Uganda, with a rapidly growing population expected to reach 100 million by 2050, faces significant challenges in urbanization, poverty, and inadequate social services. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics highlights that 8.3 million people live...
On Wednesday, 27th March 2024, the Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF) organized a high-level engagement with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. This event was part of Uganda’s preparatory activities for...
Participants at the CSO Workshop on SDGs by OpenSpace Center On the 29th of February 2024, the Open Space Centre, with the support of Crossing Borders, hosted the inception meeting for the “Amplify Localization...
The Rt Hon Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, while opening the High Level Policy Dialogue On February 28th, 2024, Makerere University’s College of Business and Management Sciences hosted a High-Level Policy Dialogue focused on...
In September 2023, during the SDGs Summit and United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Uganda, Ms. Nabbanja Robinah, extended an invitation to Professor Jeffrey Sachs to visit...
Participants at the High Level SDG Retreat posing for a photo. The retreat took place on 23rd – 25th January 2024 at the Imperial Golf View Hotel. The participants included representatives from the Office...
The 3rd Voluntary National Review 2024 In 2015, the United Nations adopted the agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development with its associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a global initiative to eradicate Poverty, protect the...
Uganda 3rd VNR Online Platform Voluntary National Reviews play a pivotal role in facilitating the exchange of experiences, including successes, challenges, and lessons learned, to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. These reviews...
The head of the National SDG Secretariat attended the African Agribusiness Incubation Conference and Expo-2023, at Abuja Nigeria, 26th-29th June 2023 and presented a paper on Business incubation and acceleration in creating investment opportunities,...
In the past seven years of SDG implementation, Uganda has made considerable progress with an improved Global ranking of 136 out of 163 countries (from 143/163 in 2021), an average score of 54.9...