The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), in partnership with TIRI and three other local partners namely; International Law Institute-African Centre for Legal Excellence (ILI-ACLE), Uganda Debt Network (UDN) and Makerere Centre for Applied Ethics (MACAE) is implementing a programme titled “Pro-poor Integrity” in the districts of Iganga, Kamuli, Sembabule and Bushenyi. The project, focusing on (4) MDGs; Education, Health, Water and Sanitation is supported by DFID and implemented in partnership with Tiri- Making Integrity Work.
Under this program, FHRI organised a debriefing workshop for twelve (12) local monitors on 1st February 2010. The monitors were equipped with basic information about the programme, FHRI expectations as well as the monitors’ roles. Following the De-briefing meeting, a Legal Needs Assessment exercise was conducted from 4th to 18thFebruary, 2010, in the four districts of the project action to ascertain the legal needs of the communities in the four thematic areas of the project.
A total of forty seven (47) local council members and one hundred and fifty five (155) members from special interest groups expressed their views on the undertaking.
On February 9, 2010, a Joint Planning Meeting was held at Hotel Africana for the four local partners (FHRI, International Law Institute, Uganda Debt Network and Makerere Centre for Applied Ethics) to discuss findings from the Legal needs assessment on the four (4) thematic areas and action areas were identified to include awareness creation/sensitization of the public on Good Governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Capacity Building of Monitors, Business Community, and Health Management Committees in Good Governance; Community Participation in Local Government Planning Processes; and Building Networks (Feedback/Dialogue).
Following the baseline survey, a data collection training course was conducted between March 14 and 17, 2010. A total of eighteen (18) people attended. These comprised of local monitors, members from community based organisations and local government officials. The overall objective of the training was to equip the participants with skills to monitor public service delivery in the local legal support structures from an integrity perspective in the areas of water and sanitation, health, education and social protection. The topics discussed in the training include: linking Human Rights and Integrity, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Linking Human Rights to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Human Rights Monitoring: Skills and Tactics, Strengthening the Integrity and Effectiveness of Local Council Courts, Data collection and analysis on Local Council Courts.
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