Voluntary local reviews gain traction in Uganda’s national SDG reporting process after ECA’s support

Abstract

The Government of Uganda has scaled up the practice of voluntary local reviews – which monitor progress made by local governments towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and is bringing their outcomes to the forefront of its national SDG reporting process. This development builds on the country’s first voluntary local review of the SDGs and African Union’s Agenda 2063, which was conducted for Uganda’s eastern district of Ngora in 2019 with support from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). As part of this national-wide drive to localize the SDGs, the Government of Uganda last week inaugurated its Annual SDG Conference in Kampala under the theme of ‘Building Effective Models to Accelerate the SDGs in the Post-COVID-19 Era’. Among the participants attending the conference were senior government officials, UN representatives, business leaders, civil society delegates, academics and local authorities.