EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (ACEII) AFRICAN CENTRE FOR AGRO-ECOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD SYSTEMS (ACALISE) UGANDA MARTRYS UNIVERSITY UGANDA

ACE Background KEY DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES • Low production and productivity levels • Low growth rate in the sector vis-a-vis population growth rate • Inadequate funding (lack modern teaching and research facilities) • University curricula which lack a multidisciplinary approach • High levels of vulnerability (low levels of resilience to shocks) • Decadent moral fibre of society

VISION ACALISE is guided by the (University’s) Vision: “To be a Regional Centre that is nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in teaching, learning, research, advancement of knowledge and community engagement”.

MISSION The Mission of the University and the Centre is to provide quality higher education, training and research for the betterment of society guided by ethical values

ACE Management: The Organogram shows the structure

Host University Key Features (optional) A private, not-for-profit University owned by the Uganda Episcopal Conference; A State-Chartered University since 2005 It is governed by the Governing Council comprising of representatives of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, Ministry of Education & Sports, Professional Bodies, Students and Alumni Representatives, Staff Representative, and Representative of Senate. For day-to-day running, the University is managed by a 7-person Management team who work hand in hand with Faculty Deans and Heads of Department Most of the budget comes from students tuition, then Projects and grants The University mainstreamed the teaching of Ethics in all academic programmes The student population is around 5000 distributed among Full time, Part time, Weekend, Evening, and Distance learning programmes

Main Achievements and Highlights in the Last 6 Months Hosted the first ever international Agro ecology conference in the tropics: The conference brought together practitioners from all over Africa and some representatives from Europe and USA. ACE has launched the hosting of the Journal of Agro-ecology ACE has supported the production of a regionally well-received Organic Agriculture cartoon series (educating the youth about OA) Working with partners to raise more funds (RUROUM, BOBO Eco- Farm, EOA), around USD 400,000

New and/or Revised ACE Ph. D New and/or Revised ACE Ph.D., Master, and Short Term Courses to be developed Course Accreditation status PhD – Agro ecology PhD – Management and Entrepreneurship Accredited by the National council for higher education Under development MSc- Agro-ecology, Monitoring& Evaluation, Msc Bio-ethics, Msc Development economics, MSc in Microfinance Msc. Livelihood Systems To be developed in Year 2/3 Short courses- i. Preparing organic manure ii. Piggery iii. Apiary iv. Farm management v. Book-keeping vi. Vegetable gardening vii. Urban agriculture viii. Pest management Soil management Aquaculture To be Approved by Senate

ACE Targets & Results Achieved for YEAR # Indicator Value Year 2 target Year 2 actual MOUs on partnerships for collaboration in applied research and training entered into by the ACEs Total 4 Accredited education programs offered by the ACEs 2 Masters (National accreditation) 5 Masters (Regional accreditation) 3 Masters (International accreditation) PhD (National accreditation) 1 PhD (Regional accreditation) PhD (International accreditation) Direct Project beneficiaries 362 Female 138 Students (Total) 303 Students (Female) 97 Faculty (Total) Faculty (Female)

ACE Targets & Results Achieved for YEAR # Indicator Value Year 2 target Year 2 actual Faculty and PhD students exchanges to promote research and teaching Total 8 Female Amount of externally generated revenue by the ACEs USD 50,000 400,000 Internationally recognized research publications in disciplines supported by the ACE Program and with regional coauthors No. co-authored with regional collaborators 10 5 No. of institutions hosting ACEs participating in the PASET benchmarking exercise --

IDA FUNDS RECEIVED and UTILIZED Amount Received Date Amount Utilized USD 1,128,676 04/September/2017 USD 231,032 31/December/2017

(Works, goods, and consultancies) Procurement request submitted on PROCUREMENT PROGRESS Call for bids was done and evaluation of bids is complete. The following procurables and consultancy were made: Items procured (Works, goods, and consultancies) Cost USD Procurement request submitted on Current Status Office furniture 3,056 Procurement completed Advertisements in the media 10,536 done ACALISE signposts 1,352 M&E Consultancy 20,476 Appointed and 60% of consultancy fees paid

Reporting and Compliances Annual Work Plan status, implementation progress as measured against annual work plan The in the course of the year the Annual Work plan was revised and submitted to RFU and WB for final approval; generally activities have been carried in accordance to the agreed plans. Interim Financial Report status We have managed to work on the semiannual report ending 31/December/2017 to be submitted by 13th/February/2018 to World Bank. Annual audit report status As the project, it has not yet completed a full financial year. The annual audit report will be due 30th June 2018. Procurement plan, procurement progress, procurement audit The procurement plan was completed and it is being implemented. The procurement audit is yet to be done. social and environmental safeguards actions and compliance The project activities carried out so far have no adverse social and environmental issues of concern

Challenges and/or Reflections Slow procurement processes Certain activities had either not been budgeted for or had been under budgeted for due to scanty information received. We did not know, for example, how many Technical meetings and other ACE meetings and how much would be sufficient to cater for such meetings. Employ the first disbursement funds to run activities of both Year I and some activities of Year II (since our ACE began operations in August 2016) and the inevitable adjustments in the work plans without prior approval from WB Difficulty to get regional and international accreditation particularly in new areas such as Agroecology Difficulty to attract regional students and particularly female ones

Areas Where You Need Support from NSC, IUCEA and WB Regional and international accreditation is proving a difficult task for which we request for support and guidance Attracting regional students, especially the females, would require that additional funds for full scholarship and living allowance (in addition to substantial investment in advertisement) is provided Approval of our revised workplans to enable us proceed well

Key Partners (you can add logos; only those who sign formal MOUs and with action plan) Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM-UGANDA) Centre for Indigenous Development Efforts (CIDE)