uganda cooperative college kigumba presentation to participants on the agricultural cooperatives...

UGANDA COOPERATIVE COLLEGE KIGUMBA

Presentation to participants on the

agricultural cooperatives transport

At City Royale Hotel

22nd-24th Nov 2011

BACKGROUND

Uganda Cooperative College – Kigumba is the

only Cooperative College in the country. It

started at Nsamizi in 1954, transferred to

Bukalasa in 1963 and to the present campus in

1974. It is a tertiary institution of higher

learning.

The college vision is “A Centre for Excellence

in Cooperative and Private Sector Development”

CONT

The mission of the college is “To contribute

to the efficient management, sustainable

development of cooperative movement and

the private sector by providing skilled

manpower, enlightened membership

through research, education and training”.

CONT.

The College’s objectives are to:- carry out

practically oriented training in middle cadre

personnel for the cooperative movement.

Conduct tailor made courses for both

cooperative movement and other private

sector Enterprises.

CONT

Develop and implement demand-driven training

programmes.

Mainstream gender in cooperative training and

management.

The college therefore in the last 57 years of its

existence has been conducting training and

research in cooperatives.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY ORGANIZATION

Training

Education

Research and Consultancy

Project Writing, monitoring and

Evaluation

Baseline Surveys

DOES YOUR ORGANIZAT ION PROVIDE TRANSPORT

The College does not provide

transport services

The College Mandate is to

provide Training, Education and

Research to the Cooperative

movement

OUR TRANSPORT NEEDS

In order to undertake wide research

for the cooperative movement we need

some vehicle probably four wheel drive

which can manage the poor roads or

facilitation to hire transport services.

WHAT ARE OUR A IMS FOR TRANSPORT PROVISION

The college will carry out in-depth research and

evaluation on how cooperatives can provide solutions to

getting Africa’s harvest to markets in collaboration with

University of Leeds, UK transport NGO Transaid and Coop

College UK.

The research will bring out experiences of those

cooperatives who are already providing transport, their

solutions, as well as challenges

CONT.

Highlight significant discoveries and

achievements that build new knowledge.

Provide a platform for solving emerging

problems

Expand creative thinking among our

cooperatives.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMPROVE YOUR TRANSPORT

SERVICES

Providing well researched information

based on member needs and distilled

lessons that can be shared more widely

along with some basic technical

knowledge amongst all cooperatives a

cross the region

CON

END OF PRESENTATION

Thank you