2ND MARKET INFORMATION SYMPOSIUM

1. 2ND MARKET INFORMATION SYMPOSIUM MAKING MIS RELEVANT TO FARMING COMMUNITIES THOUGH HARMONIZED AND SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR PRESENTATION BY: ABU LUWAGA-LED SUPPORT OFFICER, MOLG

2. ABOUT LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA • NDP was launched in 2010 with focus on poverty reduction with additional emphasis on socio-economic transformation and wealth creation for the people of Uganda. (LED has become a sixth objective of decentralization) • Definition of LED LED is a process in which LGs, the private sector and community economic groups form partnerships to mobilize and manage local, and externally accessible resources, to stimulate the economy in a given locality.

3. Local Economic Development – Required Inputs • LED is enabled/facilitated through a range of inputs: • An Enabling Policy, Regulatory & Institutional Environment: • Effective & Coherent Macro Policies, Legal & Regulatory Frameworks • Efficient and Effective Institutions (regulating, facilitating & supporting) Other • An Enabling Business Environment: • Streamlined Regulatory Environment • Effective/Efficient Economic Infrastructure Assets • Responsive Business Support and Financial Services Sector • Well developed Strategic Support Sectors (Communication, Transportation and others Good Progress on Human Development • Effective Social Services – Health, Education (including higher & vocational), Basic Infrastructure (water & sanitation, electrification, roads & other) • An Innovative, Entrepreneurial and Capable Private Sector (formal & InformalINPUT • THIS THE MOST CRITICAL

4. The Scope of the LEDP at the Local Level Strategy Implementation Phase Institutionalization and Capacity Development Phase Economic Assessment and Strategy Development Phase Institutionalization of the LED Function & Introduction of Tools & Capacities Support & Facilitation Local Government LED Unit Project Implementation Project Development Project Finance Annual Implementation Program Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the Local Economy & Business Environment Economic Infrastructure SME Finance/Investment LED Strategy Formulation Microenterprise finance/investment Streamlining Regulations LED Forum Aligning Macroeconomic Policies Skills Development & Technical Assistance SME Value Chains Associations Cooperatives Public Sector Entities Development Partners Large & Multinationals Microenterprises Sectors & Cluster Service Sectors Unions

5. LGMIS SUPPORTED BY FIT UGANDA

6. ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

7. EXPECTED BENEFITS OF LGMIS • Easy accessibility to market information by the district extension officers . • Provide the local communities access MIS via registered local platform. • Improved quality of market information provided at the district local government for the end users. (cover aspects of desire quality, quantity, delivery times and volumes of trade). • Enhance the activities of extension officers in the districts with relevant content • Promote trade and market linkages in the districts within 3 major sub sectors were district have a comparative advantage • Contribute and ease the planning and evaluation of production potential and trade potential of the districts

8. CRITICAL NEED FOR COLLABORATION WITH LINE MINISTRIES IN COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION • MIN. OF AGRICULTURE: Through NAADs program inform and encourage farmers to utilize the LG MIS to source for market information and to be channel for outreach to the wide network of farmers and traders in the district. • MIN. OF INFORMATION: promote the use of ICTs to enhance market information awareness among the farmers , like all extension officers . Linking district ICT enablers • MIN. OF TRADE: stimulate efforts to enhance trade negotiations and improve market access at the local level and facilitate local trade registration and market linkages within the target sectors.