Independent experts nominated by country party

I have conducted extensive research on various issues related to soil fertility management, soil and water conservation, agroforestry, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. I have been involved in the development and implementation of various policies that address drought, land and soil degradation in Uganda. These include: The National Land policy, National Landuse policy, Draft National Soils Policy, National Climate change Policy (2015), National Environment Management Policy, National Environment Act (2019), National Climate Change Act (2021), National Forestry Policy (2001), Draft National Wetlands Policy, National Energy Policy, National REDD+ Strategy. Furthermore, on several occasions I represented the CSOs in various decision making process and spaces at the national level that impacted on the policy formulation and implementation. Some of these include: Technical Working Group; Water and Environment Technical and Sector Review Meeting; National Task-force for the review of National Forest at the East African Community level, I contributed technical inputs into the following policy documents: a) East African Regional Forestry policy and strategy for East African Community; ) Eastern Africa Regional Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan; c) Eastern Africa Climate Change Policy; and d) Ramsar Centre for Eastern Africa (RAMCEA) 10 Year Strategic Plan, 2021-2030. My research studies, both at the master and doctoral levels integrated gender in the design, data collection, analyses and synthesis. This was out of my awareness and appreciation of the role of gender in research and development As a Lead Consultant for the Technology Needs Assessment for the Forestry Sector in Uganda, I integrated integrated gender in the program design of the development of the development of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA); Barrier Analyses & Enabling Environment; and the Technology Action plans for climate change adaptation.