Participants pose for a photo with DANIDA representatives during SCEPA project inception.

During Quart 3, CIDD-UG participated in the inception meeting of SCEPA project under the leadership of Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF) with funding from Royal Danish Embassy and partners in Kampala. The project “dabbed” Strengthening Citizen’s Engagement and Public Accountability (SCEPA) whos’ goal is to contribute towards an organized and engaged citizenry actively holding public institutions accountable will be implemented by selected partners CSOs in the fourteen subregions in Uganda, with CIDD-UG taking lead in its implementation in Bukedi sub region.

The SCEPA project directly contributes to the CIDD-UG programme area of Democracy, Governance and Human Rights. CIDD-UG will now use the SCEPA project interventions intertwined with other CIDD-UG Governance initiatives to jump start the internationally desired standards of promoting citizen engagements and public accountability in the quest for responsive Government to Citizen ever changing needs. This activity on induction serves as the first in the documentation of CIDD-UG journey with SCEPA project.