South Sudan Receives $23 Million Development Grant - Oye! Times

Finance Minister Kosti Manibe (right) and the representative of the Joint Donor Partners, Dutch Ambassador Kees Van Baar sign the grant documents at the Ministry of Finance offices in Juba.[Gurtong/ Waakhe Simon Wudu]The signing ceremony for the new grant that will support the project in the next two years took place in Juba Monday.

South Sudanese Finance Minister Kosti Manibe and the representative of the Joint Donor Partners, Dutch Ambassador Kees Van Baar signed the grant documents.

The phase two program had run from February 2010 to 31 January 2012 and funded projects in the areas of financial management systems, technical capacity of civil servants and support for post - 2011 needs.

Van Baar listed the key achievements of the second phase as the establishment of South Sudan’s electronic payroll system, government accountancy training centre, pension systems development project and the public financial management project among others.

“The new phase of the CBTF will support areas such as capacity building, systems strengthening and new areas such as accountability. All we are asking is effective use of the donation”, he told the press.

He added that the support is a response to South Sudan’s financial request support to enhance management of human, organisational and financial resources.

Manibe commended the efforts of the Joint Donor Partners in supporting development of the infant nation.

“This assistance is timely as the government is tightening her belt on the implementation of austerity measures”, he said.

The CBTF is funded by seven donor countries; Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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