Uganda Working Brief Series
Insights from the District Development Project: Table of Contents
Background
- to contribute
to "lessons learning" as a basis for policy development
including UNCDF policy and policy on decentralisation in Uganda;
and
- to assist the execution agency, the Programme Management Unit of the Ministry of Local Government, to analyse experiences gained from formulation, establishment and implementation of UNCDF supported programmes to periodically modify design parameters.
The District Development Project (DDP) Pilot was set up to support the efforts of Ugandans to eradicate poverty in rural areas through improved inclusiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability in the delivery of public goods and services. The Project's primary objective is to provide technical and financial resources to enable the definition, testing and application of a range of participatory planning, allocation and investment management procedures.
The basis of the DDP Pilot is the Local Development Fund (LDF) and Capacity Building Fund (CBF). The LDF and CBF provide decentralised, non-sectoral funds for access by local governments. The DDP has been adapted to fit within current Ugandan legislation and development policy and is ideally suited to assisting the Government of Uganda to address the policy, capacity, and fiscal constraints to be faced in the next stage of decentralisation.
Uganda Working Brief Series
Documentation of and learning from the issues and experiences coming from the District Development Project (DDP) Pilot are priorities for both the Government of Uganda and UNCDF as the lessons emerging will be important for decentralisation in Uganda. The reasons for creating this Working Brief Series are:
The documentation priorities are targeted towards MoLG/UNCDF peers such as UNCDF corporate staff, local government officials, donor agencies, and Uganda central government ministries.
The Working Briefs serve to accomplish two important goals within the DDP. First they could provide a method for exchange and debate among DDP peers of the important emerging issues. In this way, the working briefs are discussion starters meant to provoke reflection and wider dialogue on issues which may eventually be key in policy development. The briefs are works in progress and not in any way official positions or policies of UNCDF or the Government of Uganda.
The Briefs are written so that they provide actual experiences and possible implications as discussion fodder necessary to make the reviews interactive and more productive.
Comments about the content of the briefs and other contributions are encouraged and can be sent to UNCDF, P.O. Box 7184, Kampala, Uganda.
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