A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan - 2017 SECTION 4: Current capacity of national authorities SPECIFY INDICATORS ADDRESSED, AS PER ToR OR OTHER RELEVANT PROJECT DOCUMENTS: - Existing structures - Past interventions to DNPI - Identification of major needs of DNPI - Obstacles to efficient implementation of nationality laws Questions Answers What are the major challenges your office here is facing at the moment? What has been done so far to alleviate these challenges? What still needs to be done? Do officers here have enough copies of the nationality Act 2011 and it’s Regulations? What challenges (if any) do you face in the implementation of any nationality law provisions? Which specific provisions? What do you think should be done? How can you efficiently implement nationality laws? Have you received any training since you joined DNPI? If yes, which training(s) have you received? When? Who offered/funded the trainings? (Probe: what was included in the trainings?) [If trained] Do you feel the training has helped you improve the way you carry out your job? How has it helped you? Please give examples of things that have changed as a result of the trainings received. What do you think would motivate Civil Society Organizations to get involved in the global effort to end statelessness? Has your office here received any form of support or assistance from any organization or institution? What kind of assistance? By whom? Was the assistance provided in line with the needs of DNPI? SECTION 4: Current capacity of national authorities SPECIFY INDICATORS ADDRESSED, AS PER ToR OR OTHER RELEVANT PROJECT DOCUMENTS: - Ways to improve mechanisms for identifying and assisting persons at risk of statelessness - Ways to enhance public awareness and access by individuals in respect of nationality application procedure - Improved legislation and procedures for effective implementation of nationality laws Questions Has there been any assistance provided to vulnerable communities? If yes, what has been the most successful component of assistance provided to vulnerable communities? What has not worked well? Why? If you were to change any of the procedures of your work at DNPI to help eliminate statelessness in any way, what would you change? Why? In your opinion, what is the best way to disseminate information to communities or individuals regarding citizenship laws and procedures in South Sudan? What do you think of the South Sudanese nationality laws in comparison with international legal framework on statelessness? Do these laws conform to the International legal framework? 50 Answers