Regional Cooperation

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Minister's Profile:

Functions:

The Ministry of Regional Cooperation performs the following functions and duties:

1. Advise the President, Council of Ministers and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly on diplomatic issues;
2. Act on behalf of GoSS to establish, develop and maintain good relations and cooperation with foreign governments;
3. Represent the needs and policies of the Governement of Southern Sudan to other nations and international organizations;
4. Open and manage GoSS Liaison Offices in selected countries outside Sudan;
5. Develop and coordinate plans and policies pertaining to international support for GoSS;
6. 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;
7. In coordination with relevant implementing government authorities, follow up agreements made between the GoSS and foreign governments and agencies;
8. Develop and coordinate policies and programmes pertaining to international support in the field of humanitarian relief and rehabilitation;
9. Receive heads of states and other foreign dignitaries and coordinate their programmes and provide protocol services while in Southern Sudan; and
10.  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:

1. GOSS Liaison Offices and the Diaspora;
2. Directorate of Administration and Finance;
3. Directorate of Multilateral and International Relations;
4. Directorate of Bilateral Relations;
5. Directorate of Protocol and Public Relations;
6. Directorate of ICT and Media;
7. Directorate of Aid Coordination; and
8. 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