Overview
South Sudan is one of the world’s most flood-vulnerable countries.
Repeated seasonal flooding — made more frequent and severe by climate
change — displaces communities, destroys crops, damages infrastructure,
and sets back years of development progress. SETAC was engaged by the
Ministry of Water and Irrigation, under a World Bank-funded Regional
Climate Resilience Programme, to provide comprehensive engineering
consultancy services for the planning, design, and supervision of flood risk
management infrastructure across multiple states. This is the most complex
and highest-value single engagement in SETAC’s portfolio.
Our multidisciplinary team is conducting detailed survey studies,
hydrological and hydraulic assessments, geotechnical investigations, and
full environmental and social impact evaluations across all project sites.
Simultaneously, our design engineers are developing engineering solutions
for flood control infrastructure — including drainage systems, levees,
retention basins, and nature-based solutions — that will provide lasting
flood protection for vulnerable communities. The programme also
encompasses capacity building for local water resource institutions and
knowledge transfer to government engineers, ensuring the long-term
sustainability of South Sudan’s flood risk management investment.
THE CHALLENGE
Delivering technically rigorous flood risk management solutions across
multiple geographically dispersed sites in South Sudan — a country with
limited infrastructure, challenging access conditions, and ongoing stability
pressures — requires exceptional logistical coordination, experienced field
teams, and deep institutional knowledge. SETAC’s established presence
and long-term partnerships in South Sudan, developed through more than
a decade of continuous project delivery, made us uniquely qualified to lead
this landmark programme.