Participants listening to presentations at the first national conference on the decentralization policy in Uganda - discussing the trends, achievements and wayforward for local governments. The conference was organised by ACODE under its Local Government Councils' Scorecard Initiative in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government and the GAPP program.

The symposium was organised as part of ACODE's project on transparency and accountability in Uganda's extractives sector and focused on how EITI will be used to improve transparency in Uganda's extractives sector. L-R: Ms Eva Matsiko (Chief of Party, GAPP Program), Hon. Peter Lokeris, Uganda's Minister of State for Minerals, and Hon. Stephen Mukitale (Member of Parliament) at the symposium in Kampala.

Hon. Beatrice Anywar - the Minister of Water and Environment together with Dr. Arthur Bainomugisha - Executive Director ACODE preparing to plant a tree after a symposium on Uganda's transition to a green economy and restoration of river rwizi catchment for sustainable livelihoods