Following the sixth call for
proposals sent out in May 2014, twenty
(20) new grantees were selected and awarded to operate in 17 districts of
Uganda. Out of these, 35% are from the Northern Region, 15% from the Eastern
region, 40% from the Western region and 10% from the central Region. The total
award for the sixth phase is UGX. 4,368,000,000 with 16 projects under Human
rights and 4 under the good governance component. Our last 2 calls represent an improvement in
distribution.
Since December 2014 a series of
activities like capacity building, aligning grantee results and budgets,
signing off contracts have been going on and soon an induction training.
IDF believes that the new grantees will contribute to
increased accountability in local governance by increasing citizen’s capacities
to demand for accountability, monitor service delivery and facilitate citizenry
access to information. This will enable people to get access to justice through
supporting human rights activists and legal aid, leading to improved quality of
people’s lives through raising awareness of the key policies, i.e. land, health
and Universal Primary Education (UPE).
