On the 15th and 16th of July two kick off meetings were held for all 4a BSF-IA grant recipients at the Beijing Hotel in Juba. The aim of the meeting was to get to know each other and to give the grant recipients an introduction to BSF and its procedures (financial and programmatic). Subjects that were covered during the meetings:

- Financial reporting
- Quarterly reporting
- Monitoring
- Technical requirements (per sector, and mainly WATSAN)
- Sub contracting and tender procedures
- And that you’re always welcome at the Secretariat in case you have questions and/or project updates.

Please find attached the presentation and report which were prepared by the BSF secretariat for the Inter Ministerial Appraisal Committee (IMAC), which was organized on the 14th of June.

Report from the 2010 IMAC that approved BSF-IA, Round 4 of funding

Presentation and Report from the 2009 IMAC that approved BSF Phase 2, Round 3 of funding

Click here to download BSF's Quarterly Progress Report 1 for 2010.

BSF-IA CONTRACT INVITATIONS AS DECIDED BY THE 26TH BSF STEERING COMMITTEE, 1ST JUNE 2010

Please find attached below the list of organisations invited for contract negotiations under BSF-IA Round 4a (page 1 of the attachment).

These organisations have received individual emailed invitations to attend contract negotiations over the next 2 weeks at the BSF Secretariat Office, Hai Kololo, Juba.

Following the preannouncement of 2nd February we invite you for the Completion Workshop start 09:30 hours at Paradise Hotel, Juba.

The Country Director or Senior Programme Manager, and the Financial Director/ Senior Financial Manager, of all partners are invited (and expected) to attend.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Opening and Introduction
2. Closing down 30th June 2010
3. Completion report
4. Asset handing over
5. Last day of expenditure and submission of final financial report
6. Audit
7. Possibility of funding under the BSF Interim Arrangement of ongoing projects
8. AOB

On the 13th of February there will be a BSF Drinking Water Workshop for BSF partners with a water component. This workshop will be a follow up of the drinking water lessons learned meeting, which was held in February 2009. Please ensure that relevant staff will be available to attend.

The coming workshop will have the following goals:

· Agree on BSF procedures regarding Water Quality, in line with the new GoSS Water Quality Guidelines

Click here to view BSF's Annual Report for 2009, also the Quarterly Progress Report 4 of 2009.

Click here to view BSF's Quarterly Report 3 for 2009.

Dear BSF Grant recipients,

Please find attached guidance and instructions on above mentioned subjects.