Republic of Sudan

Ministry of Cabinet Affairs

General Framework for the

Programme of the
Transitional Government

December 2019
Table of Contents :
Preamble 3
Sudan’s Transitional Government Programme 4
Sudan: Complications of the Current Context 5-10
Common Vision & Common Message 11
Common Values and Principles 12
Priorities of STG Programme 13
First priority: Putting an end to war and building fair, comprehensive and sustainable peace. 14-15
Second priority: Addressing the economic crisis and establishing the bases of sustainable development. 16-18
Third priority: Combatting corruption and commitment to transparency and accountability. 19-20
Fourth priority: Promoting public and private freedoms and safeguarding human rights. 20-21
Fifth priority: Ensuring the promotion of the rights of women in all areas and their equitable
representation in the structures of governance. 22
Sixth priority: Restructuring and reforming the organs of the State. 23-24
Seventh priority: Establishing a balanced foreign policy that ensures the interests of Sudan. 25
Eighth priority: Supporting social welfare and development and preserving the environment. 26-28
Ninth priority: Enhancing the role of the youth of both sexes and expanding their opportunities in all areas. 29-30
Tenth priority: Organizing the process of constitution-making and preparation for free and
fair elections. 30-31
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Preamble :
Based on the profound aspirations of the Sudanese people from all walks of political and social
life; the December 2018 Revolution and its peaceful and civil struggle brought about Sudan’s
Transitional Government (STG), which committed itself to realize the revolution’s key slogans:
Freedom, Peace and Justice. As well as its principles enshrined in the political agreement, the
constitutional document for the interim period and the Declaration of Freedom and Change.
STG will work tirelessly to establish the key features of a stable civilian and democratic State and
realize its necessary economic and social revival.
The December 2018 revolution has launched a new phase to steadily and confidently march into
the future laying down a solid base of values for a promising national enterprise and a fresh
vision for a country where the values of social justice and equal citizenship prevail to build a
modern democratic State based on a national integrated revivalist enterprise. Accordingly, the
Revolution Government would like to reiterate its sincere commitment to the values of
participation, collective work, transparency and responsiveness to effectively manage the affairs
and resources of the State.
Sudan’s Transitional Government is committed to lay the foundation of a democratic
development-based and people-centred State. Attending to social development, improvement
of education and health, and providing social protection are also crucial to recognizing the
desired development-based State, and so is the emphasis on increasing the rates of economic
growth in line with the country’s immense and diverse resources.

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STG, represented in the Transitional Sovereign Council, the Council of Ministers and the legislative
and judicial bodies would like to, once again, reiterate its genuine endeavor and sincere commit-
ment to work in harmony as well as in a spirit of collective responsibility to fulfil the demands of
the December 2018 Revolution in loyalty to the martyrs. Putting into effect a transitional
programme that lays the foundation of a country capable of fulfilling the aspirations and
expectations of its people in a way that recognizes societal collective contribution in the process
of decision-making; ensuring transparency, accountability and strict commitment to the
standards of justice and the principles of human rights and social justice.

Sudan’s Transitional Government Programme

The General Framework for the transitional government programme is a culmination of
valuable efforts and the brave struggle of civil, political and revolutionary forces throughout
the previous years, as well as the efforts of the Forces of Freedom and Change, intellectuals,
researchers and experts in various fields. Moreover, SG examined the situation of every
institution in the State and accordingly, developed the outlines of the programme of this
interim period.

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Sudan: Complications of the Current Context
War and the insecurity in many parts of the country, especially in Darfur, the states of South
Kordofan, Blue Nile and Eastern Sudan, currently pose key challenges and are the biggest
obstacles on the path to democratization and to building a modern State based on peace,
freedom and justice.

Therefore, the process of establishing fair peace and managing diversity require an integrated
approach in terms of components and institutions to address the root causes and avoid the dire
mistakes made in the past; which were reducing the issue of peace to a simple power and wealth
sharing formula.

