Experiences with CBP from Uganda
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2004
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The Government of Uganda is strongly committed to decentralisation,
as evidenced by the devolution of responsibilities
for local planning, resource allocation and budgeting, and
investment management to local governments. It is a statutory
requirement for each local government to produce a
three-year integrated rolling development plan.
The Local Government Act 1997 created five tiers of Local
Councils (see Table 1). The highest level is the District/City
Council (lower council level five, or LC5). This is followed by
the county/municipal council (LC4); the sub-county/municipal
division/town council (LC3); the parish/ward council (LC2);
and the village council (LC1). The table below summarises
the nature of local council structures, their populations, and
roles.
Prior to the introduction of the Community-based Planning
project in Uganda, there were a number of participatory
planning models in use, ranging from the use of
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques for identifying
community needs, to the involvement of communities in the
provision of services and maintenance thereafter. Uganda has
had an innovative Local Government Development
Programme (LGDP) that has made great strides in the development
of local government and lower level structures.
However the Ministry recognised that it did not sufficiently
address the strengthening of the lowest levels (LC2 and LC1)
and so was keen to be a partner in the four-country project,
and see how CBP could complement what Uganda was
already undertaking.
A steering group was formed to oversee the implementation
of the CBP project, which consisted of the Office of
the Prime Minister, the Local Government Development
Programme, Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA),
CARE International, Bushenyi District Local Government1,
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and
Uganda Participatory Development Network (UPDNet).
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BLOMLEY, T., KASULE-MUKASA, P. A. U. L., NUNAN, F., & KIBERU, C. (2004). Experiences with CBP from Uganda. planotes, 28.