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Project Title: Strengthening Citizen’s Participation in Health and Education Service Delivery project; February 2018 - January 2019


About Midwestern Region Centre for Democracy and Human Rights- MICOD
Mid-western Region Centre for Democracy and Human Rights - MICOD is a regional, non-profit independent organization with mandate to operate in seven districts of Kiryandongo, Masindi, Hoima, Kagadi, Kakumiro Buliisa, and Kibaale. It is registered with Uganda National NGO Board Ministry of Internal affairs (Reg. No 8825 & Ref. File No S.5914/9318). 
MICOD’s vision of is “a society free of injustices.” To realise this vision, MICOD set a mission “to contribute to the development of good practices through advocacy for observance and protection of democracy and human rights in the Mid-Western Region of Uganda.’’
This is realized through aspiring to achieve specific objectives which include; mobilizing communities to contribute to their development at local, national and international level, advocating for observance of human rights, creating awareness and understanding of democratic rights, legislations and obligations, supporting communities in solving related community problems and therefore sustain their participation for improved standards of living. It also aspires to promote volunteer work and intercultural cooperation at different levels, to promote networking and information sharing among development partners at on program implementation at different levels; to advocate for good human friendly environment policies in the Albertine region and link local advocacy issues to the national advocacy strategies of other development partners.

Our Mandate
MICOD focuses at addressing issues of governance, Human rights and promoting a culture of dialogue and peaceful co-existence through citizen’s participation, ensuring that services reach the intended population particularly the poor (women, youth and children) who have less access and less influence to demand for services. MICOD builds community confidence in addressing issues/ challenges that affect them; this is done through community interface meetings and dialogue with duty bearers.


Project Goal
The overall goal of the project is “to contribute to improved health and education service delivery for refugee host communities in Mutunda Sub County and Bweyale Town Council by December 2018.”
Project objectives;
1.      To monitor local government service delivery and generate issues for evidence based advocacy by December 2018.  .
2.      To mobilize host communities to advocate for better service delivery through participating in local government planning and processes by December 2018.
3.       Promote interface between the host communities, settlers with duty bearers on generated service delivery concerns by December 2018.
Project geographical coverage
MICOD with support from Governance, Accountability, Participation, and Performance (GAPP) Program is implementing a project on strengthening Citizens’ Participation in Health and Education Service Delivery. The Project is implemented in refugee host communities of Bweyale Town Council and Mutunda Sub county Kiryandongo District.

Project Approaches
Community awareness and engagement; through establishment of citizens’ and duty bearers accountability spaces, increasing conversation among citizens on health and education service delivery through forum theatres sessions, interactive radio programs as talk shows and jingles, training, empowerment and deployment of Community Resource Monitors, information dissemination to citizens and citizen agency as groups, women and youth, conducting sub county budget performance analysis, reviews and advocacy to make them pro people and participatory. This awareness and engagement spaces shall amplify education and health service delivery issues including gaps using the media especially radio and a social media citizens’ blog and form action points to support the engagements. The identified issues shall be shared; action points made and followed up with much citizen participation.
Key project activities include;
·         Conduct a Baseline Survey to capture and understand the status of Education and Health sectors in the 2 sub counties Bweyale and Mutunda
·         Training of service delivery point structures such as; the Health Unit Management Committees and School Management Committees
·         Empowering community resource monitors through training
·         Empowering Parish Accountability Groups
·         Conducting field follow ups and visits
·         Establish and support the formation of a community blog, on governance and accountability issues
·         Produce and disseminate Information Education and Communication (IEC) Materials.
·         Conducting Annual Sub County Budget Performance Analysis and Reviews
·         Organize monthly Radio Talk Shows and daily jingles/spot messages.

Project out comes
Outcome: 1 Strengthened capacity of citizens, refugees and service delivery point structures by January 2019
Outcome: 2 increased citizens and refugees awareness and engagement with the Local Government for improved health and education service delivery by January 2019
 Outcome: 2 Empower citizens to be able to monitor service delivery and demand for accountability from the duty bearers

For more information Contact










Kangula Lawrence
Regional Program Manager
Email; micod2008@yahoo.com
Office Tel;       +256 465 423 134
Mob;                +256 772 505333


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