Human Capital Development
If there is knowledgeable, skilled, and engaged human capital accompanied by good governance, then Northern Uganda will have strengthened the fundamentals for inclusive socio economic transformation to take shape.
Human Capital Constraints
- Skills mismatch
- Potential workforce is poorly educated and unskilled
- Women are marginalized in
- skills development,
- access to finance and
- employment outside of agriculture
- Low administrative and technical capacity of both local governments and other players to drive service delivery
- Unproductive youth
Objectives
- Promotion of leadership development, good governance, and accountability
- Increase economic opportunities for youth
- Improve formal and informal learning environments
- Establish research and innovation hubs
Potential activities
- Community scorecards & forums for accountability
- Tailored training for youth based on market potential
- Beginner reading materials in local languages
- Market & agriculture research