For the census to succeed, it is necessary to solicit the support and cooperation of the
community leadership and the public at large. Various committees have already been
formed or are in the process of being established at GoSS, state and county levels to
spearhead census advocacy and publicity campaigns. To this effect, a Presidential decree
has been issued for this purpose. The main committees are:

The Southern Sudan Population Census Council – Functioning
Southern Sudan Census Financial Committee – Functioning
Census Advocacy and Publicity Committee – Functioning
State Population Census Committees – In process of being established
County Population Census Committees – In process of being established

A census advocacy and publicity strategy is being developed to provide guidelines on
how best to promote census awareness and sensitise the public on the whole census
process.