Delivery of basic services especially #health and #education to ordinary citizens; #women , #PWDs , #youth and the elderly is undermined in #Africa due to lack of #transparency and #corruption in public #procurement .

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#LiftProject : The new PPDA Uganda regulations 2023 provide amendments that we hope to leverage and work towards increase in women's participation in public #procurement . #WomenInProcurement #WomeninBusiness

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#Liftproject : We aim to increase the number of #public contracts awarded to women-owned businesses by at least 10% among our pilot entities.

'I didnt know what eGP is all about until this session. Thanks to PPDA, AFIC and the organisers.'Sarah Settumba Ndagire, a women-led…

Empowering women is an important avenue for boosting investments into families, communities, social development and national economic development. Under the #Liftproject , we are working with PPDA Uganda to empower women to participate in public procurement. Open Contracting Partnership

Why capacity building is important in the implementation of Access to #Information laws in #Africa

After realising that CSOs and #journalists were not making information requests under the Access to Information Act, Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) implemented a series of training workshops…

#Accesstoinformation forms an integral part of #freedom of expression, guaranteed by Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights yet hundreds of journalists live in fear for giving #information to the #public .

#Accesstoinformation must be recognized as a norm in sustainable development as established under SDG 16.10.2 not just as a goal but the oxygen that gives life to all other #SDGs . It must also be at the center of efforts to realize informed and resilient citizens.

There are millions of people; #women , #youth , people with disabilities, patients, refugees and displaced persons who struggle every day to access basic information important for their survival and development.

#Public #information should be- maximum #disclosure , universal to everyone, cost free, easy to access as a right not as a privilege and one should have a freedom to express themselves on whether they are happy about records they have accessed or not.

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Through WhatsApp no; 0703090090 you can participate in this candid discussion on the recently released #PPDARegulations2024 meant to #Lift #WomenInProcurement .

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#Information as a #Public Good: 30 years after the Windhoek Declaration. zurl.co/luCV

#Transparency has been conceived by different people and it’s believed to be detrimental of stakeholders’ participation in the #infrastructure sector in #Uganda .Find out why there is a need for disclosing information on infrastructure projects In Uganda.zurl.co/ZkQj

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#Uganda has done what every government that cares about equality should do; ensure that #women have fair access to #government procurement ! On March 22, 2024, PPDA Uganda launched guidelines on reservation scheme for special interest groups. zurl.co/42pV

Benson Turamye; 📌'When we passed the #PPDAGuidelines2024 , they became legal instruments that must be followed by all Government of Uganda entities. Whistle blow to me when you find a PDE giving out tenders reserved for women-owned businesses to men.'

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With Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC), we've commenced training #WomeninBusiness on the new #PPDAGuidelines2024 with support from the Open Contracting Partnership LIFT program

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