Sudan is socially, economically, geographically and culturally diverse. However, the decades-long
policies of marginalization and exclusion as well as the utter failure to prudently manage such
diversity and the inability to use it in building the country resulted in conflict between diverse
identities and became a key factor for war and instability. Therefore, rendering the country one
of the highest-ranking countries in terms of the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP).

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Furthermore, children and youth under 18 form the majority of the population of Sudan; and this
requires prioritizing the policies and programmes which meet the aspirations and needs of this
segment. Moreover, the economic and social deterioration, the high levels of poverty and
unemployment require urgent provision of the necessary services, especially in health, education,
access to clean water, protection, maternal and childhood services, sanitation and employment.
Rural-to-urban migration in Sudan is a key demographic feature, which resulted in unsustainable
urban growth, and in light of poor infrastructure, massive pressure on services in the urban areas.
The issue of land is urgent and in need of special attention. Neglecting this has been a main
driver of conflict and a prominent factor in political and social instability leading to rising social
inequity and enrooting poverty. Another consequence of this problem is the failure to translate
the immense potential and resources of the country into a broad base for economic and social
development.
Sudan is one of the countries topping the list of the highly indebted poor countries in the world.
The national survey of household budgets and poverty (2014–2015) showed that one in every
three persons in sudan lives below the poverty line. The reasons are the high levels of
unemployment; especially among youth, and the current national economic crisis and
deterioration of the evidently rich rural economy. The results are the steady decline in food
security, the increased rural-to-urban migration, the major shift in livelihood, the greater vulnera-
bility to natural catastrophes as well as the decreased ability to be resilient in the face of disas-
ters and climate change shocks and the ability to recover from them.

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Regarding child health services, the average mortality rate is still high, as well as the average
mortality rate of children under 5 years old; with a clear discrepancy in services between the
rural and urban areas. With regards to water and sanitation, the average rate of those who
have access to clean water is 68% and those who receive sanitation services is 32.9%.
In education, 23.6% of children in primary school age are out of schools and in some states,
this rate exceeds 40%. The current education curricula are poor, not only in content but also in
their failure to endow the students with the capabilities required by the modern world and the
conditions to compete in the job market.
Despite the progress made in bridging the gap between the sexes in public education, the road
is still long towards the realization of women’s empowerment. The percentage of women as a
working force and in decision-making positions is still very low. Besides, there is a significant
network of structural impediments in place that hold women down, including oppressive laws,
low political participation and lack of economic rights. All this contributes to jeopardizing
women’s economic, political and social safeguards. Moreover, there are cultural barriers
preventing women from exercising their rights. Women are also the most vulnerable in conflict
affected areas and wars zones as well as the most affected by social violence and
environmental degradation. Therefore, women’s political, economic and social empowerment
should remain an inherent right requiring systemic action by means of an applicable
straightforward and clear strategy to be implemented during the transitional period.
Another challenge is the fact that most of Sudan’s borders are semi-open, which make it one of
the continent’s largest hosts of refugees whose numbers exceed its limited capacity.
This situation also rendered the country a major stop-over or transit country for irregular
migrants heading to Europe, which, in turn, resulted in the increase of organized crimes related
to human trafficking; whose combatting consumes much of the country’s material and human
resources. In addition, leading to other illicit activities, exotic diseases and many repercussions
on security.

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The economic crisis in the country has worsened due to the policies of the toppled regime. This
has in turn, led to insecurity, political upheaval, corruption, arbitrary economic policies,
long-term economic sanctions, deterioration of agricultural and industrial production,
liberalization and privatization with their due significant negative impact on the efficiency of
production and marketing. These challenges require concerted efforts to promote production
and investment, improve infrastructure, empower the public as well as the private sector, and
establish social peace and political stability. Moreover, they require the adoption of a foreign
policy that is based on mutual interests, building regional and international partnerships
through the normalization and strengthening of relations with all the international community
taking into account what is necessary for the economic and political stability and speeding up
the realization of the four pillars of sustainable development: equity, sustainability, productivity
and enhancing potentials.

