Planned activities Favourable protection environment Law and policy developed or strengthened  Access to legal assistance and legal remedies improved   Fair protection processes and documentation  Level of individual documentation increased Civil registration and civil status documentation strengthened   UNHCR will monitor legislative developments and advocate for, and provide technical advice to, the Government to effectively implement existing legislation as well as to consider possible amendments. Through partners, UNHCR will provide counselling and legal aid to 600 individuals with difficulty in proving their Sudanese or South Sudanese nationality, and to those with protection concerns linked to their change of nationality and legal status. UNHCR will train 85 local lawyers to provide legal assistance in such cases. UNHCR will support the Consulate of South Sudan to process nationality documentation applications, and to expand documentation activities to areas where there are high concentrations of South Sudanese individuals. 7,000 individuals are expected to obtain nationality documentation. Through involvement in the Government-led committee on birth registration, UNHCR in cooperation with other actors will continue supporting a coordinated effort to strengthen birth registration and implement continuous registration in the whole of Sudan. UNHCR will conduct advocacy and information campaigns as well as capacity-building activities for officials involved in the registration procedures as well as for the population of concern, to increase the awareness of the importance of registration and documentation, as well as to ensure harmonized procedures. Community empowerment and self-reliance Community mobilization strengthened and expanded   UNHCR will put in place a monitoring mechanism to assess the situation of South Sudanese populations in Khartoum, Eastern Sudan, White Nile State and Darfur. Monitoring activities will focus on the implications of the registration of South Sudanese with Sudanese immigration authorities, as well as on issues relating to confirmation of nationality and civil registration. UNHCR will raise awareness among South Sudanese communities of the change in their nationality and legal status, and empower community committees to address issues with local authorities and within their communities. Logistics and operations support Operations management, coordination and support strengthened and optimized  20 UNHCR will hire affiliated workforce essential for the implementation of its statelessness programme.