NL-KVK-27108436-A-07311-05:UG Oxfam Novib 1. Executive Summary Uganda is one of the countries in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region that has been faced with multiple crises ranging from health pandemics such as COVID 19, Ebola, conflicts, cross border displacements ,acute food insecurity, hunger, and numerous impacts of the global food crisis. The Transformative Livelihoods for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda which is a short title for The Leadership, Empowerment, Access, and Protection (LEAP 2023) of women and girls in crises will be implemented in Karamoja and South-western Uganda. It will respond to the identified challenges in the region and work in close collaboration withthe target community and key stakeholders to ensure sustainable impact. The Karamoja region in Uganda continues to suffer from the impact of climate change resulting in drastic deterioration of livelihoods of pastoralists due to lack of access to water and pasture. This has resulted in loss of crops, increased animal mortality, reduced nutrition and subsequent increased mortality rates particularly those affecting women, and children. The influx of refugees from DRC into Uganda, is likely to continue given the continued fighting and tensions in the neighboring country. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by this war due to existing inequalities that expose them to diminished nutrition, heightened risk of SGBV, exploitation and the increased burden of care especially among the refugees and drought affected communities in Uganda. This programme will strengthen emergency protection, leadership, accessto services and promote empowerment of 3250 (2,750 women, girls, youth, and 500 men and boys including persons with disabilities. Uganda will reach 3250 (2,750 women, girls, youth, and 500 men and boys including) 100 actors specifically lower level administratorssuch as district local government officials, local women organizations, para social workers, para legal, police and members of the judiciary. The Programme will support two women centres with ICT equipment to provide support services to 500 women and girls; 500 women and youth will benefit from vocational skills, climate smart agriculture and practical skills in agroforestry. In order to ensure mental health and access to justice, 750 women and girls will be provided legal aid and psychosocial support services. A total of2 local women’s organisations will be supported to reach out to 800 women and girls; 100 women and youth will be provided with literacy, numeracy skills and solar lanterns. The programme will ensure that 500 men and boys will receive training and mentorship in positive masculinities allow them promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Additionally, 200 women and girls will access cash through participation in the cash for work opportunities to enable women access basic needs such as food. The projectwill also establish and support 30 VSLA groups for women involved in agricultural and non-agricultural livelihoods to enable them access savings and credit to boost their business ventures. Provide Legal aid services for 300 women, youth and girls through mobile legal aid clinics, mobile courts, police follow ups, legal advice, legal representation and community policing for peaceful co-existence and access to women’s and girl’s rights (Uganda) 1. Map out protection ecosystems to establish referral pathways, structuresand service providers. 2. Conduct Multi Stakeholder Coordination Meeting for the referrral path way actors. 3. Enhance capacity oflegal aid service providers on SGBV case management and referrals. 4. Support prosecutors in holding briefs in SGBV cases in courts. NETWORK OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYERS The Network of Public Interest Lawyers Limited (NETPIL) was formed in 2015 by Prof. Christopher Mbazira, Dr. Atim Patricia, Dr. Walyemera Daniel and Mr. Arthur Nsereko as a network organisation bringing together lawyers and organizations with a view of undertaking and promoting Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and the pro-bono spirit in order to achieve social justice for vulnerable sections of society in Uganda. From Inception until 2022, NETPIL operated under the auspice of the Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC) of the School of Law at Makerere University. At the end of 2022, NETPIL’s members at its Genera; Meeting passed a resolution to have the organization set up autonomy from PILAC and likewise acquire NGO status to enable it carry out its objectives more meaningfully. The principal stages that NETPIL has been through are as follows: 2014 - Idea Generation and Conceptualisation • NETPIL founding members mooted the idea to form the entity to foster PIL in Uganda. 2015 - Formalisation • NETPIL was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee. • PILAC agreed to host NETPIL. • NETPIL acquired funding and begun its operations. 2022- Going Autonomous • NETPIL set up separate offices, structures and activities outside the PILAC setting. 2023 – Pursuing NGO status • NETPIL embarked on the process of acquiring NGO status and permission. 2. ACHIEVEMENTS What have been the principal results in the past three years that contribute to significant, structural, sustained and positive improvement in the lives of men, women, girls and boys suffering from poverty, injustice, insecurity and exclusion? NETPIL has filed numerous PIL cases through its membership that have fostered democracy and good governance in Uganda. Most notable is the case of James Muhindo and Ors Vs Attorney General that culminated into the development of Land Eviction Guidelines. NETPIL has likewise produced various research publications including four handbooks on litigating thematic areas like land, education, torture among others. NETPIL has conducted trainings for capacity building of its members to beforerunners in the protection of human rights and civic space in Uganda. To this it has carried out rapid response for victims of torture and journalists suffering violations in the course of duty. 3. INSTITUTIONAL PURPOSE Mission: NETPIL’s Mission is to support and promote Public Interest Litigation in Uganda. Institutional objectives: The Objectives of NETPIL are to: i. Build and nurture social justice lawyers; ii. Enhance the capacity of its members to engage in public interest lawyering, and more specifically social justice; iii. Create awareness of public interest lawyering as an effective strategy to promote social justice and to better understand and litigate on emerging public interest law issues; iv. Promote the rule of law, respect for human rights, good governance and democracy through research, litigation, sensitization, dialogue and advocacy; v. Promote and pursue strategic litigation throughinstituting cases on topical constitutional law, human rights, social justice and corporate accountability matters; vi. Promote public interest related advocacy including creating public awareness through mobilization and capacity building ofstakeholders, stakeholder engagements and media engagement among others; vii. Coordinate evidence-based research aimed at supporting the network‘s strategic interventions including academic scholarship, advocacy, and litigation among others; viii. Act as a support and coordination mechanism for public interest lawyers and related initiatives; ix. Establish and support NETPIL University Chapters aimed at mentoring students of law to become proficient advocates for social justice and public interest lawyering; x. Strengthen strategic relationships with Development partners for purposes of resource mobilization and sustainability of NETPIL‘s objectives; and xi. Raise funds, acquire, own, develop and operate premises, property, equipment, and any other materials, goods and services that are necessary for the attainment of the mission and vision set out in this Memorandum of Association. Field(s) of activity: What are the principal thematic and geographic areas in which the organisation works? The principal thematic areas of NETPIL are; • Civil and Political Rights; • Disability Rights; • Education Rights; • Health Rights; • Labour Rights; and • Land and Natural Resources. . The geographic area for its work is nation-wide. However, largely its operations have been in the Districts of Kampala, Mukono, Mubende, Moroto and Jinja. Who are the social actors that benefit from the work? The social actors that benefit from NETPIL’s work are mainly vulnerablesections of society including, women, youth, PWDs, minority groups and migrant populations. 4. STRATEGIC POSITIONING Analyse the environment in which the organisation works? Who are the other relevant social actors, including government and business, and what roles do they play? ' In this context, what is unique about the position of the organisation? NETPIL operates in an environment in which the state is constantly clamping down on civic space and participation in a bid to foster regime survival. This is often characterised by surveillances, arrests of actors, office break ins, illegal detentions of actors among others. NETPIL’s strategic advantagelies in working through a membership of lawyers and legal service providers. Its members possess various competence and expertise in the field of law and likewise have legal protection as advocates under attorney privilege to carry out their trade without threatsfrom the state. Likewise, NETPIL has built synergies and collaborations both with state and non-state actors to cover possible deficiencies in its capacities. These include institutions of learning, CSO’s and legal aid service providers. These offer both pathways for its work and a referral network. 5. FUNCTIONAL ORGANISATIONAL CHART include below your organisational chart) How are authority and responsibilities structured? For each operational unit, indicate the job titles, number of people in each position, and if they are men or women. NETPIL STRUCTURES NETPIL BOARD MEMBERS 7 Members with 4 women and 3 men Oxfam Novib Oxfam Novib UN ORGANISATIONS end-actual end-planned start-actual start-planned Oxfam Novib info@oxfamnovib.nl http://www.oxfamnovib.nl PO box 30919, 2500 GX The Hague, The Netherlands Uganda The right to social and political participation 33826 33826 UNIFEM - UN ORGANISATIONS NETWORK OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYERS 33826 incoming transaction UN ORGANISATIONS Excluded/ marginalized individuals have greater voice, agency, courage and safe spaces for human rights activism to claim for transformative change towards equality gender not specified individuals that speak out, take action and claim for transformative change towards equality men that speak out, take action and claim for transformative change towards equality Project was slow in start good number non-binary individuals that speak out, take action and claim for transformative change towards equality women that speak out, take action and claim for transformative change towards equality numbers met program was not yet scaled Excluded/marginalized individuals and their civil society with strenghtened capacity to collaborate gender non-specified individuals that applied increased capacities, collaborated in alliances, movements and partnerhips, men that applied increased capacities, collaborated in alliances, movements and partnerhips, the Male engagement approach was used here non-binary individuals that applied increased capacities, collaborated in alliances, movements and partnerhips, women that applied increased capacities, collaborated in alliances, movements and partnerhips, this was done in conjuction with alliance organizations