Autocracy, the failure of State institutions and the corruption of leaders of these institutions,
which were direct causes of the revolution, might be the salient features of governance as
inherited by the transitional government. The State lacked the minimum requirements for good
governance, including transparency, accountability and social responsibility along with the
inefficient performance of duties, conflict of responsibilities and lack of clarity, misallocation of
in-charge departments amongst several ministries and bodies, the emergence of many shadow
institutions. In addition to the distortions caused by the flawed implementation of the federal
system with the centre infringing on the powers of the states; decades of politicized institutions
and lack of investment in institutional building and the workers therein, rendered the institu-
tions of the State, as they are and with lack of information and transparency, unfit to undertake
duties and responsibilities. Therefore, institutional and political reforms, including capacity
building, must be carried out as a matter of priority.

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At the level of social governance, the institution of Civil/Native Administration, women and
youth as well as all other social organizations are in need of radical reforms and appropriate
capacity building to become effective and qualified for their important social roles.
The Sudanese people have been suffering for decades from the deprivation of rights at the
hands of successive despotic regimes. This has, in turn, led to the deterioration of human rights,
including denial of the right of access to public resources, denial of justice and equality before
the law. Arbitrary detention, the violent oppression of protests, violence, discrimination and
gross violations of human rights remain present, especially in the conflict zones. Hence, STG
assumes the responsibility for human, political, economic, social, environmental and personal
security to protect the peoples’ rights and liberties as well as the improvement of their capabili-
ties in a way that enables protection of their dignity as human beings in addition to ensuring
the rights of the coming generations.

Regional and International Developments:

There has been accelerating political, economic, social and informatics changes in the world
concomitant with substantial shifts in power relations as well as the continued ruthless struggle
for energy and natural resources (including land, minerals, oil, gas, water and labour). In light of
this and the staggering scientific and technological progress, the transitional government seeks
to keep up with these changes especially because information technology and artificial intelli-
gence have radically altered politics and economics as well as everything related to human
societies. Technology has also had its impact on education, knowledge and communications;
bringing about essential changes in industry and world trade, which is reflected in the systems
and tools of competition and conflict around the world. .

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One of the most vital issues the world has witnessed is the increasing concern with climate
change and its enormous impact, especially on the countries of the South. Similarly, the
contribution of migration in changing the demographic map of the world; a major issue in the
policies of many countries today, particularly after the international financial crisis and the rise
of populism. Terrorism, extremism and violence have also been major issues in international
politics.

The waves of demands and claims in Sudan’s regional environment for change and
democratization led by national movements have reshaped the political and social life of the
region as well as the governance structures, which affected the continent and the region as a
whole. The central element in this movement has been the widening of popular participation in
the political process and the calls for change. However, notwithstanding the force of popular
movements, transition in the whole region remains fragile with security, economic and social
challenges.

Under such changing international circumstances, the Sudanese revolution was met with great
international celebration and widespread solidarity, as many countries and regional and
international organizations have welcomed the transformation that the revolution struggled to
bring about. Such countries and organizations expressed their desire to resume cooperation
with the new Sudan as an effective partner within the regional and international community.
In light of the above, STG is pleased to present to the Sudanese people the general
framework for the transitional government programme in which upon all the detailed plans,
prepared by the relevant ministries and the forces of the revolution, shall be based upon.

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The general framework of the programme is based on:

Common Vision
Building a democratic, development-based State for everyone, where
citizens will all enjoy peace, freedom, justice and welfare.

Common Message
The institutions of both the State and society shall work in full harmony and effective
partnership with the regional and international community to meet the aspirations of
the Sudanese people in attaining the bases for realizing the desired common vision, the
programmes and plans of the transitional period.

