SSD, PLAN International, NGO Forum Support, 26-29


The NGO Forum in South Sudan provides a platform on which NGOs, the UN, donors, and other stakeholders exchange information, share expertise and establish policies for efficient and effective use of resources. Switzerland supports the Forum with a multi-year contribution to amplify NGOs voices and to advocate for safe access, protection of aid workers, promote localization, coordinate aid and foster an enabling environment for development, peace and humanitarian operations.

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
Soudan du Sud
Autre
Secteur non spécifié
01.07.2026 - 30.06.2029
CHF  950’000
Contexte The environment in South Sudan remains highly fragile, with NGOs responding to a multifaceted humanitarian crisis driven by escalating conflict, widespread displacement, shrinking humanitarian and development funding and fragmented coordination mechanisms. Aid actors face widespread access constraints, bureaucratic impediments, and a restrictive operating environment that continue to limit the delivery of assistance to vulnerable populations. In this context, the South Sudan NGO Forum plays a critical role in strengthening the institutional and operational capacities of NGOs while serving as their collective voice in Humanitarian, Development and Peace coordination and policy Forums.
Objectifs To support a more effective, principled and sustainable humanitarian and development & peace building response in South Sudan
Groupes cibles

• National and International NGOs registered in South Sudan

• Local and national authorities, including the National Ministry of Humanitarian affairs and disaster management.

• Donors

Effets à moyen terme

1. Member-driven-coordination, representation and collective positioning strengthened.

2. Collective access escalation and aid worker safety engagement strengthened.

3. NGOs regulatory, policy, funding, localization and partnership environments more effectively influenced.

4. Forum governance, secretariat delivery and resource sustainability strengthened

Résultats

Principaux résultats attendus:  

• Collective NGO positions and advocacy messages produced and used.

• Structured access and NGO safety escalation mechanism operationalized.

• National NGO organizational sustainability, functional tools, peer support, internships and leadership pathways supported and strengthened.

• Strategic information products and two-way fieldnational feedback systems support decisionmaking, influence and operational follow-up strengthened.

• Participation and representation of NGOs in aid coordination


Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

- The Forum supported 243 national and 110 international NGOs (2025 membership data) that serves and facilitated humanitarian and development needs in South Sudan.

- The Forum strengthened its focus on information sharing, advocacy for NGOs, networking, representation and communication around safety and wellbeing of humanitarians.

-Established localization working group within the Forum which advocated for an increased funding allocation to local NGOs from SSHF(UN countrybased pool fund).

- The Forum managed to recruit 201 interns and placed them in 70 organization with 30 retained on employment.

- Membership satisfaction survey indicates that 50% of the respondents are very satisfied and 41% are moderately satisfied with the Forums work.

- Overall, the services provided by the NGO Forum were evaluated as responsive to the needs and concerns of NGOs. The NGO survey results corroborated SCO own survey based on the last SDC contribution whose results indicates that 89% of the partners shows that the services & products of the Forum are very useful and needed. 


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
ONG internationale ou étrangère
  • Other international or foreign NGO North
  • PLAN International


Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs OCHA, UNMISS, the Cluster system, ICVA, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, RRC and other donor and coordination bodies like HDG, HCT and PG.
Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    950’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    250’000 Projet total depuis la première phase Budget de la Suisse CHF   0 Budget y compris partenaires de projet CHF   950’000
Phases du projet Phase 1 01.07.2026 - 30.06.2029   (Phase en cours)