Policy Brief on the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Act, 2016 (as amended)

This assessment was commissioned by the Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG) with support from the GIZ Civil Society in Uganda Support Programme (CUSP) co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to assess the impact of the NGO Policy, the NGO Act (as Amendment). Center for Constitutional Governance is a regional organization based in Uganda and reaches out to the Eastern Countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan with a cardinal goal of strengthening constitutional governance by bridging the gaps in governance and challenges in policy and regulatory framework. The study sought to provide a deeper understanding of the existing trends in the sector and provide insight into potential reforms.

Specifically, the objectives of the study were;
1. Assess the NGO Policy and the NGO Act, highlighting key legal and constitutional issues as well as issues of concern.
2. Seek stakeholder understanding of the key issues in the NGO Policy and NGO Act for meaningful engagement in the processes of reform.
3. Make recommendations for potential legal reform for the NGO Policy and the NGO Act.
4. Participate in the mobilization of NGOs to meaningfully participate in the NGO legal reform processes.

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