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Common Values and Principles
To realize the common vision and message, STG is committed to the following values and
principles:
• Honouring the martyrs and sacrifices of the Sudanese people.
• Celebrating diversity and plurality; respecting and promoting human dignity and rights.
• Inclusive participation and joint social responsibility.
• Justice and equality.
• Financial and administrative transparency and accountability.
• Establishing and observing the principle of the rule of law.
• Dialogue, solidarity, cooperation and communication.
• Professionalism and credibility.
• Promoting peace and tolerance.
• Upholding the national interest.
• Optimism and positive spirit.
• Innovation and creativity.

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 Priorities of STG Programme

First priority: Putting an end to war and building fair, comprehensive and sustainable peace.
Second priority: Addressing the economic crisis and establishing the bases of sustainable
development.
Third priority: Combatting corruption and commitment to transparency and accountability.
Fourth priority: Promoting public and private freedoms and safeguarding human rights.
Fifth priority: Ensuring the promotion of the rights of women in all areas and their equitable
representation in the structures of governance.
Sixth priority: Restructuring and reforming the organs of the State.
Seventh priority: Establishing a balanced foreign policy that ensures the interests of Sudan.
Eighth priority: Supporting social welfare and development and preserving the environment.
Ninth priority: Enhancing the role of youth of both sexes and expanding their opportunities in
all areas.
Tenth priority: Organizing the process of constitution-making and preparation for free and
fair elections.

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In light of the declaration of the Forces of Freedom and Change and the functions of the
transitional government stated in the constitutional document and with the consensus of all
constituents of the transitional governance, the government is strongly committed to the
implementation of the following ten priorities, which shall be included in the strategies and
work plans of the constituents of the transitional government.

First: Putting an end to war and building fair, comprehensive and sustainable
peace
The issue of ending war and realizing peace has been the greatest dilemma facing the Sudanese
State since its independence. Developmental and political exclusion has contributed to the
escalation of the crises, which have deteriorated due to the absence of the necessary political
will to address the root causes. Thus, peace processes have been truncated and they have never
addressed the root causes of the conflicts.
Below are the practical steps of the transitional government in this regard:
• Immediate declaration of ceasefire in all conflict zones.
• Establishing the Peace Commission and its structures and supporting its work and the work
and efforts of the negotiating commissions, popular participation in the peace
process; preparing the protocols, agreements and plans for building sustainable peace.
• Realizing sustainable peace that is capable of addressing the root causes of conflicts within a
comprehensive national context that takes on board the causes as well as all those involved
particularly the true stakeholders.

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• Establishing and activating the Transitional Justice Commission and building the relevant
compensation and reparation institutions.
• Attending to the issues of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees and their voluntary
return, in addition to attending to the issues of the demobilized individuals.
• Setting plans and programmes for reconstruction and development and rallying national and
international support for their implementation in war-affected areas in Darfur, Southern
Kordofan and Blue Nile states and Eastern Sudan.
• Mobilizing public opinion towards advancing the peace process internally and at the level of
neighbouring countries as well as regionally and internationally to support and promote peace.
• Promoting and boosting the culture of peace through all the media and cultural means to
consolidate the concepts and principles of peaceful coexistence.
• Strengthening the role of the civil administration and civil society organizations to consolidate
the social peace process.
• Creating units for psychological support and assistance for the victims of violations.

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Second: Addressing the economic crisis and establishing the bases of sustain-
able development
The government is working to address the economic crisis by stopping the deterioration and
laying the foundation for sustainable development through an economic, social and financial
programme to tackle the current challenges. Despite the abundant and varied economic
resources of Sudan, the crisis has cast its shadow over its peoples’ livelihoods due to this
abundance not being reflected as no strategic vision for the economy was ever clear since the
country’s independence in 1956. There has been no vision since then whereby the resources of
the country could utilize and deploy the energy of the people towards a developmental model
that maximizes the production benefits, realizes sufficiency and increases the income of both the
individuals and the State.
Therefore, STG’s programme prioritizes the following:
• Setting strict rules and controls for the mandate of the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Planning on added value (for example by lifting financial pressure, controlling and rationalizing
public expenditure, activating the Consolidated Treasury System and enhancing institutional and
human capacities).
• Increasing production and turning towards exporting processed products to realize an added
value.
• Developing and promoting productive sectors (agriculture, livestock, industry).

