The Time is Now: Charter for Change Uganda Demands Action on Localization at Annual Dialogue

Kampala, Uganda – November 27, 2024 – The Charter for Change (C4C) Working Group Uganda is hosting its Annual Dialogue on Localization in Uganda today at Hotel Africana in Kampala.

The event brings together key stakeholders, including government representatives, donors, international organizations, local NGOs, and other relevant actors, to enhance mutual understanding and collaboration in advancing the localization agenda in Uganda.

The localization agenda has gained prominence in Uganda, given the country’s humanitarian and development challenges, including a huge influx of over 1.5 million refugees from neighboring countries. The Charter for Change, an initiative led by both national and international NGOs, aims to implement changes to the way the humanitarian system operates to enable a more locally-led response.

The Annual Dialogue on Localization in Uganda presents a timely opportunity to galvanize support, foster collaboration, and catalyze action toward advancing the localization agenda in Uganda. The event will feature a series of panel discussions, keynote speeches, and experience-sharing sessions, focusing on key themes such as policy and institutional frameworks, capacity strengthening, partnership and coordination, and financing and resource mobilization.

The dialogue is expected to yield several outcomes, including enhanced understanding and commitment among stakeholders towards advancing the localization agenda in Uganda, identification of concrete actions and initiatives to strengthen local capacities, foster partnerships, and improve the enabling environment for localization, and increased pledges and commitments from donors to allocate resources and support locally-led initiatives and capacity-building efforts in Uganda.

The event has attracted a diverse range of participants, including donors, international organizations, local NGOs, government representatives, and private sector companies. The guest list includes representatives from the C4C working group leadership, donors, UN agencies, private sector companies, and academia.

According to the C4C Working Group Uganda, the Annual Dialogue on Localization in Uganda is a critical step towards advancing the localization agenda in Uganda. “We believe that localization is key to ensuring that humanitarian and development responses are more effective, efficient, relevant, and sustainable,” said a spokesperson for the C4C Working Group Uganda.

“This event provides a platform for stakeholders to come together, share experiences, and identify concrete actions to strengthen local capacities, foster partnerships, and improve the enabling environment for localization.”

The localization agenda is critical to Uganda’s development, given the country’s history of humanitarian and development challenges. By promoting localization, Uganda can ensure that humanitarian and development responses are more effective, efficient, relevant, and sustainable. This, in turn, can contribute to the country’s overall development and reduce its reliance on international aid.

In addition to promoting localization, the Annual Dialogue on Localization in Uganda also aims to address some of the challenges facing the localization agenda in Uganda. These challenges include limited funding, inadequate capacity, and insufficient policy support.

By addressing these challenges, the event aims to create a more enabling environment for localization in Uganda.

In conclusion, the C4C Annual Dialogue on Localization in Uganda is a critical step towards advancing the localization agenda in Uganda. The event provides a platform for stakeholders to come together, share experiences, and identify concrete actions to strengthen local capacities, foster partnerships, and improve the enabling environment for localization.

By promoting localization, Uganda can ensure that humanitarian and development responses are more effective, efficient, relevant, and sustainable, contributing to the country’s overall development and reducing its reliance on international aid.