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Quadrennial Periodic Report
South Sudan 2020

Quadrennial Periodic Report - - 10/27/2020 - 11:59

Submitted by on 27 Oct 2020

General Information

Technical Information

Name of Party: 
South Sudan
Date of Ratification: 
2016
Officially Designated Point of Contact of the Convention: 

QPR Stakeholder

Submitted by on 27 Oct 2020
Country: 
South Sudan
Title: 
Mr.
Address: 
Deng Nhial Chioh Dhoar
Ministry of Culture, Museums and National Heritage
Ministries Complex,
Juba, Central Equatoria
South Sudan
Phone Number: 
+211928744990
Email: 
southsudanr2005@gmail.com
maalefoundation@gmail.com
Describe the multi-stakeholder consultation process established for the preparation of this report, including consultations with relevant ministries, public institutions, local governments and civil society organizations.: 

A Quadrennial Periodic Reporting (QPR) training was conducted by UNESCO,Juba Office in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Museums and National Heritage, South Sudan for three days from 26-28 August 2020 involving the National Team for the report. The team included government officials and members of civil societies organizations . The aims was to collect data and to prepare South Sudan Periodic report and development of the Copyright Policy by engaging the international expert in the Field of Copyright and Intellectual Property.

Executive summary: 

South Sudan has a draft of National Culture Policy developed by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports by than and now the ministry is divided into two, Ministry of Culture, Museums and National Heritage, responding for heritage and the Ministry of Youth and Sports with the youth affairs. The National Culture Policy is on its way to the parliament to be passed into law with other measures that includes
.National Publishing Policy
.Cultural and Creative Industries Policy
.National Policy on the Status of the Artists
.Language Policy
.Intellectual Property Rights Policy
.Traditional Knowledge Policy
.Sustainable Development Policy
.Sustainable Tourism Development Policy.
All these policies are in process to get light as the State Party age is 9 years old with its independent in July 9th 2011.
All these challenges are presented to the Intergovernmental Committee and the Conference Parties for acknowledgment.
Therefore, 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and its great journey toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) just started with a degree of awareness on addressing the concerns on legal frameworks as highlighted above.
Hence, South Sudan is in the spirit of the Convention of cooperation with other State Parties on addressing the above tasks and move forward.

Contact details of the stakeholders involved in the preparation of the quadrennial periodic report (QPR). Please also include the contact details of the civil society organizations (CSOs) if they have contributed to the QPR drafting, including through the CSO form.: 
Organization typeOrganizationEmailWebsite
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Women for Change
womenforchange10@gmail.com
http://www.wfcsud.org
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Street Beats Foundation (SBF) South Sudan
streetmanagement24@gmail.com
http://www.sbfssd.org
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Hope Society (HS)
hopesociety7@gmail.com
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
Maale Heritage Development Foundation (MHDF)
maalefoundation@gmail.com

Goal 1 - Support Sustainable Systems of Governance for Culture

Cultural and Creative Sectors

A Ministry (or agency with ministerial status) is responsible for cultural and creative sectors: 
YES
Regional, provincial or local governments or administrations have decentralised responsibilities for policies and measures promoting the cultural and creative sectors:: 
YES
Regulatory frameworks and sector specific laws, policies and/or strategies supporting the cultural and creative industries have been revised or adopted during the last 4 years: 
NO
If YES, has at least one of them been designed through interministerial cooperation (involving different government departments responsible for policy areas, such as communication, education, ICT, trade, foreign affairs, labor, finance): 
-
Specific education and training programmes in the arts and the cultural and creative sectors are established, including: 
Cinema/Audiovisual arts
Media arts
Music
Performing arts
Publishing
Visual arts
Cinema/audiovisual arts
Media arts
Music
Performing arts
Specific measures and programmes have been implemented over the last 4 years to: 
-
Statistical offices or research bodies have produced data during the last 4 years: 
-
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Media Diversity