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• Focusing on creating several projects with comparative advantage and value-added chains
(meats, leather, oilseeds, gum Arabic).
• Undertaking programmes for macroeconomic stability and structuring fiscal policies.
• Strengthening economic security, provision of food and combatting poverty.
• Creating a suitable environment for medium, small and micro enterprises and securing
technical and financial support for them, thereby moving towards regulating the informal sector.
• Incorporating the goals of sustainable development, protection of human rights and social
responsibility into the plans of private companies.
• Strict enforcement of the Consumer Protection Act.
• Conducting a population and housing census as well as an agricultural, livestock and industrial
census and household surveys as bases for the process of development planning.
• Reviewing tax and customs exemptions.
• Reforming the monetary policy to increase its effectiveness as well as reviewing and improving
risk management at banks to help with their durability.
• Reviewing the Bank of Sudan Act, emphasizing the Bank’s independence and applying the
global standards of the banking system.
• Preparing and promoting the institutional environment for transitioning to a phase of stability
and accelerating economic development.
• Rehabilitating existing irrigated and rain-fed agricultural projects.
• Developing and upgrading the livestock sector, providing veterinary services, preserving animal
health and improving the breeds.

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• Rehabilitating the transportation sector via restructuring.
• Developing a programme of action to rehabilitate the existing industrial areas and
establish specialized industrial areas.
• Raising awareness on the role of cooperatives as well as supporting and increasing the
efficiency of production, consumption and services cooperatives.
• Setting strict measures to address the imbalances of trade and payments.
• Upgrading the investment process in Sudan through an attractive legal and administrative
climate, reviewing the Investment Act and the procedures thereof, and availing from
international and regional platforms and consultation meetings to attract investors.
• Maintenance and rehabilitation of the electricity sector and investing in alternative and
renewable energy.
• Upgrading and producing agricultural production inputs (fertilizers and pesticides).
• Working to increase the production of gold and the government's share of production.
• Rehabilitating the existing water schemes and establishing new ones (drinking water, irrigation
and dams).
• Enhancing the partnership with the private sector.
• Pursuing embezzled funds.
• Attending to entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of small and medium
industries.
• Taking advantage of Sudan’s geographic location in the border trade in addition to monitoring
smuggling.

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Third: Combatting corruption and commitment to transparency and
accountability
Corruption has been a major institutional concern weighing on the country’s economy and
eroding its resources. Lack of transparency and accountability has also been a significant factor
in the spread of corruption into all levels of the State, which eventually led to hindering local and
foreign investments and hampering the ability of the concerned institutions to practice their
responsibilities. All this has led to the people’s widespread distrust in such institutions in general
and the fiscal ones in particular.

This situation necessitates STG to focus on the following:

• Activating anti-corruption and unlawful enrichment mechanisms and laws, and expediting
procedures of filing cases, investigations as well as transparent fair trials.
• Creating an independent national commission to combat financial and administrative
corruption.
• Reviewing, amending and putting all relevant legislations and laws into force to protect
endowments and properties of the State, and strengthening jurisdiction of the Ministry of
Finance and Economic Planning over public money.
• Establishing and activating systems to control State revenues and expenditure, by means of
using networks, modern technologies and requisite skills.
• The need to develop and enforce accounting, transparency and accountability systems to
control financial performance in various State institutions.
• Activating popular and professional oversight units, communication and complaints pathways
to achieve the utmost degree of fairness and transparency and applying the required standards.

