Improved public procurement inclusion in Uganda-CoST Uganda
For many years, public procurement in Uganda has been skewed toward the privilege category of business beneficiaries mostly the foreign firms that repatriate profits and drain the economy. There was little attention put on the disadvantaged and highly vulnerable groups such women, people with disabilities and the youth that had remained as spectators of public […]
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Complete Need For Disclosing Information On Infrastructure Projects In Uganda
Transparency has been conceived by different people and it’s believed to be detrimental of stakeholders’ participation in the infrastructure sector in Uganda. The essence of disclosing information on public infrastructure projects has been raising some eyebrows. Significantly, this is in breach of the Access to information Act which was enacted by government of Uganda in2005. […]
Read MoreUganda Contracts Monitoring Coalition (UCMC)
UCMC brings 24 civil society organizations that monitor public contracts in Uganda. Since 2015, the coalition has monitored over 100 contracts and provided findings and recommendations to various government agencies. Click here to visit UCMC website
Read MoreAfrican Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Working Group
This brings together nine civil society organizations promoting access to information in Africa. The Working Group organized the September 2011 Pan African Conference on Access to Information which adopted the African Platform on Access to Information (APAI) Declaration. The declaration formed the basis of subsequent successful campaigns that resulted in the proclamation of September 28th […]
Read MoreCoST- Uganda
CoST Uganda is the Ugandan Chapter of CoST International, the global infrastructure transparency initiative. The programme started in Uganda in 2014 initially being hosted by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and later by Uganda Youth Martial Matrix (YOMMINT). Following years of instability and stagnation, AFIC was in July 2016 requested to host the initiative, […]
Read MoreFreedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet)
This is an international information-sharing network of organizations and individuals working to promote the right of access to information. It runs a discussion list for news and debate on the right of access to information around the world. FOIAnet currently has 976 members including civil society representatives, lawyers, academics, information commissioners and others with a […]
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