The Need for Collaboration on Thematic Areas in Green Industrialization
With the start of the Greening Uganda’s Urbanization and Industrialization Project, it was realized
that the scope covered by this project regarding Green Industrialization was new to Uganda. Along
the way, topics have come up that have required peer consultations with other GGGI country
programs ranging from:
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Methodology used to deliver some outcomes
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Case studies for peer review
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Data sources to be used to deliver outcomes
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Expertise to support different project activities
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GGGI developed tools used in delivering informed outcomes
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etc
After consultations with different representatives from other GGGI country programs, it was
determined that as far as Industrialization is concerned, Uganda’s scope is wider than what other
country programs have done to-date. They have mainly focused on themes like Energy Efficiency,
retrofitting industrial buildings to maximize energy efficiency or work in specific sectors like Garment
making or cement.
It is therefore imperative that a community of practitioners is formed where collaboration can be
improved in areas like developing of qualitative and quantitative tools by GGGI teams for enhancing
the work in the Green Industrial Thematic space, popularizing work done by different country
programs as well as awareness building across the organization on different projects. This group can
also help to build linkages with other organizations outside GGGI involved in the subject of Green
Industrialization not forgetting sharing of ideas and bridging skill gaps.
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