PROG2017-2021_SO22_Uganda

Uganda is an important partner country of VLIR-UOS, situated in the midrange of the VLIR-UOS financial envelope. VLIR-UOS will (potentially) work with 8 partner universities in Uganda (Busitema University (BU), Gulu University (GU), Kyambogo University (KYU), Makerere University (MAK), Mbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST), Mountains of the Moon University (MMU), Uganda Christian University (UCU) and Uganda Martyrs University (UMU)) and supports projects (TEAM, SI) at departmental level and long term programmes (IUC) at institutional level. VLIR-UOS supports interventions that strengthen higher education, research and extension in various domains within the framework of a country strategy. The main themes for cooperation with Uganda are 'Food security', 'Health', 'Environment' and 'Governance in the areas of natural resource management, social service delivery and post-conflict recovery'. 'Gender' and 'Community based and focused university education, research and services' were identified as transversal themes in the country strategy. One institutional university cooperation programme (IUC) with Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) is ongoing. The goal of the programme is to enhance the capacity of MMU to use community based training and research approaches in improving agricultural productivity, with a focus on the dairy and the aquaculture sector. Three short departmental projects in the field of environment, rural development and health started in 2017. A number of new projects for Uganda will still be selected in the 2017-2021 period.