Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative

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Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative
AbbreviationURSSI
Formation2010
Legal status Non-profit organization
Location
Region served
Sub-Saharan Africa
MembershipTransport Sector Stakeholders & Volunteers
Official language
English
Executive Director
Mutabazi Sam Stewart [1]
Key people
Henry Bazira
Board Member
Daisy Owomugasho
Board Member
Website https://ugandaroadsector.org

The Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URSSI), is a Ugandan transport advocacy nonprofit organization that works to improve governance in the transport sector, with a special focus on road transport. It is based in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community and impacts Sub-Saharan Africa. [2] [3]

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Overview

URSSI was founded in 2010 as a result of several challenges in the road sub-sector in Uganda. Being a pioneer NGO in the transport sector, it is the only CSO in the country that carries out research, advocacy and information dissemination about the sector. [4]

URSSI is part of the Transport Sector Working Group which deliberates on issues affecting the sector and also avails essential information to Parliament and the general public to help counter corruption and abuse in the road construction industry. The activities of the organization are geared towards restructuring urban transformation and planning practices in developing countries.

Over the years, URSSI has advocated for Uganda to: join the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST); adopt and implement the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) and; drive the process of making citizens Road Monitoring Tool. URSSI is also the founding member and current host of the Civil Society Coalition on Transport in Uganda (CISCOT), a coalition of 25 member organizations, whose aim is to contribute to an efficient, effective and safe transport system. [5] [6]

Funding and sponsorship

URSSI receives financial and other support from civil society and corporate organizations, including the following: [1]

  1. The World Bank [7]
  2. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  3. The UNCAC Coalition
  4. CrossRoads, a four-year programme working to improve Uganda's road network and industry.
  5. The Ministry of Works and Transport
  6. The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Uganda Road Fund Archived 2025-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)

Key programmes & events

URSSI has in the recent past been involved in running the following programmes: [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Uganda: Lack of technical, financial capacity affecting road sector". africaninvestor.
  2. ↑ "Who we are". URSSI.
  3. ↑ "Développement urbain en Ouganda : un examen de la planification des transports et de la mobilité dans les villes [EN]". CODATU.
  4. ↑ "Uganda Road Sector Support Initiative (URSSI)". UNODC.
  5. ↑ "Why Ugandans build in road reserves". The Observer (Uganda).
  6. ↑ "'Contract monitoring coalition' kicks off with World Bank support". OIL IN UGANDA.
  7. 1 2 "Civil society develops road monitoring tool". New Vision.
  8. ↑ "City drivers get new speed limits". New Vision.
  9. ↑ "Uganda's road laws outdated". New Vision.
  10. ↑ "FATAL ACCIDENT CLAIMS 14 NEAR KAMPALA". East Africa daily.
  11. ↑ "Access to Information as a tool for the sustainable development of roads in Uganda". freedominfo.org.
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