Strengthening multisectoral organizational capacity of sexual and gender-based violence in Ethiopia and South Sudan through collaborative public sector innovation (SMOC

A collaborative capacity development project funded by the Swedish Institute within the Public Sector Innovation Programme (PSIP) that builds on the previous SMOC 1 project and adds Ethiopia as a working country.

This programme aims to strengthen the public sector’s ability to contribute to the sustainable development agenda through increasing capacity for the process of dealing with SGBV in cross disciplinary and multi-sectoral ways in South Sudan.

Utilising a design led approach, multidisciplinary teams will leverage innovative leadership and inclusive service design to develop and implement change projects that focus on policy development to combat SGBV.

A joint capacity development initiative to contribute towards developing policies to eliminating and ameliorate Sexual and gender-based violence in Ethiopia and South Sudan. The project engaged law-makers, policy experts, educationists, healthcare worker, police officers, and gender experts to design and implement change projects within the areas of policy, SRHR, and SGBV.