Evaluering
Promotion of Awareness and Civil Society Support for Freedom of Expression in Southern Sudan External Evaluation of the Project
The evaluation was conducted in August/September 2013, as an end-of-project evaluation.The project was implemented by a Consortium consisting of the south Sudanese “Association for Media Development in South Sudan” (AMDISS) and the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and International Media Support (IMS). AMDISS is also the main beneficiary organisation, and implemented the main activities with support from the other two. NPA was the lead partner handling the relationship with and reporting to the donor. The main role of IMS was to provide expertise to the project. The project started December 2010 and ended December 2013. Its goal was an “Improved situation of Freedom of expression and press freedom in Sudan”. Its immediate objectives were a) “Legal framework to protect freedom of expression; protect press freedom; and a system of self regulation of media is in place and effectively implemented and utilised in Southern Sudan”, b) “Sudanese journalists are competent to cover referendum and post –referendum issues”.