender budgeting tools tailored to the Sudanese context are developed on existing UNIFEM study on Gender Budgeting in Sudan, develop recommendations and tools to address identified challenges and to integrate a gender budgeting toolkit for Federal and State line ministries and parliamentary women’s caucuses Activity Result 3.2: Gender budgeting tools are reviewed and validated and implementation strategy and monitoring framework developed Organize conferences on Gender Budgeting for CSOs, media, political parties, legislatures and targeted ministerial staff in order to validate toolkit and agree on a monitoring framework; Provide training for CSOs, political parties, legislatures and targeted ministerial staff on measuring basic service delivery Provide technical assistance for to the implementation of the agreed monitoring framework in consultation with the participants of training workshops UNDP UNIFEM Grants: $150,000 Total: $150,000
allocated resources until they are implemented) Conduct Civic Education on budget issues and processes Link needs and concerns of marginalized communities to the national-level policy debate (e.g. innovative advocacy tools) Support the establishment of a “budget network to monitor public spending from budget drafting to implementation including a website Objective 3: Strengthen the capacities of the Media to contribute to the budget formulation process and monitor public spending Output 6: Increased and improved coverage of the budget planning and implementation process in national and state media Indicators: % of media houses accessing parliamentary records on budget debates and public service provision issues % of journalists covering legislative debates on budget policy Frequency of parliamentary briefings on public expenditure related matters Baselines: TBD Targets (2011) TBD Targets (2012) TBD Activity Result 6.1: Interrelationships between media and legislatures are strengthened and information on budgetary issues is shared Conduct conferences on budget issues presenting and debating the National budget draft, up-to date Sudanese research and international for CSOs, political parties, government officials, media and Members of Parliament Facilitate the strengthening of relationships between parliamentarians and journalists through support to press conferences and briefing sessions. Activity Result 6.2: Media better understands the budget process and the quality and quantity of their coverage on budgetary issues is increased Provide orientation sessions to journalists about rules, procedures and their role in the budget process UNDP SMEC Contractual services: $60,000 $60,000 Audio visual & Printing Production: $10,000 Communications & Audio Visual Equipment: $30,000 Information Technology Equipment: $20,000 Workshops: $20,000 Total: $200,000
Provide training to journalists in investigative journalism on relevant issues in the budget process Support journalists mentoring programme form experienced regional and international journalists and houses; Provide seed-financing to the establishment of a live-broadcast of parliamentary debates, e.g. radio. Support capacity development for to report on pro-poor and gender responsive public spending using journalists as trainers Output 7: Project management and accountability Targets (2011) Project staff recruited Office equipment procured Project review and mid-term evaluation conducted Targets (2012) evaluation conducted conducted Activity Result 7.1: Project management functions established: Recruit project staff Procure office equipment Activity result 7.2: M & E mechanisms implemented Finalize indicators, baseline and targets for the project cycle, disaggregated by region and gender Complete Quality Management for Project Activity Results completed Conduct a project evaluation a mid - term and end point Conduct annual project audit UNDP Staff costs: $1,800,000 P4 Project Manager P3 Parliamentary Specialist P3 Civil Society Specialist P3 PEM Specialist NOB Parliamentary Liaison Officer NOB Civil Society Liaison Officer NOB PEM Specialist NOA Project Finance Officer G7 Project Finance Associate Project Driver (total of 16 months, August 2011-December 2012) Office & ICT
Annual Workplan (2012): EXPECTED OUTPUTS And baseline, indicators including annual targets PLANNED ACTIVITIES List activity results and associated actions TIMEFRAME PLANNED BUDGET Budget Objective 1: Increase the institutional capacity of the National and State Legislatures and other relevant Government Institutions to contribute to pro-poor and gender-inclusive budget planning, review and democratic governance Output 1: Capacities of the national and legislatures for and participatory budget planning strengthened Overall project indicators & targets Indicators: % parliamentarians trained in what their role is and how to effectively implement it (disaggregated by gender) % parliamentarians trained in budget procedures % parliamentary committees technically trained in budget scrutiny for use of public funds and service delivery No. of sectoral policy briefs produced by the parliamentary secretariat pre-budget finalization Baselines: 431 members of the National Legislature, 592 State Assembly members and 105 Senior Parliamentary Staff trained on legislative coordination in a Federal System, transparent budgetary process, resources allocation, oversight role of the Parliament and law drafting. Targets: Capacity development strategy for parliament to process information Activity Result 1.1: Capacity, function, and role of parliamentary oversight in the budget process are reviewed at national and state levels Conduct a literature review based on international experience to provide guidance to the MPs and Secretariat Conduct a review of current capacity, structure, mandate, and functions in the parliament to process information for the budget process (de jure and de facto) and provide to improve the gaps; Review the current strategy of the secretariat and provide for improvement to link the strategy to action plans Develop a policy on the role of committees in relation to budget process based on the workshops to be held with MPs X X UNDP, National Council Of States, Ministry of Affairs, Higher Council for SP Local $ SP SP Travel 10
