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Sudan Priority Grants: North-South Border Initiative

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"More than a Line: Sudan's North-South Border"

As part of the launch of the NSBI, the USIP Grant Program commissioned Concordis International to conduct a systematic conflict assessment of the North-South Border. The NSBI is guided in part by the findings in this report. To download the report, click the links below:

NSBI Digital Resource Library

Under  this initiative, the NSBI Digital Resource Library has been created to house documents  related to the North-South border in Sudan.

The Library, which is publicly accessible and open to anyone. | Visit the NSBI Digital Resource Library

The Sudan Priority Grant Program launched the North-South Border Initiative (NSBI) in September 2010. Africa's newest international border, if not managed well, has the capacity to increase insecurity, threaten development and spark conflict at the national and even international level. The NSBI supports innovative projects from the grassroots to the policy level designed to promote a border that contributes to, instead of hinders, security, development, and the strengthening of inter-group relationships in the border areas.

2011 Grants

SMALL ARMS SURVEY (SAS) (Project Director: Eric G. Berman): A grant to provide accurate, field-based information on the conflict dynamics in South Sudan. SAS, one of the leading sources of public information on small arms and armed violence, will utilize its expertise to monitor insurrections in the border areas of South Sudan, analyze cross-border dynamics driving violence, and assess the weapons supply lines of armed actors.  Ongoing updates of insecurity along the North-South border will be available to inform national and international audiences.

PEACE DIRECT  (Project Director: Tom Gillhespy): A grant building on the work of the Sudanese Oil and Human Security Initiative (SOHSI) which will  inform  twenty communities in South Kordofan and Unity  State about what the referendum means for them and provide a continuous source of reliable information about border demarcation. The civic education activities are complemented by a Rapid Response Fund to support a flexible response to emerging crises. (SG-258-11) $109,340

CHRISTIAN AID  (Project Directors: Colin Robertson, Mohammed Osman Ali): A grant to collect and disseminate information and provide a space in which communities in Southern Kordofan and Southern Blue Nile can discuss the implications of the  referendum. Utilizing the existing grassroots networks of partner organizations Azza Women’s Association and the Sudan Open Learning Organization (SOLO), the project will focus on areas where there are particular localized tensions. The project will also document the views and concerns of communities and present them to policymakers at state, national and international level.  (SG-260-11) $78,853

FREE VOICE FOUNDATION (Project Director:  Daniel Van Oudenaren): A grant to produce radio magazines in Dinka and colloquial Arabic to be broadcast on radio stations operating in the region. The project will provide a platform for communities to interact around contentious issues
impacting border communities. During the production of the radio magazines, training for correspondents and producers will be held focusing on methods of conflict resolution and conflict-sensitive program production. (SG-259-11) $86,218

Call for Proposals

  • In 2012, USIP will make grants for the Sudan North-South Border Initiative by inviting a select number of organizations to submit proposals. We expect to have an open call for proposals in 2013.

Past Solicitations

The first Call for Proposals, released in September 2010, focused on public education in the border areas in the post-referendum period. Please download the Call for Proposals for more information. The application process closed November 15, 2010. Grants were approved under this call in January 2011.

USIP Staff Contact: Elizabeth Murray, sudangrants@usip.org.

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