Welcome to the Deepening Democracy Programme

Request for proposals

Evaluation of Deepening Democracy Programme, Uganda

The Deepening Democracy Program – a 41 Billion UGX basket fund sponsored by Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK supporting Uganda state and non-state entities to enhance the integrity of elections, institutionalize an effective multi-party political system, strengthen parliamentary autonomy and oversight, encourage active and participatory civic engagement and strengthen a free media – is seeking to engage a team of 2 experienced consultants to carry out an ‘end of program’ evaluation.

Terms of reference and guidelines for submitting proposals

Afrobarometer second pre-electoral opinion survey

Afrobarometer has conducted a second pre-electoral survey about the opinions and attitudes of Ugandans as the 2011 elections approach.

Afrobarometer is an independent, non-partisan consortium of African public policy and research institutions which has been carrying out opinion polls throughout Africa for a decade now (www.afrobarometer.org).

Uganda has participated in the 4 rounds of Afrobarometer, in 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008. Afrobarometer
conducted a first pre-electoral poll in Nov-Dec 2010.

This second poll, based on a nationally representative sample of 2000 voting age Ugandans, was carried between January 20 to 30, 2011. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with randomly selected eligible respondents at the household level. The survey reached 71% of Uganda’s districts across all administrative regions and is representative of the population of adult Ugandans (18yrs +) by region, urban-rural, gender, religion, age and education.
The questionnaire covered a wide range of issues concerning the electoral process, issues at stake,determinants of voting and voting intentions.

Below are the presentation of the findings and the summary of results.

Presentation of the second round 4.5 pre-election survey in Uganda 2011

Summary of results of the second round 4.5 pre-election survey in Uganda 2011

Uganda Youth Network mitigating election violence to promote peaceful youth participation in the forth coming elections

The campaign on promoting peaceful and non-violent youth participation in electoral processes is now in its second phase.
The election caravans are designed specifically to reach out to youth in urban slums with in and around Kampala to sensitize young people on the dangers of election violence through the use of infotainment.

The caravans will have representatives from different stakeholder groups who will be given to interact with the slum youth and engage them in discussions around the role of Young people in preventing electoral based Violence. The slum youth will also have a chance to interact with the other key stakeholders like their local community leaders, the police to mention but a few.
Also, the caravan will have performing artistes and comedians who will speak to the youth and hold performances in line with the message of peace.

A total of twenty slums will be visited as part of this campaign over a period of twenty days.

Look out for the election caravan schedule www.uyonet.or.ug for more details.

Uganda’s youth state their agenda ahead of 2011 general elections

Through a nationwide consultative process, the Uganda Youth Network with support from Deepening Democracy Programme and other development partners collected the views of young people regarding the Uganda they desire in 2011 and beyond. The process culminated into the drafting of the National Youth Manifesto as a set of key minimum demands for presentation to the various political actors.

The Youth Manifesto aims at strengthening the capacity of young people in Uganda so that they can informatively advocate and demand for more inclusive, accessible and accountable systems through which leaders at all levels can be challenged to deliver based on the demands of those that vote them into power and political office.