MAINSTREAMING ESD THE EXPERIENCE OF UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY

1. MAINSTREAMING ESD THE EXPERIENCE OF UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY PRESENTED BY BROTHER ALOYSIUS BYARUHANGA AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY 29TH MARCH,2012

2. BACKGROUND TO UMU • Uganda Martyrs University is a private, faith-based institution founded by the Catholic Bishops of Uganda in 1993. • It was chartered in 2005 and has the following component units: -The Institute of Ethics and Development Studies -The Faculty of Agriculture -The Faculty of Business Administration & Management -The Faculty of the Built Environment -The Faculty of Education -The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences -The Faculty of Science - The East African School of Diplomacy, Governance and International Studies -School of Postgraduate Studies -Mother Kevin Post Graduate Medical School

3. UMU AND EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Formal links between UMU and ESD started in 2009 • The Faculty of Education wrote a proposal in form of ESD Change Concept submitted to SIDA & Ramboll Natura AB • Two representatives of UMU successfully attended International Training Programme in Sweden and Kenya • Topic was Mainstreaming ESD in UMU

4. PREPARATIONS FOR ITP & PARTICIPATION IN MESA • Institutional Audit for all faculties, institute and schools which indicated that almost all of them had got some elements of ESD in their courses • Preparatory workshops to sensitise staff ,students and management on issues of ESD and implications of Change Project

5. OBJECTIVES OF ITP • The main objective of ITP was to create an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences in ESD in the higher education sector. • This programme was used to deepen our understanding of environmental, social cultural and economic dynamics of sustainable development

6. OBJECTIVES OF ITP (Continued) • Specific objectives: -poverty reduction & sustainable development -capacity development & change processes in participants, parent institutions & home countries Strengthening of methods, processes & monitoring to enable effective education -improve institutional infrastructure for ESD

7. OBJECTIVES OF ITP (Continued) • Increase the awareness of the importance of effective ESD in higher education • Stimulate development & sustainability of networks in the field of higher education

8. ACTION DURING ITP IN SWEDEN & KENYA • Refinement of our change project to : MAINSTREAMING ESD IN UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSTY‘S PROGRAMMES & POLICIES THROUGH MANAGEMENT , STAFF & STUDENT LEADER ‘S CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT • Selection of strategies and modality of project implementation

9. ACTION DURING ITP (Continued) • We produced course outlines for the training of management, staff and student leaders • We put together resources to be used I training • We planned how the training was to be done • We proposed to initiate process of policy change to bring about the mainstreaming of ESD in UMU • Sensitisation seminar for the whole UMU community

10. ACTIVITIES AT UMU AFTER ITP IN 2009 • The training for management, staff and student leaders was carried out as proposed • A seminar for the whole UMU community was carried out • Evaluation was carried out and a report was submitted to SIDA and UNEP

11. WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE ITP IN 2009 • UMU won a prize at the African level in the entry for outreach & community engagement initiatives • The proposals to mainstream ESD in UMU was tabled to management and Senate where it was accepted in principle • The process of developing the Uganda Martyrs University Education for Sustainable Development in going on inspired by our National ESD Strategy • Since then the Mainstreaming of ESD has been incorporated in the current ten year institutional strategic plan and is embedded in the revised University Charter • The processes of setting up the Greater Masaka Regional Centre of Expertise has been initiated with the collaboration of NEMA and National Commission for UNESCO

12. OTHER INITIATIVES • The Faculty of Education offers an MA in Education and Development in which one of the courses is Education for Sustainable Development • The Faculty of Agriculture offers a degree BSc Organic Agriculture and MSc in Agroecology. They plan to set up a Regional Centre of Excellence for Organic Agriculture for the whole of Africa • The Faculty of the Built Environment has partnered with UN Habitat in area of Research and Training as regards Energy Conservation • The Department of Governance is setting up a Regional Centre for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution

13. COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS IN SPEARHEADING ESD • SIDA • UNEP • UNESCO (Especially the National Commission for UNESCO) • NEMA • Association of African Universities • The Lake Victoria Catchment Environmental Education Programme • UgandanUniversities

14. STUDENT INITIATIVES • The Professor Wangari Maathai Students Initiative • Managing Plastic Waste Wisely • Gathering Inorganic Products to Clean the Environment( by one of our alumnae)

15. STAFF DEVELOPMENT • At least five members of staff have just finished studies to do with Education for Sustainable Development and a good number are still enrolled for similar programmes

16. THE WAY FORWARD • We need to promote institutional collaboration and networking at national , global and global levels • We are grateful to all who have been with us this far. • THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION