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The afternoon of Friday the 23rd of October was one filled with passion and brutal honesty as analysts, students, civil society actors, academia, thought leaders and members of the security forces assembled in Makerere University’s Main Hall to discuss Uganda’s preparedness for the 2016 general elections. This event, The Road to 2016 National Dialogue, was organized by the Uganda National NGO Forum.
On Monday 9th November 2015, the National Citizens Manifesto will be launched in a televised event at Hotel Africana, Nile Hall and starting at 1:30 PM. The launch will be attended by over 2000 key government technocrats, Members of Parliament, Development Partners, Media Personnel, representatives from the Academia, Civil Society as well as citizen organizations.
The Uganda National NGO Forum participated in the first Stockholm Civil Society Week, organized by SIDA, the Swedish development agency, convening Swedish and international CSOs, donors and government representatives. The event took place in parallel to the meeting of the International Donor Group, a network of donors to civil society organizations, where the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) represents the World Bank. The event attracted hundreds of guests from CSOs, governments, academia and the private sector.
On October 13th 2015, Civil Society organizations under the Civil Society Budget Advocacy (CSBAG) Group tabled before the Par
The week of 14th September 2015 saw the start to the Regional Reflections of the Support Programme for Advocacy Networks (SPAN), organized by Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF). The aim of these meetings was to foster reflection, learning, the sharing of success and challenges encountered in implementing the 3 year SPAN funded by DGF UNNGOF.
As part of its activities towards membership servicing, Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF), organized the first induction workshop for the newly elected Bugisu Civil Society Network (BUCINET) Board on Monday 14th September 2015, at Kayira Hotel in Mbale Municipality.
Attended by 10 BUCINET Board members and facilitated by the Head of Programmes, UNNGOF, Mr. Alfred Nuamanya, this induction focused on enabling Board members to understand key parameters of an effective Board and how to function effectively for the good of their organization.
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a frequently referenced part of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her rival's house of Montague, that is, that he is named "Montague."
In partnership with Lira NGO Forum, the Uganda National NGO Forum held the Social Accountability Learning Event for Northern region on 17th September 2015, at Pacific Hotel, Lira District, still under the theme “Creating Linkages between Local National and National Accountability Platforms for effective advocacy”.
On 25th September 2015 in Luwero district, the last of the four regional Social Accountability Learning events for Central region took place. Hosted in partnership with Luwero NGO Forum, this meeting took place at the Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) hall and attracted over 50 representatives including; CSO representatives, local government officials such as the Chief administrative Officer, District speaker and media from the region.
The Western region Social Accountability Learning event was held on 21st September 2015, organized by Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF) in partnership with Western Ankole Civil Society Organizations Forum (WACSOF). Held at Catholic Social Centre, Mbarara this was the third meeting in the series on “Creating linkages between Local National and National Accountability platforms for effective advocacy”. The meeting engrossed over 50 representatives including.