| dc.description.abstract | The 40th UNESCO General Conference in November
2019 marked an important milestone because during
that time the Ugandan delegation to the Conference
agreed with the official designated to UNESCO Juba
Office in South Sudan to support the establishment of
a National Commission in the then newly established
Country. Through subsequent follow-ups within the
framework of the Eastern African National
Commissions Regional Conferences and interactions
with the South Sudan Government officials and
UNESCO Juba Office, a detailed Terms of Reference
(ToR) was developed for Uganda National Commission
for UNESCO. On the basis of this a bilateral contract
was entered into under the authority of the Director of
UNESCO Juba Office and direct supervision of the NPO
Culture Sector within the framework of benchmarking
and mentoring the understanding, knowledge and
providing guide to South Sudan on how to establish a
NATCOM.
The scope of work for the Uganda National Commission
for UNESCO included organizing and facilitating a
consultation workshop on how to establish a National
Commission for UNESCO in South Sudan,
During the three days, the South Sudanese team was
shown around the different offices of Uganda National
Commission including the documentation centre of the
Commission, met the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Education that hosts UNATCOM and attended two days
mentorship on the establishment, structure, operations
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and funding of a National Commission and some
challenges encountered.
A participatory Action Plan was developed for
Establishment of South Sudan National Commission
for UNESCO starting from the time of return to Juba
mid-December 2021 to March 2022 within which the
proposed National Commission should be put in place.
The responsibilities for these would be shared between
the Under-Secretaries of the three Ministries
represented namely General Education, Culture and
Water Resources and Irrigation. | en_US |
