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Upcoming Activities - 2nd Quarter FY 2010/11

The Local Government Finance Commission (LGFC) has a Corporate Strategic Plan which reflects its medium term strategic focus in addressing key issues that impact on attainment of sustainable Local Governments financing for effective and efficient service delivery in Uganda. Over the years the role of the Commission has increasingly become an important contributor to the Government’s national objective of poverty eradication in the areas of efficient service delivery and good governance.

The Commission has appropriately worked out new strategies and priorities for greater efficiency and effectiveness. An internal Institutional self assessment was undertaken and provided the background for the development of its Corporate Strategy (2008/09-2011/12. Based on the LGFC Vision and Mission, the Commissions activities are organized into four thematic areas. These are:
  1. Local Government Budget Analysis,
  2. Enhancement of LG Revenue Mobilization and Generation,
  3. Equitable Distribution of Grants to LGs,
  4. Institutional Capacity Maintenance and Enhancement
 The following are the major activities that the Commission is executing in the second quarter of the FY 2010/11.

Local Government Budget Analysis
  • Support the operations of the LG Budget Committee
  • Provision of technical support in budget formulation to 41 newly created higher local governments
  • Review the role of LGFC in the planning and budgetary process
Enhancement of LG Revenue Mobilization and Generation
  • Conduct two sets of Outreach activities on local revenues in 28 districts and respective urban councils
  • Support the realization/recovery of arrears in the land based revenues in 18 LGs
  • Support the operations of the LRECC
  • Training of LGs on implementation of LST and LGHT in LGs
Equitable Distribution of Grants to LGs
  • Undertake holistic review of LG financing
  • Analyze health sector policy for compliance with decentralization policy
  • Hold midterm review of implementation of agreed positions in the sector negotiations
Institutional Capacity Maintenance and Enhancement
  • Conduct evaluation of the performance of the Commission
  • Conduct induction of staff and Commissioners in the Application of M&E framework
  • Midterm review of the Commissions Corporate Strategy

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