Public service media has a legal or statutory remit to promote a diversity of cultural expressions: 
YES
Policies and measures promote content diversity in programming by supporting: 
Regional and/or local broadcasters
Linguistic diversity in media programming
Community programming for marginalised groups (e.g. indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees, etc.)
Socio-cultural programming (e.g. children, youth, people with disabilities, etc.)
Domestic content regulations for audio-visual media exist (e.g. quotas for production or distribution requirements for national films, TV series or music on radio): 
YES
Regulatory authority(ies) monitoring media exist: 
YES
If YES, please provide the name and year of establishment of the regulatory authority(ies): 
Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) founded in 2003
Union of Journalists of South Sudan(UJOSS) established in 2004
If YES, these regulatory authority(ies) monitor: 
Public media
Community media
Private sector media
Online media
If YES, these regulatory authority(ies) are responsible for: 
Issuing licenses to broadcasters, content providers, platforms
Receiving and addressing public complaints such as online harassment, fake news, hate speech, etc.
Monitoring cultural (including linguistic) obligations
Monitoring gender equality in the media
Monitoring editorial independence of the media
Monitoring diversity in media ownership (diversity of ownership structures, transparency of ownership rules, limits on ownership concentration, etc.)
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Digital Environment

Policies, measures or mechanisms are in place to support the digital transformation of cultural and creative industries and institutions (e.g. funding for digitization of analogue industries): 
NO
Policies or measures have been introduced to ensure vibrant domestic digital cultural and creative industries markets with a diversity of e-players of all sizes (e.g. fair remuneration rules; control market concentration; prevention of monopolies of digital content providers/distributors or their algorithms that potentially restrict the diversity of cultural expressions, etc.):: 
NO
Policies and measures have been implemented to enhance access to and discoverability of domestically produced cultural content in the digital environment (e.g. action plans or policies for digital content pluralism, public support to cultural or artistic portals in specific languages, national or regional online distribution platforms for domestic content, etc.): 
NO
Measures and initiatives have been implemented to promote digital creativity and competencies of artists and other cultural professionals working with new technologies (e.g. spaces for experimentation, incubators, etc.): 
NO
Statistics or studies with recent data on access to digital media, including on the type of cultural content available through digital media, are available: 
NO
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Partnering with Civil Society

Professional organizations and/or trade unions representing artists and/or cultural professionals in the following sectors exist in your country (i.e. federation of musicians, publishers unions, etc.): 
Cinema/Audiovisual arts
Media Arts
Music
Performing Arts
Public funding schemes supporting CSOs involvement in promoting the diversity of cultural expressions exist: 
NO
Training and mentoring opportunities were organized or supported by public authorities during the last 4 years to build skills on communication, advocacy and/or fundraising of civil society organizations involved in the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions: 
YES
Dialogue mechanisms between public authorities and CSOs for cultural policy making and/or monitoring have been implemented during the last 4 years (meetings, working groups, etc.): 
YES
If YES, please provide up to 2 examples: 
August training on the preparation of the quadrennial reporting on 2005 convention with the participation of a good number of civil societies
Policies and measures promoting the diversity of cultural expressions have been elaborated in consultation with CSOs during the last 4 years: 
NO
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Goal 2 - Achieve a Balanced Flow of Cultural Goods and Services and Increase the Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals

Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals

Please indicate if the following policies and measures exist in your country: 
-
Please indicate if the following operational programmes have been developed or supported/funded by public authorities during the last 4 years: 
-
Please indicate if the following mobility funds (e.g. scholarships, travel grants, etc.) have been managed or supported by public authorities during the last 4 years: 
-
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Flow of Cultural Goods and Services

Export strategies or measures to support the distribution of cultural goods and services outside your country exist for the following cultural domains: 
-
Your country has granted or benefited from preferential treatment* to support a balanced exchange of cultural goods and services in the last 4 years: 
-
If YES, please provide up to 2 examples: 
-
Your country has provided or benefited in the last 4 years from Aid for Trade support, a form of Official Development Assistance (ODA), that helped to build capacities to formulate trade policies, participate in negotiating and implementing agreements that provide a special status to cultural goods and services: 
-
If YES, please provide up to 2 examples: 
-
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Treaties and agreements

