Draft Programme The purpose of the visit is to get an insight into the interlinkages between population dynamics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) with broader development issues (.i.e. humanitarian and development nexus), including the general challenges on these issues in Uganda. UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund RDE: Royal Danish Embassy RHU: Reproductive Health Uganda (The Family Planning Association of Uganda) Danish FPA: Sex og Samfund (The Danish Family Planning Association) Day 0: Wednesday 12 September - Travel and arrival Time Activity Additional info Approximate ly 22:30 Arriving at Entebbe. Danish Ambassador and UNFPA representative to meet delegation at airport Transport to hotel Staying overnight at Lake Victoria Hotel in Entebbe Day 1: Thursday 13 September - Visit to refugee settlements in Northern Uganda 07:00-07:15 Briefing at hotel Mandatory Security Briefing by UNFPA security focal point Travel to the Airport 07:30-09:00 Flight from Entebbe to Arua Arua is in the North-western corner of Uganda, close to the borders of DR Congo and South Sudan. 09:00-09:25 Transfer from Arua Airstrip to Arua District Local Government. 09:30-10:30 Meeting with Arua District Local Government. Courtesy call with Arua District Local Government Leadership. Opportunity to discuss local impact of and response to refugee settlements. In attendance will be representatives from Office of the Prime Minister and UNHCR regional office who will provide background and insight into the humanitarian and political 1
situation in the West Nile sub-region, which covers refugees from Democratic Republic Congo and from South Sudan 10:45-12:15 Drive to Rhino Camp Briefing of ½ delegation in one car by Danish Ambassador on political background for Uganda 12:30-15:00 Visit to Rhino Camp 1) Gender-Based Violence Initiative in Offua 2) Family home 3) Discussion with Youth Champions. Briefing of ½ delegation in another car by UNFPA Country Representative Alain Sibenaler on SRHR situation in Uganda Opportunity to get first hand impression of refugee settlement initiatives on; 1) Gender-Based Violence - visit to safe space localities, opportunity to talk to personnel and beneficiaries to gain information on GBV situation, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and discuss activities in the safe spaces and on preventive actions in the settlements. 2/ Visit rural families and discuss family size, family planning and how to give you children the best options in life. 3/ Meeting with Youth Champions about their wishes for the future and their engagement in society. 15:00-15:45 Drive to NURI farmer group within Rhino Camp, Offua 4 15:45-16:30 Visit Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI) Livelihoods projects farmer group New Generation. 45 min drive in direction of Arua. The project is part of the new Danish Country Programme for Uganda and aims to enhance resilience and equitable economic development for refugees and refugee-hosting communities in Northern Uganda. Farmer groups and youth are engaged in climate smart agriculture, rural infrastructure, and water resources management. This visit will focus on the farming element of the programme. UNFPA is to initiate a partnership with NURI to provide SRHR services to the farmers. 2
16:30-18:00 Drive back to Arua Briefing of ½ delegation in one car by UNFPA Country Representative Alain Sibenaler on SRHR situation in Uganda Evening Check-in + informal dinner Hotel: Golden Court Briefing of ½ delegation in another car by Danish Ambassador on political background for Uganda Day 2: Friday 14 September - Visit to rural Uganda 07:00 Breakfast and check-out 08:00-8:30 Transport 08:30-09:30 Flight: Arua to Entebbe 09:30-10:30 Transport to hotel Emin Pasha in Kampala 10:30-11.30 Check in 11:30-12:30 Lunch with posted Embassy Staff Opportunity to discuss Denmark s broader engagement in Uganda. 12:30-12:45 Transport to Mulago Hospital, Kawempe 12:45-14:00 Visit to Mulago, Kawempe The delegation will get an insight into family planning, maternal health and fistula service provision through visits to the maternity clinic and fistula ward at the hospital. Visit will show how clinic offers integrated health services (contraceptive and other sexual and reproductive health services) and outreach services. On this Friday, the hospital hosts a fistula camp for women living with fistula offering them the opportunity to be assessed for possibilities of operation / cure. 3
The visit will provide opportunity for the delegation to discuss with users of the clinic their challenges in sexual and reproductive and the impact of these challenges on their lives. 14:00-14:30 Transport to Parliament 14:30-16:00 Q&A with Dr. Jotham Musinguzi, Director General of National Population Council and MPs Opportunity to get an insight into the population and related issues (family planning, sexual and reproductive health, human rights etc.), challenges, and opportunities in Uganda, and to get also political views on these issues. The format will focus on the possibility to debate the issues at hand. 16:00-16:30 Transport back to hotel 16:30-18:30 Break in programme At hotel 18:30-19:00 Transport to Danish Ambassador s Residence 19:00 Ambassador s Residence, Kololo Informal dinner (in Danish) for the delegation, embassy staff and Danish representatives of DanChurch Aid and Danish Refugee Council to discuss the refugee response and the humanitarian-development nexus in relation to Denmark s development engagement in Uganda. Day 3: Saturday 15 September - Kampala and departure 09:00-09:30 Transport to Bwaise Slum 9:30:11:30 Visit in Reproductive Health Uganda at the Bwaise slum clinics Visit will show how clinic offers integrated health services (contraceptive and other sexual and reproductive health services) and outreach services. The visit will provide opportunity for the delegation to discuss with users of the clinic their challenges in sexual and reproductive and the impact of these challenges on their lives potentially through home visits. 4
11:30-12:00 Transport 12:00-13:30 Lunch with representatives from Ugandan civil society organisations at Ambassador s residence. Opportunity to engage on issues related to human rights, media freedom and civic space in Uganda. 13:30-14:00 Transport to Mulago 14:00-15:00 Visit to Mulago Hospital, STI Clinic, Upper Mulago 15:00-17:30 Return to hotel, Check out 17:30-18:30 Transport to airport Visit Special Clinic for most At Risk Populations, where the clients are sex workers, LGBT persons, HIV-positive, MSMs at Mulago Hospital. 18:30-20:30 Dinner in Entebbe Debriefing with delegation, Danish Ambassador and UNFPA country representative Approximate ly 23:30 5