EU CONTRIBUTES TO SUDAN FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMME

The European Union and the World Bank signed an agreement yesterday to contribute $110 million to the Family Support Programme Samarat [Fruits] of the Sudanese government.
The money will be transferred to the Sudan Transition and Recovery Support (STARS) Multi Donor Trust Fund, administered and managed by the World Bank. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden together donated an additional $78.2 million to the programme. USAID already contributed $20 million.
The signing ceremony was held at the Prime Minister’s office in the presence of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, the Ministers of Labour and Social Development, Culture and Information, the acting Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, European ambassadors, UN officials and other government officials. The agreement was signed by Ambassador of the European Union to Sudan, Robert van den Dool and Ousmane Dione, Country Director for Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan of the World Bank.