USAID/OTI Uganda Program Fact Sheet
October 2008
Background
As part of the U.S. Mission to Uganda’s assistance effort in Uganda, USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) launched the Northern Uganda Transition Initiative (NUTI) in June 2008 to assist with recovery and development activities in the north. The improved security situation in northern Uganda is providing hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people across the north with a chance to return to their homes and communities. The progress has led to a new focus by both the Government of Uganda and the international community on providing a path to post-conflict development. Currently, there is a window of opportunity for OTI to conduct activities aimed at supporting the region’s transition to peace and recovery.
Program Objectives
The overall goal of the OTI/Uganda program is to support the voluntary return of displaced northern Ugandans by increasing their confidence in the government and in the ongoing transition process. Toward this goal, OTI will focus on the following objectives:
- Enhance the capacity of the Ugandan media, particularly in northern Uganda, to research, inform, and report on issues relevant to peace, recovery, and development;
- Increase the visibility of, and confidence in, all levels of government through the delivery of targeted, strategic interventions.
- Provide support to local- and national-level truth and reconciliation processes.
In close coordination with the Government of Uganda, the U.S. Mission in Kampala, USAID/Uganda’s development and conflict mitigation programs, and other donors and development organizations on the ground, the NUTI program uses an in-kind small-grants mechanism to support the above objectives at both the local and national levels.
NUTI is a three-year program operating from Gulu, Uganda, and is implemented by Casals & Associates. The program is anticipated to run through June 2011 and has a fiscal year 2009 budget of $4.4 million.
For further information, please contact:
Megan Mamula, OTI/Africa Program Manager, (202) 712-4168, mmamula@usaid.gov.
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