SUDIA has been contracted by the World Bank and the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultations (DDDC) to implement a Future Search Training workshop in Khartoum. The training will develop the capacity of the DDDC, its various stakeholders and partners and impart techniques and skills that contribute towards increased participation, transparency and the overall effectiveness of the DDDC process and its partners. The training will introduce the Future Search Method to participating agencies as an effective and highly successful consultative and planning method increasingly being used around the world by companies, organizations and communities.

Support for IGAs and agricultural activity is to be provided to small farmers and families in five rural villages in Sheikan Locality of North Kordofan State. Over 80 families (approx. 280 individuals) will have access to small loans averaging 300USD through an Islamic 'Musharaka' venture between the Savings and Social Development Bank and SUDIA. Musharaka being a form of Islamic finance in which SUDIA and SSDB will be sharing both risk and reward of the venture. The loans will be provided through SUDIA community-managed micro-credit model which not only provides access to micro-credit but also develops capacity and reinforces community cohesion and solidarity.