country’s procurement procedures. g. Expanded outreach of local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs): Port Sudan Association for Small Enterprise Development (PASED) has extended micro loans to the enterprising poor to enable them to establish small businesses and improve the environment for home-based businesses. One of the distinct features of the interventions of PASED is that it extends house improvement loans, with an emphasis on women. PASED operates through five sub-offices located in the poor residential quarters of Port Sudan and employs 21 permanent staff assisted by four volunteers from the local community. h. Child-Friendly School Concept: The concept of Child-Friendly School (CFS) was introduced and promoted in order to operationalize child rights principles of equality, non-discrimination, participation, the right to survival and development, and the best interest of the child in education. The Child Friendly School therefore promotes realization of rights and is used in education programming with a view to ensuring that quality education reaches every child, including, in particular, the most vulnerable children. i. Ahfad Women University: Sudanese are committed to ameliorate the education levels of women. Notable is the existence of the Ahfad Women University, which began as an Elementary School for Girls in 1907, and is now a big private university educating a wide spectrum of women in different specialties in Sudan CONCLUSION: 104. The Government of Sudan has made significant progress towards the ratification and subsequent implementation of codes and standards. However, there is a need to raise awareness of some of them particularly that many of the codes and standards are not yet translated into Arabic. The Government is encouraged to sign and ratify codes and standards it has not yet signed and ratified. Similarly, the ratification status of some of the codes needs to be ascertained from implementing institutions and other official sources. 105. Sudan is well on course in its efforts to enhance the quality of governance. Substantial progress has been made in all thematic areas. The country has some best practices, which should be emulated by other African countries. 106. However, challenges still remain and there is a need for the country to continue taking actions in order to move its political, economic and socio-economic agenda forward and fully meet the ultimate objectives of the APRM. There are also issues that are of a recurring or cross-cutting nature that have been identified in more than one thematic area. NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF ACTION 107. The Government of Sudan has drawn up the National Programme of Action (NPoA), which will require mobilization of considerable financial resources, at the domestic and international levels, to address some of the challenges identified in this Report. The budget for the implementation of the NPoA is estimated as follows: Democracy and Political Governance Economic Governance and Management Corporate Governance Socio-Economic Development USD 3,900,000 USD 26,598,000 USD 16,000,000 USD 100,250,000 Grand Total USD 146.748.000 17