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mechanisms, local governance, rule of law, infrastructure, economic recovery and
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reconciliation.
The Agriculture Livelihood Recovery Project for Northern Uganda (ALREP) is a project of
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) funded by the European Union. Its objective is to
increase agricultural productivity and the market share for low income small farmers. The
project aims at improving livelihoods of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are
returning to their homes and host communities. The project provides non-cash purchasing
power for agricultural inputs while rehabilitating dilapidated agricultural infrastructure.
Elements of this project are (i) provide returning IDP households with agricultural inputs that
include improved seeds, agro chemicals, ox ploughs, equipment, tools, and agriculture
training, (ii) strengthen a private sector distribution system for Northern Uganda, and (iii)
rehabilitate rural/agricultural infrastructure through a labour-based voucher-for-work
approach.
3.2 Response of the Government of Uganda
Since 1997, the national Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) has been the main
framework governing budgeting and planning processes in Uganda. It is followed by the
National Development Plan (NDP) 2009-2014 with five broad strategic objectives, including
human security. Within this framework and more specifically of humanitarian nature, the
Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP) 2008-2010 was
launched. For Karamoja, a similar programme was set up, the Karamoja Integrated
Disarmament and Development Programme (KIDDP) 2007-2010.
The GoU signed the Kampala Convention in IDPs in October 2009 and also began to
implement its Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP) in July.
The Plan’s full implementation is expected to help bringing the north up to the same level of
development as the rest of the country, and would thus address one of the major causes of
the conflict with the LRA. While the international community contributes financially to the
PRDP, overall leadership lies with the Government of Uganda. However, there are concerns
about the capacity of local government bodies in particular to manage and disburse the
PRDP funding, as well as about monitoring mechanisms.
3.3 The German humanitarian assistance in Uganda
3.3.1 Humanitarian emergency assistance and DETA
The AA and BMZ contributed to the international response 55 to the humanitarian crises in
Uganda with an overall commitment of 18,250,718 million euros during the period of 2005
through 2009 56 with a total of 52 projects 57 . Overall, the AA provided about 6,968,392 euros
54 www.deluga.ec.europa.eu/en/programmes/index.htm (accessed May 2010)
55 This humanitarian assistance is also reported under the UN OCHA FTS (as presented in Table 2,
Chapter 3.1).
56 Data related to 2010 interventions have not yet been available to the evaluation team at the time of
the submission of the Inception Report when the portfolio was compiled.
57 Apart from HA reported under the DAC CRS Code 700, a number of projects reported under the
DAC CRS Code 52010 are also financed from the same key BMZ budget line for DETA (687 20).
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