The 2019 revolution, led by regular people and especially women and youth, secured a unique opportunity for the people of Sudan to transform their nation. While this transition has had its setbacks, there is hope that the Sudanese will come to an agreement about their future sooner or later. When that occurs, real work on national transition and economic recovery will have to start in earnest. Sudan will be working to improve living standards, revitalize the economy, address refugee and IDP displacement through durable solutions, improve human rights record, build resilience, and transition to a civilian-led, democratic government, while continuing to make progress on a Sudanese-led peace process – the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA).
Guided by the evolving vision of Sudan’s transition and key components of the JPA, UNDP Sudan is focused on critical aspects of the transition, like community stabilization and peace, protection and human security, institutional change and climate and energy adaptation, aligned with the rest of the UN and the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, we support longer-term key areas of development like solutions for health and access to energy, as well as resilience and emergency response.
Working closely with authorities, civil society, the private sector and the international community, UNDP will support the realization of Sudan’s vision at the national, state, and community/local level, while simultaneously assisting Sudan in transitioning from a humanitarian to a development focus within the framework of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus.
To do so, we are focusing on five areas of work for 2022-2023 supported by our Accelerator Lab: