Capacity building

ITEC slots: India is currently offering South Sudan 180 slot annually under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) training programme for capacity building. In the aftermath of COVID pandemic, many training courses were also conducted online within the Mission premises. As part of the programme, a lady diplomat Ms. Adiang from the local Foreign office did a yoga training course for three months at Bengaluru, thus becoming the first India trained yoga teacher in the country. Around 1300 South Sudanese have attended ITEC training courses in India since 2013. 

ICCR Scholarships: During 2013-2024, a total of 175 South Sudanese students were granted ICCR scholarships.  Given the high demand and popularity of courses offered under ICCR, scholarship quota for South Sudan has been enhanced to 30 seats from the year 2023-24 from 20 seats. 

Police Training Courses: 50 officers of South Sudan Police Force attended specialized courses in India in 2018 and 2019. 

Training at SSFSI: In 2016, under country specific programme, 15 diplomats of South Sudan Foreign Ministry attended a specialized course at Foreign Service Institute of India, in New Delhi. In 2017 and 2019 one diplomat was accommodated by FSI each year in the Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats. In May 2022, Thirty-one South Sudanese diplomats were trained in SSIFS, New Delhi (twenty-nine diplomats travelled to India and two joined from the South Sudanese Embassy in New Delhi).  In December 2024, 15 more diplomats attended a specialized course. Thus, a total of 80 South Sudanese diplomats have been trained in India so far.

Courses under IAFS-III scholarship: A total of 43 slots have been availed of by South Sudan officials who attended different capacity building and Post-graduation courses since 2017.

Pan Africa E-network/e-VBAB: An MoU has been signed on 7 July 2022 between TCIL and Government of South Sudan for online training in education (e-Vidya Bharti or e-VB) and health (e-Arogya Bharti or e-AB) as part of Pan Africa e-Network (IAFS-III, 2015) viz., e-VBAB. The e-VB has already commenced and 188 students enrolled for different courses in 2022-23.
Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HA& DR):
In 2008, India donated US$ 100,000 worth of tents and medicines for flood victims to be shared between Sudan and South Sudan. In February 2020, a consignment of life saving drugs worth Rs.68.8 lakh (approx. US$1,00,000) was donated to the flood affected people of South Sudan. In December 2020, Government of India donated 70 Metric Tons of food aid consisting of wheat flour, rice and sugar to the flood affected people of South Sudan (USD55,540). In April, 2021, Government of India gifted 6 Metric Tons of life-saving essential medicines to South Sudan (USD1,18,047).

Other Bilateral Assistance projects:

The following Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) have been undertaken so far:

(i) India Provided four handpumps at Mangalla Internally Displaced Persons Camp in June 2022 (at the cost of around US$ 44900).
(ii) A 6-week Artificial Limbs (Jaipur Foot) Fitment Camp was also organized by MEA at Juba Military Hospital at the cost of approx. US$1,80,000 (approx. Rs.1,34,05,370) in June-July 2022.      
(iii) Construction of Observatory for a seismic station (under Ministry of Mining/Geological Society of South Sudan) at Kolye West Village, Rajaf Payam, Juba, at the cost of USD 49,474/-, commenced in November 2024.
(iv) Renovation of South Sudan Learning Center (SSLC) under the Ministry of ICT & Postal Services, at the cost of USD13954.20, commenced in December 2024.
(v)  An amount of Rs.14,40,000 was released to Indian peacekeepers in UN Mission in South Sudan in December 2024 for buying veterinary medicines from India for organizing 16 veterinary aid camps in different parts of South Sudan (eight camps each by Indbatt1 and Indbatt2 based in Malakal and Bore).  

(As on 04.03.2025)