UNESCO-Uganda National Commission

@AKasingye @uniteuganda24 Great! Empowering professionals to build sustainable ventures while still in office is a game changer for long term growth and stability

Thank you so much @uniteuganda24 for inviting me at the induction programme for academic, administrative & support staff at Ridar Hotel Mukono to discuss Building sustainable business ventures while still in office. This was a very important discussion. My heart is full. 🙏🏾

@Agoirosie1 the secretary general at Uganda national commission for @UNESCO highlighted the big inspiration of sustainability being Education Noted challenges faced by sustainability are the continued unsustainable practices in communities and climate change effects #UNICEF #ESD

The overall objective of is to provide capacity building to support educators in intergrating education for sustainable development into all areas of education through creating a regional learning platforms and reinforce ESD professional networks #SustainableDevelopment #ESD

We are to have insightful discussions on the National Policy & Operational Workshop this Thursday, 20th Nov 2025. Strong collaboration and clear strategies are paving the way for accelerated project implementation. #ESD #PolicyWorkshop #FastTrack #2025Goals @KenyattaUni

#LEADESD project continues to drive transformation in teacher training &TVET. The workshop will fast track change projects, policy engagement & capacity building for a more sustainable future @UNESCO @UnescoEast @Agoirosie1 @LeadESDUganda #ESD

Excited for the 2nd National @LeadESDUganda workshop happening now at Kibuli Core PTC! Bringing together educators, policymakers and Institutional Leaders to accelerate #ESD integrationin curricula, pedagogy and Institutional practices @UnescoEast @UNESCO @Agoirosie1

Today in Lira City, we joined the Lango Women Media Association and the Great Lakes Centre for Strategic Media Studies in a dialogue to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. #EndImpunity #PressFreedomUG #IDEI2025

Women journalists face rising threats, not just in the field, but online, via AI-driven harassment and deepfakes. Under this year’s theme we commit to tackling the scourge of AI-facilitated GBV and ensuring safe spaces for women in media. #EndImpunity #ProtectJournalists

Today we join the global community in Lira City to mark #IDEI2025 the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Together with @ACME_Africa, & Lira Women Journalists Association we honour those who speak truth and fight for the rights of journalists.

@unescoug @glcsms @lwmaUg The participants engaged in a meaningful discussion on protecting press freedom and ensuring justice for crimes against media workers.#PressFreedomUG

Speaking at the Food Systems conference, the Guest of Honour, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Uganda @PakinUganda, H.E. Muhammad Hassan Wazir, said “Climate change is real. While the whole world has been feeling its impact for several years, we in Pakistan witnessed devastation. We recently experienced a large scale cloud burst, severe flood, flash flooding and melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas. This led to destruction of crops and displacement of millions of people in August 2022. The fabrics of societies and nations are shaken. When agriculture lands become unfit for crop production, it leads to severe imbalance of food systems. While this is a global issue, the solutions are often found in strong bilateral and multi partnerships.” @MakCAES #MakFoodSecurityConf

We five opportunities to address the food systems challenges. 1. Sustainable production: Improving yields, and in particular in this part of the world, focusing on research and development in locally relevant products. 2. Trade: Africa imports food worth US$ 50 billion every year. This is a risk and less reliable. We see boycotts, sanctions, trade embargoes. We see trade disruptions if our food systems are relying on imports, but it is also an opportunity. It's an opportunity for us to take advantage to trade with our neighbors. There's a US$ 50 billion opportunity on the table for us to take advantage of if we improve the productivity and trade networks of our food system. 3. I believe in the importance of good governance and good policy making, but government cannot do everything alone. Government needs to discover. Where can it enable other actors, private sectors and smallholders, to achieve the best, to thrive, produce more trade, better reduce food loss and food waste? 4. Efficiency: Reducing food loss and food waste. In many countries, up to 50% of our food is either lost or wasted. 5. Social protection: There are many people who are in need of support, the most vulnerable in our communities, those displaced by conflict, etc. So we need effective safety net programs to ensure that everyone is able to access safe and nutritious food. @MakCAES #MakFoodSecurityConf @PolicyCollege @HBKU

#Thread #MakFoodSecurityConf Keynote speaker Dr Logan Cochrane @PolicyCollege @HBKU, shared an interesting fact “In 2025 there are an equal number of children who are underweight as there are overweight, approximately 10% of the global population of children are underweight and approximately 10% of the global population of children are overweight. What does this mean? This means our food systems are not only insufficient, but they are unhealthy. And this is a call to action that we need to be paying attention to the healthiness, not only the access of our food, but the healthiness of our food systems.” @MakCAES

.@GovUganda is keenly interested in the global food systems transformation agenda. Uganda is naturally endowed with good soils and weather but we have gaps in embracing this endowment to our benefit, such as the inadequate capacity to harness Science and Technology to our benefit. This is further exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Platforms such as this conference can provide vital answers to help address these and other related gaps - Alex Bambona @MAAIF_Uganda @MakCAES #MakFoodSecurityConf

We're excited to participate in this important international workshop on food systems Transformation for climate actions. @ICESCO_En @OIC_COMSTECH @Agoirosie1

South Sudan’s National Commission for UNESCO is now established! 🇸🇸✨We were honored to join the @MoGEI_SSD Undersecretary and Secretary-General on learning visit to @unescoug. Huge thanks to Dr. Rosie Agoi & team for the warm welcome and inspiring exchange! #UNESCO #SouthSudan

Broadcasters from the Western region are meeting in Mbarara City for a stakeholder engagement exercise to discuss the role of the media in elections ahead of the 2026 polls. The half-day meeting that attracted broadcasters, regulators, security agencies & local leaders follows similar engagements in Mbale & Gulu last week. @ConsumerUCC @UCC_ED

On Wednesday at the #UGEconomicForum, Kaweesi Daniel, Assistant Secretary General (Culture), @unescoug, will unpack the role of culture in advancing tourism and hospitality as drivers of Uganda’s economy. #SanyukaUpdates

Strong leadership in education creates stronger societies. The #LEADESD initiative aims to equip educators with tools for sustainability-focused teaching. #FutureLeaders #ESD @UNESCO @UNICEFEARO @kenyattauni @UnescoEast @Agoirosie1

📸 HAPPENING NOW: Uganda launches the LEAD-ESD Certification Training at a National Workshop on #EducationForSustainableDevelopment! 🇺🇬 Together, we’re building a new generation of sustainability leaders in policy, teaching, & training. #LEADESD #ESDfor2030 #SDG4_7 #ESDUganda