Uganda, Empowering Refugee Hosting Districts in Uganda; Making the Nexus Work

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Uganda saw a huge influx of refugees escaping conflict and famine, doubling Uganda's refugee population to an estimated 1.4 million refugees; over 1.000.000 of whom are South Sudanese and the number is still rising. The mass influx over the last year, is placing an enormous strain on the already stressed ability of District Local Governments (DLGs) to enhance social and economic development and deliver social services to the people, such as water and sanitation, waste management, health care and education. 
 
The lack of capacity of DLGs, and the replacement of these public entities by humanitarian actors and partners, cannot be seen as a sustainable nor permanent solution for the provision of basic services. Therefore, this project is built on the notion that whilst the traditional humanitarian efforts need to be sustained or even scaled up, it should be complemented by innovative development programmes targeting local governments to address the medium to longer term socio- economic impacts of forced displacement. This is in line with the United Nations' Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), for which Uganda is a pilot country. 
 
The programme aims to strengthen the resilience of local governments, in dealing with the huge impact of refugees within their area, thereby improving the living conditions of both the host communities as well as the (South Sudanese) refugees. 
 
Outcome 1 
Promoting social cohesion between the host communities and the refugees i.e. legitimacy and inclusion: Here the project intends to empower host communities and refugees to better engage with DLGs, throughout the DLGs decision making and planning processes, resulting in a more responsive DLG, thereby allowing the DLGs to better position itself as a reliable local development actor, which is able to balance host community versus refugee support and humanitarian aid versus medium to long term development. 
 
Outcome 2 
Promoting enhanced public service delivery through improved planning, delivery, maintenance, financial management and investments in waste management and food security. Under this outcome the project will work towards enhancing the capacity of DLGs to do sustainable scenario planning and to improve upon its service delivery functions, thereby enhancing its legitimacy, as DLGs will be better able to respond to current and future needs of its citizens, being both host communities and refugees. 
 
Outcome 3 
Promoting Local Economic Development through enhancing economic resilience, circular economy and agriculture. Under this outcome the project aims to enhance DLGs' capacities to support host communities and refugees to become more economically resilient, through the promotion of circular economy and agricultural practices. 
 
The project will be implemented in cooperation with the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) in the following district local governments: 
* Koboko District Local Government & Koboko Municipal Council 
* Yumbe District Local Government 
* Adjumani District Local Government

Start date

Sun, 10/01/2017 - 12:00

End date

Mon, 12/31/2018 - 12:00

Policy field(s)

Post-conflict reconstruction

Funding

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

Regions

Africa

Country

Uganda

Project id

7968221

Project code

11372

Contact

Anne-Marie Tosserams

Project AOE

Involving Citizens in Decision Making

Uganda, Local Government Capacity Programme (LGCP) 2012-2016

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Objective: Increased food security for the Ugandan population 
Target group: 8 local governments, 2 national local government associations (UAAU and ULGA) 
Intended result: Local governments are able to contribute to the security of food supply 
Activities: Technical assistance, benchmarking, network meetings and study visits 
 
Uganda has a large agricultural sector, but has not succeeded in sufficiently feeding its own population. One in every five Ugandans suffer from malnourishment. Food security is one of the biggest challenges facing the country. Various ministries and government institutions are engaged in food security. Local governments also play an important role. It is their task to create an enabling environment for food production in their region. However, many local administrators and local council staff lack the necessary knowledge and skills. 
 
participation 
The LGCP programme in Uganda is working on reinforcing the capacity of 8 local governments and their national organisations. The aim is to enable them to improve the local security of food supplies. Experience with the programme at a local level is spread nationally via the associations. With this approach, the participation of all relevant parties such as farmer cooperatives, NGOs and local council staff is key. If producers and citizens can join 
the discussion on the plans and actions, this increases not only the effectiveness, but also the legitimacy of the administrators. 
 
Aim 
The LGCP Uganda programme wants to contribute to local governments being better able to create the conditions for increased food security. This concerns the capacity to: 
- analyse the local food situation and include the security of food supplies in local development plans; 
- set priorities for food security, tackle the situation and monitor the progress; 
- establish effective cooperation with the relevant government institutions, local population, farmers and businesses; 
- enhance the public accountability of local governments for the services that concern the security of food supplies. 
What is primarily important for the Urban Authorities Association of Uganda (UAAU) and the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) is that they are better able to support the members, and represent their interests on a national level with regard to improving local food security situations. 
 
What do we want to achieve? 
- 8 local governments can identify and integrate the priorities for food security in their development plans. 
- These local governments possess the necessary capacity to effectively tackle those priorities. 
- The local governments and their national associations know the various stakeholders in the field of food security and involve them in the preparation and implementation of the development plans.

Start date

Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:00

End date

Sat, 12/31/2016 - 12:00

Policy field(s)

Local economic development
Inter-municipal co-operation
Institutional development
Public policy and planning

Funding

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

Regions

Africa

Country

Uganda

Peoples

Irene Oostveen

Project id

7422703

Project code

LG.01.UG

Contact

Irene Oostveen

Project AOE

Improving Access to Basic Services