Functions :: Structure :: Projects and Programs :: Publications and Documents :: Contacts
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| H.E. Deng Alor Kuol Minister | |
Minister's Profile:
Functions:
The Ministry of Regional Cooperation performs the following functions and duties:
- Advise the President, Council of Ministers and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly on diplomatic issues;
- Act on behalf of GoSS to establish, develop and maintain good relations and cooperation with foreign governments;
- Represent the needs and policies of the Governement of Southern Sudan to other nations and international organizations;
- Open and manage GoSS Liaison Offices in selected countries outside Sudan;
- Develop and coordinate plans and policies pertaining to international support for GoSS;
- Undertake, in collaboration with the GoSS Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and other ministries and commissions, negotiations with foreign governments and international agencies for financing agreements with donor organizations;
- In coordination with relevant implementing government authorities, follow up agreements made between the GoSS and foreign governments and agencies;
- Develop and coordinate policies and programmes pertaining to international support in the field of humanitarian relief and rehabilitation;
- Receive heads of states and other foreign dignitaries and coordinate their programmes and provide protocol services while in Southern Sudan; and
- Establish and maintain a system for regular liaison meetings and reporting with foreign consulates in Juba, UN Agencies, foreign government agencies and international non-governmental organizations.
Structure:
The ministry has the following units to facilitate its mandate:
- GOSS Liaison Offices and the Diaspora;
- Directorate of Administration and Finance;
- Directorate of Multilateral and International Relations;
- Directorate of Bilateral Relations;
- Directorate of Protocol and Public Relations;
- Directorate of ICT and Media;
- Directorate of Aid Coordination; and
- Directorate of Research, Training and Capacity Building.
Projects and Programs:
- Restructuring and reorganisation of the Ministry based on a report on functions and structures prepared in 2009;
- Transformation of the Ministry from a Ministry of Regional Cooperation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- The Ministry is currently undergoing the process of preparing a strategic plan; and
- The Ministry is in the process of creating a Foreign Policy framework.
Publications and Documents:
Under construction
Contacts:
Under Construction
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Functions :: Structure :: Projects and Programs :: Publications and Documents :: Contacts