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<p>DFID Sudan primarily engages and supports civil society through the Local Partnership
and Dialogue Programme (LPDP) with a total support of £12 million which aims to build
the capacity of non-state actors to demand and deliver more inclusive, democratic
& accountable governance. Over the past 3 years, the programme has delivered the
following:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Institutional capacity building </strong>- tailored
to specific needs of 25 Civil Society Organisations (CSO).</p></li><li><p><strong>Funding
CSOs</strong> to pursue governance issues such as basic service delivery (e.g. health
and education), environment and rule of law.</p></li><li><p><strong>Empowerment of
Youth Leaders</strong> - through training and mentoring for their empowerment, training
more than 60 activists from civil society, political parties and youth-led organisations/initiatives,
by raising their awareness of democratic values and practices.</p></li><li><p><strong>Facilitation
of dialogue </strong>among and within 20 political groups with focus on those with
social and political divides to enhance political dialogue processes such as the National
Dialogue and the Peace negotiation process in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan States.</p></li></ul>
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