Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005: local, national and regional dimensions Sudan University of Khartoum, University of Juba, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman Ethiopia University of Addis Ababa Kenya University of Nairobi, Moi University of Eldoret Germany University of Bremen
Opening words of the Minister of Higher Education during the public briefing after the Workshop No. 2: Research Strategies and Methods at the University of Khartoum, October 2005
Governance General meaning of governance in the project: - the involvement of institutions, organizations, networks and activities in governing society in Sudan and neighbouring countries A two-tier approach of analysis: - a normative focus: activities and structures aiming to create and deliver common goods and services for the broader society after the CPA - a focus on rule: actors and interests that are de facto involved in governing the Sudan and interfere in or even undermine governance in the above sense
Social Action Meaning of social action in the project: Activities on the part of social groups that are related to the CPA itself, to the changes brought about by the CPA, or respond to developments that are indirectly linked to the end of the civil war. This includes conflictive issues and the varying ways social groups in Sudan and across borders have been dealing with conflicts since 2005 compared to the period before the CPA was concluded.
Five Main Research Fields Political participation and decision-making processes after the CPA Return and repatriation of internally displaced people and refugees after the CPA Continuing conflicts after the CPA Investment, reconstruction and capacity building after the CPA Sub-regional and international relations after the CPA
General Research Objectives To generate knowledge about social, political, cultural and economic processes in societies after the formal ending of civil war, ways to sustain peace on the basis of implementing a formal peace agreement with economic, political and development-oriented dimensions, reasons and motives for renewed or ongoing conflict,
General Research Objectives (To generate knowledge about) approaches and possibilities to transform violent conflicts into non-violent negotiations within the framework of a formally negotiated peace agreement between major warring parties, economic, social and political repercussions of the end of the civil war in Sudan on the sub-region.
Research Sites Khartoum and Juba Nuba Mountains Unity State Upper Nile State Jonglei State Gambella Region Kakuma Refugee Camp Eldoret, Kapsoya Nairobi Addis Ababa Kampala
Research projects for Master and PhD Tayseer El-Fatih (PhD): Decision-Making in Local Governance after the CPA, 2005: Case study about urban land allocation in Upper Nile and South Kordofan States Yasir Awad Abdalla El-Tahir (PhD): Political Participation in Sudan: 1986-2008 Rania Hassan Ahmed (Master): Government in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of 2005: The Implementation of Power Sharing
Research projects for Master and PhD Samira Musa Armin Damin (PhD): Return Migration and Socio-economic and Cultural Change: a case study of the Nuba Mountains and Unity State in Sudan Marilyn Ossome (Master): Southern Sudanese Children between Socialisation in Kenya and Re-socialisation in Sudan Obaka Otieno John (Master): Identity and Citizenship in Post-conflict Reform and Reintegration: the case of Southern Sudan Matendo Lokiru (Master): Effects of Social Networks on Livelihoods in Exile and Return: the case of Southern Sudanese Refugees in Kenya
Research projects for Master and PhD Ester Ikere Eluza (PhD): Effects of Civil War on Gender-based Violence. Case study of Anuaak and Nuer in Southern Sudan Regassa Bayissa Sima (PhD): War and Peace in the Sudan and Their Impact on Ethiopia: the case of Gambella John Moi Venus (Master): Building of South Sudan in a Context of Conflict Resolution: Discourses beyond Ethnicity
Research projects for Master and PhD Berhanu Denu (PhD): The Role of Institutions in Improving the Performance of Investment in South Sudan after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Joseph Lodiong Lubajo (Master): Challenges of Basic Education in Southern Sudan: the language policy in Jonglei and Upper Nile States George Katete (PhD): Regional Dimensions of, and Institutional Solutions to Sudan s Civil War: 1990-2009
Master students from Kenya and Sudan during Workshop No. 2 in Khartoum
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Karl Wohlmuth Institute for World Economics and International Management IWIM, University of Bremen, Germany Research project: Reconstructing Economic Governance after Conflict in Resource-Rich African Countries - identify the overall needs for the reconstruction of governance after civil war and after violent conflicts in resource-rich African countries - investigate how to avoid the resource curse by implementing new forms of governance - study how conflict and resource abundance are interrelated in African countries - investigate local resource control and governance - develop policy conclusions and lessons from the country cases
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Atta El-Battahani Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan Research project: Democracy Building and Conflict Management, Electoral Process and Political Parties in Sudan - policy-oriented research in the framework of IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) - capacity building of political parties
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Samson Samuel Wassara College of Social and Economic Studies (CSES) and Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Juba, Sudan Research projects: - Policy Research Issues and Social Structure in South Sudan - Oil and Water in Economic Development - Conflict, Peace Issues and Agreements in Africa.
