Ambassade de France en Ouganda

🎬 And it’s a wrap for the Kampala Geopolitics Conference (KGC) 2024 !! 👉 For the 7th consecutive year, the KGC provided a platform for young people and students to interact and share ideas with experts, civil society actors and policy makers from Uganda 🇺🇬 and beyond. Over the past 2️⃣ days, we witnessed rich debates on various key issues, such as gender based violence in conflicts, global climate commitments in the context of Africa, the issue of jihadism, and the impact of oil revenue on Uganda’s future. 🙏 A big thank you to the panelists for sharing their insights with us, as well as to all the participants for their interest and their energy throughout the conference. Your presence among us and your questions created a truly unique space for dialogue and public debate ! We would like to thank the co-organizers of the #KGC2024, Makerere University, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Alliance Française de Kampala, without whom this event could not have taken place. Through the KGC, the Embassy of France in Uganda remains committed to support and contribute to public debate in Uganda, with the aim of raising African voices on major global issues 🌍

🙏 A big thank you to all the participants for taking part in the panel discussions of the first day of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference #KGC2024 concerning Armed conflicts and Peacebuilding. During armed conflicts, sexual violence is used as a weapon and is part of conflict strategy. This panel focused on the leverage provided by the International Criminal Court and the challenges related to justice access, human rights violations and gender-based violence 🌍 Many thanks to Sarah Kihika Kasande IRENE WINNIE ANYING Doreen N. Kyazze Guillemine Taupiac Nouvel Stephen Ojara Okello & Scott Bartell

Penal Reform International Uganda is organizing a roundtable discussion on the application of the death penalty in Uganda, supported by the French Embassy. 🇫🇷🇺🇬 👉 A unique opportunity to raise awareness on the use of death penalty, with a focus on mental health considerations and fair trial rights ⚖️

On the occasion of #WorldFoodDay, the Embassy of France in Uganda reaffirms its commitment in the fight against malnutrition. 🤝 Together with ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM (ACF), we recently implemented the Uganda Nutrition and Resilience Project 🌾 🇺🇬. In Uganda, the prevalence of high malnutrition is a public health problem generating a vicious circle of poverty. In partnership with ACF, the French Embassy is fully committed to combating high malnutrition in the Nakivale and Kyangwali Refugee Settlements. Our project has helped to improve the nutritional status of 2,000 households through the provision of food vouchers, training in self-production and food self-sufficiency, in particular through the Optimised Land Use Model (OLUM) approach, a tool designed by ACF to enable refugee communities with little land to engage in intensive production of diversified foods. The OLUM approach promotes climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive agriculture, adapted to the context of the local environment. To learn more about the project, watch this video showcasing the story of Ester, a resident of the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement ⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️

📣 Only 8️⃣ days left before the Kampala Geopolitics Conference!! In this context, the French Embassy in Uganda will organize a panel discussion on Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding. If you are curious and interested in learning more about these issues, specifically about interactions between war crimes, gender based violences and justice, this event is for you 🫵 📍Makerere University, Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility Auditorium  📆 Wednesday, 23rd October 2024, 11:00am-12:30pm For this discussion, we will have the great pleasure to hear from key experts and practitioners on peacebuilding and gender issues : 🔸 Ms. Doreen Namyalo-Kyazze, Moderator of the panel and Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at Penal Reform International 🔸 Ms. Sarah Kihika Kasande, Head of Office of the International Center for Transitional Justice in Uganda 🔸 Ms. Irene Winnie Anying, Country Director for Avocat Sans Frontières in Uganda 🔸 Ms. Guillemine Taupiac Nouvel, Professor of Law in France 🔸 M. Stephen Ojara Okello, Transitional Justice Coordinator for the African Youth Initiative Network 🔸 M. Scott Bartell, attorney and Programme Manager at the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court 

👀 Radio France Internationale, in partnership with the French Embassy in Uganda, is organizing this week in Kampala a two-day workshop for journalists on the fight against disinformation and fake news. Through interactive sessions, discussions, and practical exercises, this capacity-strengthening event aims at addressing collectively the issue of false and fake news in the field of journalism. This workshop is organized ahead of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference, which will be held on 23rd and 24th October 2024 at Makerere University Kampala. 📆 Save the date!!

Launched today in Kampala, the The The Global Fund-suported Regional Integrated Laboratory Systems Strengthening Project covering over 20 countries in Africa is indeed a multilateralism success story. France remains committed to the fight against diseases, through its continued support to the Global Fund, as the second largest contributor. The Fund has a long-standing partnership with Uganda's laboratory services, including the National Health Laboratories & Diagnostic Services (UNHLDS). Its support has contributed to the establishment of one of the best national laboratory networks on the continent. In the current cycle 2023-2025, France has committed 1.596 Billion euros.

📣 Ahead of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference, the French Embassy in Uganda and Radio France Internationale are co-organizing a workshop on fake news for journalists based in Uganda. 📆 14th-15th October 2024, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 📍Kampala This two-day workshop aims at equipping journalists with the skills to identify, understand, combat, and report on fake news effectively. Through interactive sessions, discussions, and practical exercises, participants will gain insights into the dynamics of misinformation and learn best practices for maintaining journalistic integrity. Journalists are invited to apply for this capacity-strengthening event, by clicking on the following link : https://lnkd.in/daY8wG-e

The Paris Peace Forum is launching a targeted Call for AI projects to encourage the use of artificial intelligence for public good in support of the 2025 AI Action Summit. The French Embassy in Uganda encourages applications from organizations on the following 5 themes : 🔹 Trust in Democracy, information, security and safety 🔹 AI and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 🔹 Work and well-being 🔹 Governance, ethics, responsibility and crisis response 🔹 Culture The deadline to submit applications is on October 7, 2024, at 23:59 CET. Selected projects will benefit from international visibility, networking opportunities with experts and decision-makers, and integration into the global community of innovators for the common good. Click here for further information : https://lnkd.in/ek8YGDUt

The 7th Kampala Geopolitics Conference will take place on 23rd & 24th October 2024 at Makerere University. The organisers made the announcement today at the French Residence during an MoU signing ceremony.