- Limited funding capacity
- Delayed fund disbursements
- Unhealthy competition among CSOs
- Lack of administrative cost funding
- Bureaucratic registration processes
- Shrinking CSO space
Poor community mindset towards development.
The project involves multiple organizations, including Upendo Ni Barak Uganda (UNBU), Community Empowerment for Transformation Action (CEFTRA) – West Nile, Women Effort for Inclusive Development (WEID) – west Nile, HOSTHUB- Arua, WINA- Westline, West Nile Regional Civil Society Network (WECISNET), Nile Community Empowerment Network (NICEN), CSO Hub, Stride Action community Empowerment (SACE), Umoja Rescue Agency (UREA), Feminature Uganda, Nebbi NGO forum, RAID, ICS, Restitute Team Uganda (RETE- UG), to mention but a few, attended. Many of these Organizations have program focus in the inclusion, social empowerment, economic and livelihood empowerment, Women empowerment, Governance and social accountability, Democracy, gender and human rights, Climate change action, Girl child empowerment, Health and ICT thematic areas.
These organizations focus on areas such as inclusion, social empowerment, economic and livelihood empowerment, women empowerment, governance, democracy, gender and human rights, climate change action, girl child empowerment, health, and ICT.
Mr. Hofin from HETE-UG: Highlighted CAPAIDS Uganda’s role in enabling communities to overcome socio-economic inequities and discussed the Grand Bargain, an agreement to improve humanitarian aid efficiency.
Charter for Change (C4C): Aimed at transforming humanitarian systems to promote equality and strengthen local actors.
Localization: Emphasized decentralization, empowering local actors, and making aid more inclusive by putting local voices at the center.
Local Leadership Lab Project (LLLP) Presenter: Mr. Raymond Musana: The LLL aims to empower grassroots organizations to address socio-economic inequities through a three-phase implementation: discovery, ideation, and implementation. The project seeks to create context-specific spaces for learning, mutual understanding, and co-creation of solutions.