This document is a planning and budgeting training guide for counties in Southern Sudan.
This May 2010 training guide is intended to help counties in Southern Sudan develop annual plans and budgets in line with the State Planning and Budgeting process. It contains extracts from Government of Southern Sudan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning guidelines and a local government budget cycle prepared by the Local Government Board with support from the United Nations Development Program/Local Government Recovery Program.
The guide explains local government in Southern Sudan, its legal framework, county organisational arrangements, participatory planning and budgeting, and consultations at Boma and Payam levels. It also outlines the local government planning cycle and stages of the county budget cycle.
It is intended to assist counties in developing their annual plans and budgets in line with the State Planning and Budgeting process.
Section 83(1) of the Local Government Act states that it shall be submitted to the Legislative Council by June 30 every year.
It is planning that engages all key actors, men and women, in developing objectives, identifying priorities and allocating resources to county activities.