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Following consultations with stakeholders in Uganda, Club of Madrid conducted a preparatory mission to Kampala at the end of August. The mission’s objectives were to present the Club of Madrid and the AWLP, analyse Uganda’s needs and current political situation to better tailor the project, and identify achievable objectives for the project.

The team – AWLP Project Coordinator, Rosemary Kaduru and Programme Assistant Sara de la Peña – followed up on existing contacts with relevant stakeholders and reached out to international community representatives, national authorities, and civil society organizations, among others.

Meetings were held with Members of Parliament, women’s organizations, partner organization AWEPA (European Parliamentarians for Africa), representatives from UNIFEM and the Delegation of the European Commission to Uganda, and consultants, including the Hon. Dora Byamukama and the Hon. Miria Matembe, both of whom have recently participated in AWLP missions to Sierra Leone.

Those with whom the delegation met commended the Club of Madrid and said the project was timely given the new parliament, inaugurated in May 2006, now organized on a multiparty basis after a long period of non party democracy in Uganda. There are currently 101 women in the national assembly (they occupy 30% of parliamentary seats), many of them newcomers who need skills to make them more effective in their roles as parliamentarians and leaders.