Joint Donor Team gets new South Sudan head
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By Julius N. Uma
September 25, 2011 (JUBA) – The former head of South Sudan’s Joint
Donor Team (JDT), Michael Elmquist, bid farewell to his team and
welcomed his successor on Saturday.
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Michael Elmquist, outgoing head of the Joint Donor Team, September 23,
2011 (Alpha Mike)
“It’s amazing to see how things have been unfolding in South Sudan”
said Elmquist, who held the post for three years, and expressed his
gladness in being “part of this country’s future.”
JDT was established in 2006 by the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the
UK, then joined by Denmark and Canada.
Over the past years, the six governments of these various countries
have been working to coordinate and strengthen their development
efforts in South Sudan. They have concentrated in areas such as health
and HIV/Aids, water and sanitation, education, governance and
economics.
Elmquist said the JDT had acted as a catalyst for donor coordination
between various development partners, citing the US Agency for
International Development, EU, World Bank, UN, and others.
Honor Flanagan, who took over as the new head of the team, said the
office will continue with its mission to promote policies in support
of sustainable peace, poverty reduction and the attainment of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in South Sudan.
Flanagan, who previously served as Elmquist’s deputy, underscored the
achievement made by his predecessor during his three-year tenure, and
pledged the team’s full commitment towards building the capacities of
all stakeholders and non-governmental organisations to steer
development in South Sudan.
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