10th QRM for EU funded Food Security Programmes report - South Sudan -TA

European Union Rural Development Programme in South Sudan 10^th Quarterly Review Meeting:  “Less vulnerability to more resilience”. The 10th QRM was held from 23^rd to 25^th January 2019 in Aweil the capital of the former Northern Bahr el Ghazal State.  Over the three days, the meeting maintained the purpose for which it was created in 2014 which is to act as a platform through which EU funded development partners meet on a regular basis in order to share information to stakeholders, identify lessons learned and to build mutual capacities. The objective of the workshop is to encourage continuity and building coherence among all implementing partners who are engaged in different aspects of the programme in Greater Bahr el Ghazel (GBeG) and Greater Upper Nile (GUN) Regions.

The meeting opened with participant self-introductions. Represented by a broad range of organizations and focus groups, the participants were welcomed and invited by Tayo Alabi, EU TA for increased agriculture production of smallholders, and a facilitator of the meeting to write down their expectations for the meeting.

Paolo Girlando, Programme Manager, Rural Development Delegation of the European Union to South Sudan, thanked all the participants for attending the 10^th QRM.