Local Governance and Service Delivery Project

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The objective of the Local Governance and Service Delivery Project for South Sudan is to improve local governance and service delivery in participating counties in South Sudan. There are four components to the project, the first component being block grants to counties for payam development. The second component is the community engagement. This component will support the engagement of citizens in the planning, implementation and oversight of local development activities at boma, payam and county levels. The component will support Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) to contract Facilitating Partners (FPs) to carry out information dissemination activities, undertake the facilitation of the planning process at boma and payam levels in an inclusive and conflict sensitive way, support communities to effectively participate in county planning processes, and support community involvement in the management and oversight of subproject implementation. The third component is the institutional strengthening. This component supports capacity building for local governments to: assume their responsibilities in the planning, implementation and oversight of local development activities including planning, budgeting, procurement, technical (engineering), environmental and social safeguards management, financial management, monitoring and evaluation functions; and to comply with the Payam Development Committee (PDG) rules and reporting requirements. Finally, the fourth component is the project management.