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• Recovering property and funds embezzled by the previous regime’s institutions, bodies and
individuals.
• Reviewing the activities of the investment and commercial units in the various State institutions
and organizing their role in serving the public budget.
• Transparent handling of corruption, spreading a culture of transparency and combatting
corruption through various official and unofficial media.
• Harmonize Sudanese laws and legislations with international and regional legislations related
to money laundering and financing terrorism as well as taking the necessary practical measures
to enforce them.

Fourth: Promoting public and private freedoms and safeguarding human rights
Totalitarian regimes in the recent history of Sudan, especially during the era of the former regime,
contributed to violating the human rights of individuals and minorities, suppressing freedoms
and undermining the dignity of Sudanese citizens. This has led to a wide sense of oppression felt
by large groups of the Sudanese people.

To address this, STG will take the following measures:

• Repealing freedom restricting laws and legislations and carrying out urgent legal reform.
• Restructuring and building the legal and judicial system and qualifying its cadres to achieve
independence and integrity of the judiciary; strengthening the rule of law and achieving justice.
• Establishing and activating an independent and specialized national commission for
transitional justice issues as stipulated in the Constitutional Document.

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• Supporting the independent commission of inquiry established by the government in light of
the stipulations in the Constitutional Document to accomplish its functions in investigating the
violent and murderous attacks that accompanied the December 2018 Revolution, in particular,
the brutal dispersal of the sit-in on the 3 June 2019 and bringing the perpetrators to justice.
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• Establishing and activating a national commission for legal reform to review the existing laws
or enact new ones and ensure their enforcement to establish the principle of rule of law.
• Adopting and encouraging oversight and supporting bodies, mechanisms and societies for
human rights issues.
• Adopting and enforcing international human rights conventions, starting with the International
Bill of Human Rights, particularly the rights of women and children.
• Promoting and ensuring religious freedoms in a way that preserves the peoples’ absolute right
to practice their religious rituals.

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Fifth: Ensuring the promotion of the rights of women in all areas and their
equitable representation in the structures of governance
According to the provisions of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in
recognition of the role of Sudanese women, who were in the first ranks of the December 2018
Revolution, as real actors in society, and as human beings first and foremost, it is imperative that
their role and contribution in all aspects of life should be deservedly honoured by:
• Establishing and activating the Commission for Women and Gender Justice, as well as by
setting strategies, policies and mechanisms for integrating gender in all areas.
• Including women's rights in all social, political and economic spheres, and their fair and
deserved participation in all state institutions and governance structures.
• Ratifying international and regional agreements on women's rights.
• Encouraging positive public discourse towards women's issues, especially through the mass
media.
• Sponsoring programmes aimed at political participation in public work for the sake of
defending and securing rights.
• Encouraging and supporting women's organizations in all public spheres.
• Empowering women via access to economic and administrative resources, including financing
and building productive and knowledge capacities.
• Activating and expanding the umbrella of social and health security for all women with special
attention to those with low-income.
• Ensuring the principle of equal opportunities in all sectors, empowering women economically
and providing decent work opportunities in all fields.

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Sixth: Restructuring and reforming the organs of the State
There is an urgent need to dismantle the so-called Tamkeen (NCP political empowerment
policies) in the State's organs and institutions, to restructure the civil service to achieve its
national character and neutrality, and address imbalances, conflicts, and distortions to revive its
effectiveness to serve issues of concern to the citizen through:
• Reviewing and amending laws and regulations governing the work and activities of the civil and
military State apparatus.
• Establishing and activating a national commission to reform the civil service to realize the
necessary rights for fair employment, appointment, promotion and job creation for youth,
especially women. Ensuring and providing decent work opportunities for all.
• Creating a competitive healthy work environment based on efficiency, integrity and
professionalism in performance.
• Rehabilitation and training of professional cadres in various disciplines by improving
institutional capacities and enhancing the partnership between the public and the private
sectors as well as the regional and international bodies and institutions.
• Reviewing legislations and laws regulating levels of federal, State and local government;
tightening coordination and mutual support and eliminating conflicts by defining tasks, powers
and responsibilities.
• Issuing and enforcing the decisions of the Council of Ministers regarding those dismissed
arbitrarily to remove the injustice and achieve a professional public service.
• Empowering the Auditor General Office by supporting its independent role through activating
the control and oversight systems and institutions in all entities of the State.

