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Annual Sector Review 2012

The Ministry of Water & Environment sucessfully completed the annual Water and Environment Joint Sector Review (JSR 2012) on 25th October 2012. The Agreed Minutes can be downloaded under "Publications / Joint Sector Reviews" or from here:  Agreed Minutes - Joint Sector Review 2012

Information to the General Public, May 2011

As a result of various articles that have appeared in the media referring to selling and leasing of lakes and water bodies in Uganda by government to private companies, the Ministry of Water and Environment would like to provide information to the public on how water bodies should be utilised and managed in Uganda. Read press statement: Information to the general public, May 2011  

JWESSP 2013-2018

The Ministry of Water and Environment informs the public that the process of preparing the next 5-years Donor /Government programme has reach a state where all the documents have been completed and uploaded to  this homepage. Final approval is expected in April or May 2013. Download final Programme Document here:

Joint Technical Review 2013

The Ministry of Water and Environment has sucessfully carried out its annual Joint GoU / Development PartnerTechnical (JTR) review from 16th to 18th April 2013 in Mbarara. The JTR Agreed Minutes was approved by the WESWG on 25.04.2013. The Agreed Minutes can be downloaded here:

Welcome to the Ministry of Water and Environment homepage

Welcome the the Ministry of Water and Environment homepage. The Website has been redesigned and new text and files are constantly added so please check frequently for updates and information. 

Many important documents have been uploaded herunder the new Water Atlas, Minutes from JSR 2011, the SIP 2009, Updated 2012, and many other sector documents. Presently (October 2012) more than 190 sector documents and reports have been uploaded. Important sector developments, like information about the new five-year Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (2013 - 2018) and the annual sector reviews are regularly updated as well as the Noticeboard where important new activities are shown.  MWE / January 2013.

Sector Performance Report 2012

SPR damThis is the fourth Water and Environment Sector Performance Report which has been prepared by the Ministry of Water & Environment. This report gives in detail the achievements made during 2011/12FY by the Ministry of Water and Environment, its semi-autonomous agencies, District Local Governments and the Civil Society Organisations that are active in the sector. The report also outlines the challenges and emerging issues during the same period. Download the SPS 2012 (Please note that due to the size of the complete document it is uploaded in a low resolution affecting embedded photos)

Joint Water & Environment Sector Support Programme 2013-2018

JWESSPThe Government of Uganda (GoU) and its Development Partners (DPs) are currently implementing a 5-year Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support (JWSSPS, 2008-2013) that will end by June 2013.

This is to inform the public about the successor programme prepared for 2013 to 2018.  Present status is that the final Programme Document has been prepared and it is expected that the key stakeholders will sign the financial agreements by May or June 2013. Download the final Programme Document here:

Weather Forecasts

weatherThe Department of Meteorology, Forecasting Division is distributing real-time data collected within Uganda to users and is producing daily public and aviation forecasts for all flights using Ugandan air space. Follow this link to the uploaded data from the Department and for daily and seasonal weather forecasts.

Ministry of Water and Environment Vision, Mission & Core Values

coauganda115The Ministry's Vision & Core Values

"Sound management and sustainable utilisation of water and environment resources for the betterment of the population of Uganda; and the Mission as: To promote and ensure the rational and sustainable utilisation, development and effective management of water and environment resources for socio-economic development of the country"

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