1. National Society Development and Sustainability. To remain relevant, any organisation needs to constantly evolve and adapt to its local environment. Some organisational change can happen spontaneously, but often a deliberate approach is needed to achieve lasting change. SSRC has worked closely together with its Movement partners to strengthen organisational capacities at all levels and to build the capacity across SSRC. The 2017 National Society Development (NSD) review carried out in 2017 and the 2018-2021 NSD Framework have been guiding SSRC to improve its capacity to deliver services and to fully live up to its mandate and auxiliary role. In accordance with the aspiration of the NSD Compact 2019, SSRC has emphasized a structured and encompassing approach addressing lack of alignment, duplication, or inefficiencies, and promoting coherence and predictability of NSD support across the RCRC Movement.
2. Partnership and Movement Coordination and Cooperation. In a complex setting, such as South Sudan, the humanitarian challenges require new, collaborative multistakeholder approaches for effective action. The SSRC and the RCRC Movement partners present in South Sudan are committed to constantly improving coordination and exploring complementarity, to find new models of collaboration in line with the existing RCRC Movement Statutes, Frameworks, and resolutions, such as the Movement Coordination Agreement, and to be in line with the Strategic Plan 2022-2026 and adhere to the One Country Plan to ensure internal connection, efficient response, and greatest impact. SSRC continues to work closely with all relevant public authorities in line with its auxiliary role and recognizes the need to coordinate activities with other stakeholders at the local and national level to avoid duplication and to ensure maximum impact of its interventions. Following on from this, it is SSRC’s ambition to increasingly explore partnerships also with non-Movement actors.
3. Communication and Humanitarian Diplomacy. Communication and Humanitarian Diplomacy are enabling the SSRC to be trusted and accountable and to be in line with its mission and advance towards its vision. To be able to fulfil its mission of reducing suffering, building resilient communities, and fostering human dignity and social cohesion, SSRC needs to increase the understanding and acceptance of humanitarian values and principles. With the noble vision of having healthy, resilient, empowered, and inclusive communities, it is important to position SSRC as a respected and trusted voice of vulnerable populations and renew its influence by Humanitarian Diplomacy and communication. SSRC will ensure trust and accountability by inviting the communities to be in the lead (CEA) and establish good feedback mechanisms and good monitoring and evaluation systems gathering evidence and compiling experiences. Clear campaigns and communications initiatives that are built on evidence and experience and make an impact on policies and practices will be facilitated. SSRC will move from an informing to an influencing approach to fulfil the role of being the voice of the most vulnerable groups. In other words, SSRC is committed to standing up and speaking out in support of the most vulnerable communities and individuals. In summery the communication department carries out:
• Dissemination of the Fundamental Principles and humanitarian values of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement.
• Strengthening SSRC reputation, trust and fostering better understanding.
• Promotes SSRC image and visibility throughout the country.