Uganda is an important partner country of VLIR-UOS. From 2003 to 2021 VLIR-UOS spent about € 19.7 million in cooperation with Uganda, including many scholarships and a long-term Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) Programme with Mountains of the Moon University (MMU). The ongoing IUC programme with MMU is the cornerstone of the Uganda country programme, next to numerous SI and TEAM projects.

The South Initiative (SI) 'Evidence based Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities (CWD) in Wakiso district' made two interesting videos about their project:

Ongoing projects

Institutional University Cooperation

IUC 2019 Phase 2 MMU IUC 2021 Phase In MUST

TEAM projects

Holistic approach to combat mycotoxin contamination in Northern Uganda Analysis of past and projected future land use change and its impact on sediment fluxes in the Rwizi catchment Digital citizen science for community-based resilient environmental management Making Refugee Integration Sustainable: In Search of Durable Relations with Host Populations In Uganda Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health through a Participatory Parent-Child Communication Intervention in Uganda

JOINT

African network to study, treat and prevent onchocerciasis associated epilepsy (OAE-Africa) Joint endeavour to enhance dairy and beef production in Vietnam, Uganda & Ethiopia

South Initiatives

Development of holistic mental health care in Uganda

Country Strategy

The Uganda country strategy fits into the national development strategy and Vision 2040. The following main themes for all future interventions in cooperation with Uganda are identified:

The relevance of family in addressing food, health and environmental insecurity
Responsible and accountable governance to local communities in the areas of natural resource management, social service delivery and post-conflict recovery
Community-based and focused university education, research and services
Gender

As for the institutional focus, following universities are put forward: