Join the YOPNEC “Promoting a Network of Commonwealth Young Achievers” The Network aims at bringing together young Ugandan professionals who have studied & worked within the Commonwealth countries; it will be reinforcing the role of young professionals in development. YOPNEC will recruit members from the corporate, NGOs, academia, media and other private sector entities to companion the values of the Commonwealth for the socio-economic transformation of Uganda and the East African region as a whole. The Network will officially be launched in November 2008. Membership is open to all young professionals and students across the East African Community and the Commonwealth. For further information on how to join the Network, please contact the
Desk Officer, CPA Uganda
Email: royalcsociety_ug@yahoo.co.uk
secretariat@cpaug.org or
download membership form at
www.cpaug.org/publication/membershipform  

The Uganda National NGO Forum in partnership with the Commonwealth Peoples’ Association -Uganda (CPAUG) and BDE Consults have organized a National Civil Society Fair 2010 which will attract thousands of participants and representatives largely from the Civil Society, but also from the government, academia, private sector, corporate and parastatals with a projected visitation population of between 2500-3000 people and 200 exhibitors. The theme of the 2010 Fair is “Racing to the top with CSOs Transforming Uganda” The event is to take place in October from 4th-6th 2010 at Hotel Africana, Kampala with activities like an exhibition with interactive sessions with, a media campaign and a civil society consultative forum where civil society players will be recognized and awarded prizers for their contribution to Uganda’s MDGs campaign since 2000 to date. Information related to the fair can be found at www.civilsocietyug.org

The Commonwealth Association –Uganda in partnership with the Government of Uganda represented by the Foreign Affairs Ministry commemorated the 2009 Commonwealth Day in Uganda with a Commonwealth procession. The proposed theme is “Uganda & the Commonwealth, empowering young people for socio-economic prosperity,” though the global theme is “Commonwealth @ 60: serving a new generation," Uganda is to adopt a national theme in line with the country’s socio-economic priorities with regard to young people.

The theme reflects the fact that 2009 will mark the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. Yet the emphasis will be on the Commonwealth's young people - and the future - rather than the past, that is the celebrations were mostly attended by young people from around ten secondary and primary schools.

The celebrations attended by the British High Commissioner to Uganda, the diplomatic community, educational institutions, CSOs, the private sector, members of the Friends of the Commonwealth from Arua, Kampala & Jinja & the media was held at Hotel Africana, Kampala attracted close to 500 people. In his speech the Minster of Foreign Affairs, read for him by the Director for International Cooperation, Amb. Rhoda Kaisho, informed the participants that the Commonwealth has over the years devoted resources to youth programmes. He mentioned the Commonwealth funded Northern Uganda Youth Development Centre that has made a tremendous contribution to the empowerment of young people in the Northern part of Uganda.

He concluded by saying that though the world in engulfed in the financial crises, its not yet affected so many Commonwealth countries and he appealed to other leaders not to allow the crisis to distract the task of preparing the youth who are the future leaders of the Commonwealth.  

Call for Participation The Commonwealth Association-Uganda announces 2010 Training programme under the Commonwealth Resource Centre (CRC) an in house capacity building project aimed at empowering the people for community development & poverty reduction in line with the UN Millennium Declaration 2000 and the National Development Plan 2010-2012. The courses will run from 28th September till 4th December 2010 in Kampala, Mbarara and Mbale are;- Introduction to Human Rights & Human Rights Standards, Business Skills Development & Entrepreneurship, Customer Care and Communications Skills, International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy course (a UNEP & the Joensuu University- Finland global course), Managing Development Projects (a World Bank Institute designed course), and Training of Trainers in Strategic Communications in TB control & HIV/AIDS run for 3 days and on weekends. Course outline & Registration forms can be downloaded here or picked from the Commonwealth Association-Uganda Secretariat

Plot 79 Bukoto Street, Kamwokya.
Other form pick up points are MUST
Mr. Bwireh Geoffrey Tel: 256703248975;
Ms. Vickie Magumba Tel: 256775475291
For further information about the trainings contact: Course Coordinator CPAUG Secretariat
Tel: 256414577017/256752642494 Mob: 256-773 237 156
Email: events@cpaug.org or info@cpaug.org