Multilateral or bilateral trade and/or investment agreements providing a special status to cultural goods and/or services have been signed during the last 4 years or are under negociation: 
NO
Multilateral or bilateral agreements including specific provisions providing a special status to cultural goods and services and digital products in the field of e-commerce have been signed during the last 4 years or are under negotiation: 
NO
Multilateral or bilateral agreements, declarations and/or strategies on relevant policy issues for the diversity of cultural expressions (e.g. education, digital, intellectual property, sustainable development, gender equality, etc.) signed or amended to take into account the objectives or principles of the Convention during the last 4 years: 
NO
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Goal 3 - Integrate Culture in Sustainable Development Frameworks

National Sustainable Development Policies & Plans

National sustainable development plans and strategies recognize the strategic role of: 
Culture (in general)
Creativity and innovation
Cultural and creative industries
Please rate from 1 to 4 the type of outcomes expected by the inclusion of culture in national sustainable development plans and strategies 1 most often expected outcome 4 least expected outcome): 
Economic (e.g. employment, trade, intellectual property, cultural and creative industries, rural and territorial development): 
2
Social (e.g. social cohesion and inclusion, inequality and poverty reduction, values and identity, vulnerable and minority groups, empowerment and human capital, education): 
1
Environmental (e.g. natural resources, reducing environmental impact of cultural industries and practices): 
3
Cultural (e.g. cultural infrastructure, participation and access to culture, innovation, artists support): 
2
Public cultural bodies and agencies responsible for culture or creative industries are involved in the design and implementation of sustainable development policies and plans (i.e. participate in coordination mechanisms such as joint planning committees): 
NO
Cultural industry-led regeneration initiatives and projects at the regional, urban and/or rural levels have been implemented in the last 4 years: 
NO
Policies and measures facilitate participation in cultural life and access to diverse cultural facilities and expressions, notably addressing the needs of disadvantaged or vulnerable groups (e.g. via reduced entrance fees; audience development, arts education and audiences awareness-raising): 
YES
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

International Cooperation for Sustainable Development

Your country has contributed to or benefited from the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) during the last 4 years: 
YES, a public body or a non-governmental organization in my country has benefited from the IFCD
Development cooperation strategies, including South-South cooperation strategies, recognize the strategic role of creativity and diverse cultural expressions: 
NO
If YES, please provide the name(s) of the strategy and year(s) of adoption: 
-
Your country manages multi- and/or bilateral technical assistance and capacity building cooperation programmes supporting: 
-
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Goal 4 - Promote Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Gender Equality

Ministries, governmental agencies and/or parliamentary bodies in charge of gender equality: 
Exist but are not relevant for artists and cultural professionals
Policies and measures to support the full participation of women in cultural life have been implemented during the last 4 years: 
YES
Policies and measures have been adopted to support the recognition and advancement of women as artists, cultural professionals and/or creative entrepreneurs, (e.g. ensure equal pay for equal work or equal access to funding, coaching or mentoring schemes, anti-discrimination measures, etc.): 
NO
Data is regularly collected and disseminated to monitor: 
-
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Artistic Freedom

The constitution and/or national regulatory frameworks formally acknowledge: 
The right of artists to create without censorship or intimidation
The right of artists to disseminate and/or perform their artistic works
The right for all citizens to freely enjoy artistic works both in public and in private
The right for all citizens to take part in cultural life without restrictions
Independent bodies are established to receive complaints and/or monitor violations and restrictions to artistic freedom: 
YES
Initiatives to protect artists at risk or in exile have been developed or supported by public authorities during the last 4 years (e.g. providing safe houses, guidance and training, etc.): 
NO
Measures and initiatives intended to ensure transparent decision-making on government funding/ state grants and awards for artists exist (e.g. through independent committees, etc.): 
NO
Social protection measures that take the professional status of artists into account have been adopted or revised in the last 4 years (e.g. health insurance, retirement schemes, unemployment benefits, etc.): 
NO
Economic measures that take the status of artists into account have been adopted or revised in the last 4 years (e.g. collective agreements, income tax and other regulatory frameworks, etc.): 
NO
Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Measures and Initiatives reported by Civil Society Organizations