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Balghis Badri Director of the Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan Research project: The Micro and Meso Issues in Peace Building in Sudan - Assessment of Sudanese women s knowledge on the Sudan National Interim Constitution of 2005 - Assessment of the Sudan National Interim Constitution of 2005 and good governance from gender perspectives - Analytical study on the National Context that Impacted on the Sudan National Interim Constitution of 2005.
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Kassahun Berhanu Alemu Department of Political Science and International Relations, College of Social Sciences, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Research projects: Progress in Governance of African Nations - in cooperation with the Economic Commission on Africa, a synthesis of country reports of 30 countries is prepared The Issue of Abyei - analysis of the historical boundary quarrels and current tensions
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Joshua Otor Akol Department of Geography, College of Education, University of Juba, Sudan Research projects: The Issue of Returnees after the CPA; Population Movements in Southern Sudan The North-South Boundary - historical analysis of the contested areas Prof. Dr Paul Wani Gore Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan Research project: Cross-border trade in South Sudan after the CPA
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Mustafa Babiker Development Studies and Research Institute, University of Khartoum, Sudan Research project: Communal Land Rights and Peacebuilding in North Kordofan: Policy and Legislative Challenges during the Transitional Period 2005-2011 - analysis of policy and legislative challenges raised by the commons in an era of privatisation, at local and national levels - investigation if policy and legal frameworks help to secure the commons against resource grabbing by elites and if so, how they can they best do it, and how they can ensure equitable participation - study of opportunities provided by the constitutional development in the context of the CPA and constraints in tapping such opportunities
Research Activities of Project Partners Prof. Dr Mary Omosa Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya Research project: Food Insecurity in Kakuma and South Sudan - investigation of how Sudanese refugees organise food security - analysis of the impact of the culture of aid dependency on returnees' ability to secure food - research on safety nets for food security - impact of the organisation of food security on the success of the CPA Prof. Dr John J. Okumu Centre of Refugee Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya Research project: Repatriation of Refugees from Kakuma
Research Activities of Project Partners PD Dr Elke Grawert Institute for World Economics and International Management IWIM, University of Bremen, Germany Research projects: Sub-regional Challenges of Peace and Conflict in Sudan - multi-level analysis of entrenched conflicts in the Greater Horn of Africa using a concept of 'layers' shaping sub-regional interaction - combination of the New Regionalism Approach with peace and conflict research The Role of Aid Agencies in Governance of South Sudan - study of interactions between the GOSS, UN agencies, NGOs - analysis of links between aid dependency and state weakness
Workshops No. 3: Governance Institutions, Actors and Challenges. Research in Progress and First Findings University of Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan, in March 2006
No. 4: Livelihoods and Institutions in Border Societies after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Addis Ababa, in Adama/Nazareth, Ethiopia, in August 2006
No. 5: After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Signs of Change? and No. 6: "Reconstructing Economic Governance at Local and Provincial Levels in Resource-Rich African Countries. Comparative Analyses" Institute of World Economics and International Management, University of Bremen, in November 2006 No. 7: Internal project workshop Governance and Social Action in Sudan: mid-term review of research Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, in April 2007
No. 8: "Sudanese Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Return after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement", organized by Centre of Refugee Studies, Moi-University, Eldoret, the UNHCR Nairobi, and the Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi, in the UNHCR Compound at Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, in September 2007.
Expected Results of the Project The results of the research are expected to make it possible to assess shortcomings and success of an exclusive peace agreement between major warring groups with regard to the requirements of implementing it in the broader society, structures of dependency and self-sustaining structures emerging from the involvement of international organisations in social, economic and political restructuring of war-affected areas, the constraints and opportunities for sub-regional actors and institutions to build lasting peace in conflict areas,
Expected Results of the Project (and to assess) the driving power of politicised discourses towards building peace or deepening societal cleavages in an environment of recovery from long-lasting war. The research results will be shared with related govern-ment departments, the sub-regional academic community, local civil society and international organisations involved in humanitarian and development assistance as well as in peace building. This will be organised through stakeholder workshops in the research sites in Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia during spring 2008 and an international workshop at the University of Juba in Juba in July 2008.
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