EU Funded Projects Inter-regional Workshop - GUN and GBEG Regions

A two day workshop in Juba for managers of EU funded projects in the GUN and GBEG Regions, as part of the European Union Delegation to Juba's effort to support information sharing and learning and coordination of actions amongs it implementing partners. This event will inform GBEG region project managers on emerging innovative programmatic trends in the GUN region, and to sensitize PRO-ACT projects in the GUN region on resilience measures underway with EU funded projects in the GBEG region. The theme of the workshop is "Transitioning from emergency response to resilience building: is it working ?" Selected project managers from each region will attend and make presentations reviewing their project strategies and highlighting successful innovations and challenges to the realization of their regional programme’s short to medium term results. Participation in the workshop by EU funded projects and any counterparts will be at their own cost. Meeting Venue and lunches will be provided by the organisers.

This meeting follows-on from the PRO-ACT FSTP Projects Launch Workshop held on 10 January 2016 at the Offices of the European Union Delegation in Juba (EUD). On this occasion the delegation agreed to explore possibilities for supporting a Greater Upper Nile (GUN) region forum and linking it to that of the Greater Bahr El Ghazal (GBEG) region. Interest was also expressed to create a similar regular regional quarterly review meeting among the new implementing partners in the Greater Upper Nile (GUN) region.Participants enquired on possibilities for linking the new PRO-ACT funded projects with the EU led review and learning forums underway in GBEG, such as through involving experts in sharing their experiences and lessons learned in key thematic areas, and they requested access to any relevant information and knowledge products that may be available as a result of the efforts in the GBEG region.