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• Restructuring and reactivating all the regional and State authorities, especially local
governments, to provide the necessary services to the people and encouraging initiatives that
enhance participation and popular control, particularly the role of neighbourhoods, youth and
women’s committees.
• Creating the necessary atmosphere and support to activate the role of legislative bodies in
light of the Constitutional Document.
• Committing and working to include the articles and provisions for reviewing the structures,
systems and relations of the military, security and the police institutions and upgrading their
capabilities as provided for in the Constitutional Document in STG programme and the work
plan and putting them into practice.

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Seventh: Establishing a balanced foreign policy that ensures the interests
of Sudan
Sudan has long been polarized by regional and international axes, oscillating between different
identity affiliations and adopting reckless domestic and foreign policy approaches that resulted
in putting the country in confrontation with the international community; causing the suffering of
the Sudanese people due to the enforced economic embargo and harsh international sanctions.
To achieve the democratic transition and the promotion of Sudan's common interests, STG shall
work to:
• Restoring Sudan's leading role at the regional and international levels and enhancing its
honourable and effective presence in all regional and international forums, platforms, bodies and
institutions.
• Adopting policies and attitudes that consider, first and foremost, the Sudanese national
interests and conform with the values of international peace and justice.
• Strengthening strategic relations with neighbouring countries taking into account the principles
of common interests.
• Restoring the special relationship with the State and the people of the Republic of South Sudan
honouring the historical ties that the former regime had undermined.
• Appraising and encouraging international support and partnerships to serve the interests of
Sudan.
• Rebuilding trust between the Sudanese in the diaspora and Sudan’s diplomatic missions,
supporting popular diplomacy, and availing Sudanese cadres and capabilities abroad to serve
the country’s national interest.

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Eighth: Supporting social welfare and development and preserving the
environment
The majority of the population of Sudan depends on the environment and natural resources, in
the absence of a clear institutional and legislative framework for environmental governance.
There are also few strategic projects targeting vulnerable groups (the elderly, women, youth,
children and persons with disabilities). Social security mechanisms were previously disconnected,
and, accordingly, did not succeed in saving these groups from poverty, nor did they provide them
with the required care and protection.

The transitional period adopts an integrated policy and programme package that includes:
• Developing national research plans and projects in the areas of energy, renewable energy,
health, housing, social security, and water and food security as well as environmental
conservation.
• Setting directives for expanding applied research and transferring technology to link scientific
research with development plans and the war against poverty.
• Promoting the activities of community colleges in universities and linking them to community
service centres.
• Including and empowering all social sectors, especially children and persons with special needs,
in political and social participation and defending their rights.
• Establishing environmental policy platforms and institutions aimed at knowledge sharing and
integrative planning that is environmentally friendly and sustainable for natural resources.

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• Activating social protection strategies through integrated visions of the role of social security
mechanisms, enhancing the concept of partnerships and cooperation, and coordinating efforts.
Also, incorporating the principle of the green economy to protect the environment.
• Activating the role of civil society organizations and the private sector to achieve sustainable
development goals.
• Activating the role of social media and raising awareness by localizing the mechanisms of
community dialogue.
• Creating a transparent and fair work programme and ensuring a suitable environment for the
enforcement of social protection.
• Activating societal rehabilitation and community awareness programmes to support social
initiatives in all areas.
• Creating and activating an information database that includes all vital government data and
statistics linking it to the unified network of government institutions. Making it available to
stakeholders, including the socio-economic survey of the country, in which both the community
and the private sector participate.
• Committing to international agreements and decisions related to population and social
development.
• Establishing and supporting coordination forums for community issues at both the states and
localities level.