Chamber developed 50 audit staff with technical training 50 % of national and sub-national expenditure audited annually 30 % of the public access audit reports (online, print, audit office; 3 annual legislative review and scrutiny of external reports at locality, state and national level Output 3: Gender Budgeting tools and analysis are integrated in the budget planning process Overall project indicators & targets: Indicators: % parliamentarians trained in gender budgeting scrutinizing & monitoring % of National and State budgets undergoing an annual gender budgeting review by the Women’s Directorate % of relevant NGOs endorsing gender responsiveness of national and state level budgets Baselines: No gender budgeting tools Targets: Gender budgeting tools tailored to the Sudanese context developed and validated 1223 parliamentarians trained in gender Activity Result 3.1: Gender budgeting tools tailored to the Sudanese context are developed Based on existing UNIFEM study on Gender Budgeting in Sudan, develop recommendations and tools to address identified challenges and to integrate a gender budgeting toolkit for Federal and State line ministries and parliamentary women’s caucuses X UNIFEM SP Grant Activity Result 3.2: Gender budgeting are reviewed and validated and an implementation strategy and monitoring framework is developed Organize conferences on Gender Budgeting for CSOs, media, political parties, legislatures and targeted X X UNIFEM
Output 5: Information flow and dialogue between Legislature, CSOs, Political Parties and the Media are institutionalized. Overall project indicators & targets: Indicators: % groups / CSOs stating they can access voting records / debate information / parliamentary information % relevant CSOs stating they were consulted in budget allocation (to an extent to which they are satisfied) National Assembly’s website in place Baselines: A total of 13 journalist training workshops on elections reporting techniques were conducted for over 350 journalists and throughout Sudan.IMS initiated a 4 journalist mentorship programme with prominent international journalists from Arab and African countries. The monitoring stations in Khartoum and Juba monitored levels of media access by all political parties and candidates, and SMEC produced three widely distributed interim media monitoring reports of their findings in this period. In establishing these stations, SMEC trained approximately 40 14. An additional Activity Result 5.1: Legislature has improved its channels of communication with citizens, civil society, political parties and the media Develop a toolkit on how the Members of Parliament can strengthen their visibility and responsiveness to their constituencies (public debates, regional offices etc.) Support a redesign of the National Assembly’s website with a view to enhancing citizens’ access to information; X X UNDP, National Council of States, PPAC, Higher Council for SP Services SP Activity Result 5.2: Capacity of the civil society to report on the budget process and to fulfill their intermediary role between citizens and the state assessed and clarified Conduct a mapping study of Civil Society Organizations and their linkages with citizens and the state, including other non-state actors such as political parties, business organizations, tribal and institutions with a view to identifying strategies for strengthening X X UNDP
eight field monitors were mobile at state levels to gather relevant information. SMEC produces a weekly overview of the news agenda of the TV, radio and print media that we monitor Targets: Toolkit developed for strengthening MoP visibility and responsiveness to their constituencies National Assembly’s website in place Budget watch network established Baselines and targets for output indicators established 30% groups / CSOs stating they can access voting records / debate information / parliamentary information 20% relevant CSOs stating they were consulted in budget allocation (to an extent to which they are satisfied) intermediary institutions Review international best practices in enhancing CSOs and citizen role in the budget process in order to strengthening social accountability Activity Result 5.3: Civil Society is better able participate in budget process and provide essential inputs including the voices of marginalized communities Provide cascaded training to CSOs and their networks on the process of budget preparation, implementation and oversight and how to fulfill their advocacy and oversight role Support the establishment of a “budget X X UNDP SP SP Local SP
Risk Category Description Risk Likelihood / Impact IC Response/Mitigation Security situation deteriorates Security Political violence or even armed conflict between North-South; effect of violent uprisings in the Arab region to Sudan; Low / Medium Adjust work plan according to security situation Southern Sudan votes for secession A secession of the South will have a huge impact on the political institutions in Sudan; High/High Project targets Northern Sudan state and federal institutions which are likely to be in place even after a potential secession Emerging risks of instability due to declining resources Socioeconomic and political Decreased national revenues; increased tension between States and the Federal government due to diminished resource transfers High/High The project is focused on the regions currently subject of peace agreements – in which the transfer of resources is most contentious