Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Cheif Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) in South Sudan, Fuyuki Sagara, said that he is hoping for the local government officials to put in pratice what they have
learnt from a five days online stakeholders workshop held this week in Juba. According to the Cheif Representative , the participants of the workshop under the theme
“Survey on Local Government and Peace Building” were very motivated and committed to rebuilding the communities and resuming the functions of the local government. “l
was very impressed by your fruitful discussions and your presentations at this workshop and I was strongly reminded again of your high awareness and interest for
reconstruction in this country,” said Sagara. He stressed that building inclusive and functional governance is essential for the promotion of the peace process in South Sudan and that strengthening capacity
of state and local government is an urgent task to achieve the peace process. He revealed that JICAis planning to provide short-term training programs in Japan
and to dispatch Japanese experts to South Sudan. He emphasiesd that after theproposals have been accepted by the Japanese government, they will coordinate with the government of South Sudan immediately.
Sagara stated that the outcome of the workshop will accelerate the collaboration activities and also strengthen the capacity of local governance which will have effective synergy with other projects supported by JlCA related to service delivery such as water, sanitation, agriculture, gender and so on.
