Security Management Plan- Additional Financing
The Security Management Plan (SMP) is updated to guide the implementation of Productive Safety net for social economic opportunity project (SNSOP) as a requirement for the Additional Financing. The value of the Additional Financing is a US $55 million that will support 40,000 households including refugees, returnees, IDPs and host communities in the three additional counties. This additional financing will complement the parent project which is a US $ 129 million targeting 96,000 households across the fifteen (15) counties.
MAFS is the lead executing agency of the project with responsibility to provide oversight in fiduciary and environmental and social safeguards while MGCSW is responsible for component 3. The project is funded by the WB and implemented by United Nations Office for Project Service (UNOPS) and two specialized NGOs will be contracted to implement Complementary social measures and economic opportunities on behalf of the MAFS & MGCSW.
The Project has four (4) Components:
- Cash Transfer and Complementary Social Measures
- Provision of Economic Opportunities
- Strengthened Institutional Capacity and Social Protection System
- Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Generation
The objectives of the Security Management Plan are to set out Identification and assessment of security risks including an analysis of contextual factors that could cause or exacerbate human security risks and decision-making process in the three additional counties for additional financing. The SMP is updated to ensure the project is implemented in safe environment where security protection and duty of care for all the project staff including those from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare (MGCSW), Implementing partners (Ips) and other key stakeholders is guaranteed. The implementation of the SMP will ensure safety of all the project assets including different types of project workers and project-affected parties which include Direct Workers, Contracted Workers, Refugees, Returnees, & IDPs, etc.
The United Nations security Management System (UNSMS) is consistent with the ESF security requirements and UNOPS falls under the UN Security Management System (UNSMS) at national level as well as in a more decentralised manner at State Levels. The UNSMS operates under a ‘Framework of Accountability for the United Nations Security Management System1 that provides guidance for the various security actors and mechanisms in a country.
The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) bears overall responsibility for security risks and risk mitigation of all activities under the SNSOP. MAFS is the lead executing agency of the project with responsibility to provide oversight in fiduciary and environmental and social safeguards while MGCSW is responsible for component 3. The project is funded by the WB and implemented by UNOPS on behalf of the MAFS & MGCSW.