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

2. 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

3. 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”.

4. 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

5. ACE Management: The Organogram shows the structure

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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 --

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

12. (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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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)