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UGANDA COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (UCSD)

UCSD is a network or more than 40 NGOs dedicated to coordinate advocacy and lobby work around issues and commitments
made by world governments towards sustainable development. Inspired by the Rio+10 project (A Civil Society project for
preparation of the Johannesburg Summit of 2002).

UCSD’s Vision and Mission:

The Vision of the Coalition is to see humanity sharing the resources of our planet in a Sustainable manner guided by
the principles of universal justice as set in Rio and subsequent summits. Our Mission is to contribute to sustainable
development through follow up of the Johannesburg summit outcomes and subsequent global declarations in Uganda.

Objectives of UCSD:

Our development objective to increase the public participation and civil society network’s advocacy in order to influence
and enhance implementation of national, regional and International levels of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Specific objectives of UCSD are to:


• Initiate and support the processes of dialogue on sustainable development issues at national, regional and
International levels.
• Undertake advocacy work in to promote sustainable development principles at national, regional and
International levels.
• Provide and facilitate forums for the exchange and dissemination of information.
• Establish and maintain an information center that will facilitate Civil Society Organizations and Non-
Governmental Organizations capacities to influence and enhance sustainable development.
• Support the generation of information and research topics relevant to enhance sustainable development
at national level and beyond.
Support other initiatives that aim at promoting sustainable development at local levels and beyond,
through Coalition members’ efforts.

Governance Structures:
1. The General Assembly: is a supreme governing body which decides and approves policies and plans for UCSD. It meets
on a yearly basis.
2. Executive Committee: is charged with overall supervision of the activities of the secretariat and taking specific decisions;
including those regarding the strategic direction and process the UCSD participate in, staffing and technical assistance
among others, meets quarterly.
3. The Secretariat: is tasked with day to day administration, management and implementation of UCSD’s activities. It is
headed by a Programme Manager.
Partnering with PREPARED and National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
Planning for Resilience through Policy,
Adaptation, Research and Economic
Development (PREPARED) contracted
Uganda Coalition for Sustainable (UCSD)
to conduct a Customer Satisfaction Survey
(CSS) in Jinja and Iganga in order to establish
a strategy for engagement between National
Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
customers and NWSC to stop activities
leading to Non-Revenue Water (NRW). This was in 2015. Upon completing the Customer Satisfaction Survey, UCSD had to
develop a Customer Engagement Framework involved broadcasting a 15 week radio campaign, holding community meetings
with NWSC customers in Jinja and Iganga, visiting places of worship by NWSC staff and working with elected community
leaders at Divisional/Sub-County and Municipal level through Water Community Communication Clubs (WACOCO). These were
channels of communication used to sensitize NWSC customers with in Jinja and Iganga to have a more proactive rapport with
NWSC. The multiple platforms were used to build stronger feedback mechanisms to address issues of Non-Revenue Water.

Project: Promoting Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa (PIPA)-with a pro-poor focus.
The Project: Promoting Implementation of the Paris Agreement (PIPA)
in East Africa is a regional Civil Society Project with a focus on pro-poor
low emission development. It is a one and a half year project running
from January 2017 to June 2018; implemented in Tanzania by Tanzania
Traditional Energy Development Organization (TaTEDO),in Kenya by
Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Kenya (SusWatch Kenya)
and in Uganda by Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD).
The three EA partners work in partnership with Sustainable Energy (SE)
of Denmark and International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE).
The project seeks to contribute to strengthen the pro-poor focus and
climate change ambitions in the implementation of the Paris Agreement
in East Africa .The primary target group and participants in this project
are the CSOs in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda working on climate change,
Women’s associations, Youth associations, Climate change Networks,
associations of Farmers, and associations of Businesses that are involved
in low emission development solutions. PIPA is also exploring and seeking
to strengthen the regional cooperation on joint advocacy and sharing
best practices and lessons in East Africa.

East Africa Sustainability Watch (EA SusWatch) network


UCSD is currently the Regional Lead Agency for The East Africa Sustainability
Watch (EA SusWatch) Network a network of NGOs from Kenya, Uganda and
Tanzania spearheaded by Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development
(UCSD), Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Network (SusWatch
Kenya), and Tanzania Coalition for Sustainable Development (TCSD). EA
SusWatch Regional Secretariat is hosted by UCSD in Kampala, Uganda and has
implemented the Lake Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP II)
Civil Society Watch Project that sought to lobby and advocate for realization
of results-based perfomance from (LVEMP II) and implementation of the East
African Community Climate change policy..

For further information please contact:


The Programme Manager Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD)
Kabalagala – Nsambya, Towards Nsambya Housing Estates. P.O. Box 27551 Kampala,
Tel: +256 414 269461 Email: ugandacoalition@infocom.co.ug Website: www.ugandcoalition.or.ug

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