Facilitating Budget Transparency
CGA is currently working on supporting the Ministry of Finance and Planning in their pledge to increased budget transparency through a set of activities.
Projects by country: South Sudan
EU IMPACT
Eighteen-month programme to improve equitable access to primary education by funding monthly incentives for 30,000 primary school teachers worth $40 a month.
Girls’ Education South Sudan
Five-year programme to get girls going to school, staying in school, and learning in school, and to directly benefit more than 200,000 individual girls. Funded by DFID, working with Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Government of the Republic of South Sudan, consortium led by BMB Mott MacDonald. We are the technical lead on systems for capitation grants to all schools, cash transfers to all girls in P6-S4, and attendance monitoring.
“PlanCard”
Baseline Survey
We conducted a rapid baseline assessment for the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. The baseline assessed the current state of awareness of issues relating to Child Soldiers and gender-based violence in South Sudan amongst Civil Society and security sector organisations, in the context of the 2018 Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS).
Research for Refugees International
We assisted Refugees International with conducting research for their 2018 advocacy report on Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and protection issues in South Sudan. This involved field visits to Protection of Civilians (POC) sites, as well as interviewing relevant humanitarian and development actors.
Health Pooled Fund South Sudan
Five year programme to support health services in 6/10 States of South Sudan, and core national systems. Funded by DFID, working with the Ministry of Health, Government of the Republic of South Sudan, consortium led by Crown Agents. We lead on support on practical public financial management, which has included helping MoH define their PFM benchmarks, support to harmonisation of NGO health service delivery staff salaries, and developing a Human Resource Information System for health.
National Baseline, Situational Analysis, and Data Management Consultancy for the Primary School Leadership Programme (PSLP)
Led by Save the Children, we are providing a baseline study that provides a needs assessment, situational analysis and mapping. We are monitoring the project and providing technical support in the implementation of the Primary School Leadership Programme (PSLP), and the Primary School Inspection and Supervision Programme (PSISP) across South Sudan.
South Sudan Health Sector Mapping and Facility Survey
In partnership with the Ministry of Health, a mapping of partner activities in the health sector in South Sudan, a mapping of the information systems in use by various actors and a survey of a sample of health facilities covering clinical services, human resources, and public financial management.
Short Term Monitoring and Evaluation for DFID Humanitarian and Resilience in South Sudan (HARISS) Programme
Led by IMPACT/REACH, we are supporting short-term third party monitoring of the DFID-funded Humanitarian and Resilience Programme in South Sudan (HARISS).
South Sudan Education Sector HRIS
Pilot project to roll-out a Human Resources Information System for teachers in two States of South Sudan
Health Learning Assessment
We conducted a Health Learning Assessment (HLA) for USAID South Sudan in order to provide a better understanding of the current health needs and gaps, and make recommendations for immediate and future modifications.
Girls’ Education Challenge – Review of Education Monitoring Techniques and Methodologies in High Risk Territories
Analyse current GEC approach to reporting and monitoring in FCAS contexts, analyse practice in remote reporting and monitoring in FCAS contexts, in and beyond the education sector, make practical recommendations.
Diagnostic audit of South Sudan Electronic Payroll System
Working with Ecorys BV, funded by the EU, CGA contributed to the audit of the South Sudan Electronic Payroll System.
MIS for Save the Children’s education sector work in South Sudan
We developed a synchronising database, suitable for low-connectivity environments, to hold education project data for Save the Children South Sudan.
Interim Support to South Sudan Electronic Payroll System
We were funded by the Joint Donor Team for South Sudan to continue to provide support to the South Sudan Electronic Payroll System, which we had helped the government set up and roll-out over the preceding four years, and through which 150,000 public servants' pay, across more than 300 institutions, is processed every month, and which GRSS has since sustained without external support for over two years.
Development and implementation of South Sudan Electronic Payroll System
Our team, first as part of Booz & Company (2008-2011), and then, from mid-2011, as Charlie Goldsmith Associates, subcontracted by Booz, helped the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (and its pre-independence predecessor) to set up and roll out the South Sudan Electronic Payroll System (SSEPS), starting from education and health, and then rolling out across the whole public service. 150,000 public servants' pay, across more than 300 institutions, is processed through SSES every month, and GRSS has now sustained it without external support for over two years. SSEPS has been a flagship practical public financial management reform, and has made possible major increases in resources for health and education pay.
Textbook policy and capacity development for South Sudan
Working with Education for Change, funded by DFID, we with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of the Republic of South Sudan, on developing a textbook policy.