Describe how the CSO form has been used to promote collaboration with CSOs in the preparation of this report, including the distribution of the form and the modalities of collection and analysis of the information received. Please indicate the percentage of measures and initiatives received that have been considered as relevant by the Party and included in the QPR.: 
The CSO form with shared with them on the training in August 2020 as they were participation in the preparatory in the quadrennial report. The CSO were present with 70% in preparation of this report.
GOAL 1 - Support sustainable systems of governance for culture: 
-
GOAL 2 - Achieve a balanced flow of cultural goods and services and increase the mobility of artists and cultural professionals: 
-
GOAL 3 - Integrate culture in sustainable development frameworks: 
-
GOAL 4 - Promote human rights and fundamental freedoms: 
-
On the basis of the analysis of the responses provided through the CSO form, present up to ten main priorities of CSOs to implement the Convention over the next four years.: 
-

Emerging Transversal Issues

Relevant Policies and Measures: 
-

Challenges and Achievements

Describe the main results achieved to implement the Convention (at least one major achievement in one of the four goals): 
Development of National Culture Policy of South Sudan. The policy is process for development
Describe the main challenges encountered to implement the Convention and the main solutions found or envisaged to overcome them: 
Political instability , civil war of December 2013 .Peace agreement which was signed in 2018 as the way forward supporting sustainable systems of governance for culture in the State Party- South Sudan
Describe the steps planned in the next four years to further implement the Convention and the priority areas identified for future policy action based on the conclusions of the current reporting process: 
1. Finalizing the National Culture Policy of South Sudan. 2- Development of frameworks and specific laws ,policies , or strategies supporting the culture and creative industries in South Sudan 3-Specific education and training programmes in the arts and creative sectors 4- Empowered and improved the existing legal frameworks that promote the 2005 Convention 5- Development policies and measures in the field of mobility of artists and cultural professionals in South Sudan 6-Development of policies and export strategies in the field of flow of cultural goods and services 7- Developed policies or measures, negotiate and work for treaties and agreements in multilateral or bilateral trade and /or investment agreements providing status to cultural goods and/or services 8-Working to integrate culture in sustainable development frameworks into national sustainable development policies and plans 9-Developed policies or measures to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms , gender equality that highlighted by this convention 10- Developed policies and measures that integrate culture as strategic element in international and regional cooperation and assistance program for sustainable development , including South-South cooperation 11- Developed policies and measures to adopt and implement to promote artistic freedom in South Sudan 12- Ability to report to the emerging transversal issues that contributed to the implementation in any areas which was not covered by any one of the 11 monitoring areas of the convention.

Annexes

Please upload relevant documents (law, policy, agreement, regulation, strategy, etc.), studies and statistics in PDF format related to the implementation of the 4 goals and the 11 areas of monitoring of the Convention in your country. The documents should have been produced during the reporting period covered by this periodic report. Please provide the title and a description of the main content of the document in English or French.: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon cultural_policy_2020.pdf648.01 KB
PDF icon csos_form_final_hope_society_david_uku.pdf980.74 KB
PDF icon cso_form_final_-_jubafest_initiative.pdf836.35 KB
PDF icon cso_form_final_en_brisker.pdf1.13 MB
PDF icon cso_form_final_en_completed_street_beats_foundation_-_copy.pdf1.14 MB
PDF icon csos_form_final_hope_society_david_uku.pdf980.74 KB

Submission

Designated official signing the report: 
Title: 
Mr.
First name: 
Deng Nhial Chioh
Family name: 
Dhoar
Organization: 
Ministry of Culture, Museums and national Heritage
Position: 
Focal Point
Date of submission: 
2020
Electronic Signature: 
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