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• Supporting social stability and cohesion programmes and enhancing the role of local
communities in development.
• Developing, implementing and integrating environmental laws, sustainable development goals,
human rights safeguards and social responsibility within the framework of corporate operational
processes.
• Launching a national campaign to promote the desired human behaviour with the view of
keeping up with change, upholding the values of justice, dignity, transparency and accountability
and ensuring adherence to the ethics of public and voluntary work.
• Organizing awareness programmes on the environment, environmental conservation,
biodiversity and climate change.

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Ninth: Enhancing the role of youth of both sexes and expanding their
opportunities in all areas
Young men and women have actively and bravely led the December 2018 Revolution with
remarkable valor, genuine commitment and broad active participation. The innovative youth
initiatives proved to have been a crucial force to the social and political power that led the
national
movement. Accordingly, the government is committed to working to develop the capabilities of
youth and develop their active participation in public life.
This requires working on:
• Developing a general policy for youth and translating it into action programmes and creating
an enabling environment for them to engage in societal, economic and political work, and
emphasizing their participation in the formulation and implementation of plans and
programmes.
• Developing youth leadership capabilities, cultivating their talent, nurturing and directing their
energies and skills towards building and creating.
• Conducting a youth survey to create a database to identify their organizational and economic
needs.
• Encouraging and nurturing the establishment of youth organizations addressing diversity in
age, ethnic, educational, economic and social differences.
• Focusing on youth as an active human resource in the development process.
• Creating direct communication channels between the relevant ministries and youth to activate
their community work.

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• Attending to sports for both sexes and supporting its role in promoting peace and managing
diversity.
• Encouraging youth participation to consolidate social peace ties at the grassroots and local
levels.
• Utilizing the skills of youth in social media as platforms for training and learning.
• Combatting terrorism, extremism and violence amongst youth and supporting peaceful
dialogue.
• Attending to, and supporting, youth initiatives in entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation.
• Focusing on building the capacity of youth to supply the labour market with a qualified, skilled
and trained workforce.
• Developing a youth employment policy and encouraging entrepreneurship by ensuring decent
work conditions for youth of both sexes.

Tenth: Organizing the process of constitution-making and preparation for free

and fair elections
The lack of a permanent constitution for the country poses a major challenge to establishing a
stable and sustainable democratic rule; moreover, it has significantly been contributing to
creating a fragile environment that threatens the process of achieving peace, freedom and
justice.

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Therefore, STG will take the following measures:

• Rehabilitating the State institutions and agencies to adopt professionalism through their role in
the constitution-making process and the holding of elections.
• Raising societal and political awareness of the importance of making a constitution through a
process that enables wider community participation, as this will lead to a constitution that all
categories of the Sudanese people agree on to realize national unity and social peace.
• Establishing the Constitution Commission.
• Creating and activating the National Electoral Commission; reviewing, amending, revising and
completing the civil and electoral registry.
• Activating societal dialogues and conducting media campaigns to raise awareness of
governance issues promoting the culture and values of peace, democracy and good governance.
• Preparing for and organizing the upcoming elections by creating a conducive environment as
well as activating the necessary mechanisms of the electoral process in all its stages, including
publicity, nomination, voting and the announcement of results.
• Expanding political participation for those with special needs, activating the child’s parliament,
from grassroot societies and community systems to protect it and raise awareness of the
requirements of democratic transition.
• Supporting and encouraging youth, women and war-affected communities, especially IDPs and
refugees, in order to enable them to exercise their political and social rights.

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References:
- Constitutional document for the transitional period of 2019.
- Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, Aid Program and Alternative Policies
(General Framework), October 2019.

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Artwork: Wellyce