Chair
NAME: Diarmuid Mcclean
ORGANISATION: Embassy of Ireland
Co Chair
NAME: James Terjanian
ORGANISATION: UN FAO
Secretariat
NAME: James Terjanian
ORGANISATION: Mesfin Molla
Key DPG messages/Priorities
- Promote mutual lesson learning and discussion of specific issues related to Karamoja development as requested by the NUG/LDPG for upward reporting.
- Discuss and review the developing GoU social protection policy in terms of its application to Karamoja.
- Undertake initial donor mapping exercise.
- Discuss and review the Uganda country programme for ending drought emergencies.
- Identify opportunities to engage in NDP 2 formulation process; and other relevant policy process throughout the year including Ministerial budget frameworks and PRDP.
- Discuss and review both current early warning and response mechanism deployed and used in Karamoja.
- Discuss on how to engage with the MAAIF to review the agricultural and livestock extension policy, in consideration of the crisis of the NAADS model and of the peculiar agro-socio-economic conditions of Karamoja
- Presentation and discussion of draft EU nutrition and capacity building programme identification documents targeting Karamoja and Northern Uganda
- Development programming in general. A review of options for a more timely, flexible and efficient use of resources to enable the transition from development to emergency activities based on the use of early warning indicators
Objectives
- Enhance dialogue with GOU on the direction and implementation of KIDP and other subsidiary or sub-regional plans and on design and implementation of all other policies relevant to the Karamoja region.
- Promote coordination, harmonization and alignment of all interventions with the KIDP framework amongst development partners through information sharing, maintaining up-to-date intervention mapping, joints assessments, and, where appropriate, joint programming.
- Support GOU structures and provide timely information and analysis in early detection, mitigation, contingency planning and response to disasters, emergencies and livelihood shocks.
- Support ownership and integration of the KIDP within all Ugandan government institutions — including sector ministries and local governments — and their respective planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and accountability processes.