Natural Sciences

Permanent URI for this collection

https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/795

Browse

Browsing Natural Sciences by Author "Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit"

Now showing 1 - 5 of 5
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Can Uganda achieve SDG 6 on Water and Sanitation?
    (Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019) Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
    During the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, Uganda and 192 other United Nations (UN) member states unanimously agreed to the new global development framework: ‘Transforming our world - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Agenda is a plan of action for people, the planet and prosperity. Resolutions were made to “end poverty in all its forms”, to take bold and transformative steps to “shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path” and to ensure that “no one will be left behind”. The 2030 Agenda established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 global targets, relating to development outcomes and means of implementation, for the period 2015-2030. Each UN member state is expected to localize the global targets by designing a development agenda and policies that will accelerate the achievement of the SDGs by 2030. The existing national frameworks for implementing the SDGs in Uganda are: Vision 2040, second National Development Plan (NDP II), and Sector Development Plans among others.The SDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, reflects the increased attention on water and sanitation issues in the global political agenda. The 2030 Agenda lists rising inequalities, natural resource depletion, environmental degradation and climate change among the greatest challenges of our time. It recognizes that social development and economic prosperity depend on the sustainable management of freshwater resources and ecosystems and it highlights the integrated nature of SDGs. This policy brief reviews the performance of some indicators of the water and sanitation sub-sector by end of June 2018 in reference to SDG 6.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Effectiveness of Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Reduction in Uganda. What are the challenges?
    (Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019) Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
    The Government of Uganda (GoU) through the Second National Development Plan (NDP II) 2015/16 – 2019/20 prioritized reduction on the impact of natural disasters and emergencies though the following interventions:  Developing a disaster risk profile and vulnerability map of the country.  Coordinating the development and implementation of disaster mitigation and preparedness plans in all local governments (LGs).  Coordinating regular disaster vulnerability assessments at community level, hazard forecasting and dissemination of early warning messages.  Resettling landless communities and victims of disasters.  Coordinating timely responses to disasters and emergencies, and providing food and non-food relief to disaster victims.  Coordinating other state and non-state actors in fulfilling their mandates towards disaster issues. Disaster Management is defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters. Disaster risk reduction on the other hand is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. This policy brief examines the effectiveness of disaster management and disaster risk reduction, the challenges.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    How can the increasing water demands be met within existing public financial resources?
    (Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019) Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
    The Second National Development Plan (NDP II) 2015-2020, identifies the provision of adequate water supply and improved sanitation as one of the key priority areas for promoting sustainable wealth creation and inclusive growth. Water is a central issue in Uganda that is increasingly getting urbanised with a rising population to serve. Every year, water consumption and need rise both in amount and per capita demand. A number of new water facilities like solar pumped systems have been set up to serve more people than the point water sources such as boreholes. However, access to safe water services is still a challenge. There exists a number of water financing systems, some are working well, while others are performing poorly, due to a number of reasons. This policy brief highlights: i) the main drivers for increased water demand, ii) assesses whether the available cash flows are sufficient and effectively utilised, and iii) explores options for maximising use of the existing financial flows.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Is the water and Environment Sector in position to achieve the NDPII Sector Outcome Targets?
    (Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019) Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
    The Government of Uganda’s Second National Development Plan, 2015/16-2019/20 (NDP II) identifies the provision of adequate water supply and improved sanitation as one of the key priority areas for promoting sustainable wealth creation and inclusive growth. This was reinforced by the adoption of the outcomes and related indicators as a means of measuring performance. The sector identified specific priorities to achieve the three specific outcomes for effective service delivery. These are:(i) Increased access to safe water and sanitation facilities for rural, urban, and water for production uses; (ii) Increased availability of good quality and adequate water resources to support socio-economic transformation; and (iii) Improved weather, climate and climate change management protection and restoration of environment and natural resources. This policy brief highlights the sector performance vis-a-vis the NDP II targets, issues affecting achievement of outcomes, and suggests recommendations.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Uganda’s Mineral and Mining Sub-Sector: What can be done to harness its full potential?
    (Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit, 2019) Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
    The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), through the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines is tasked with attracting investment in Uganda’s mineral sub-sector through mineral exploration, value addition and development. This is done by monitoring and enforcing regulation in all mining activities and also undertaking collection, collating, processing, analysis, archiving and dissemination of geo data to establish the mineral potential. The contribution of minerals to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth increased from 0.3% in Financial Year (FY) 2012/13 to 0.6% in FY2017/18 which has also seen the value of mineral production increase from Ug shs 159.3bn in 2013 to Ug shs 179.7bn in 2017. Uganda’s mineral deposits have a tremendous potential to cause economic growth and transformation, and contribute to GDP. In addition, the sub-sector can create employment since it employs about 26.5% of Uganda’s populationdirectly or indirectly. This policy brief explores and assesses the effectiveness of what has been done to benefit from the mineral sub-sector, and what more needs to be done to exploit the mineral potential.