Monthly Report: Japan and UNIDO to build Equipment Operator Training Centre in Uganda

15.03.2021

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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Government of Japan, and the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) , with technical support from Japanese partner Komatsu Ltd., will establish a training centre for operators of road construction equipment in Luwero, Uganda.

In recent years, the Government of Uganda has procured road construction and maintenance equipment that was distributed to local district governments across the country; and the new training centre will allow matching the investment in road machinery with an equivalent investment in human resources: within the next three years, the training centre will train at least 50 MoWT instructors, 360 MoWT and local district government operators, and over 80 young Ugandans seeking employment. The project supports “Uganda Vision 2040” and focuses in particular on bridging the skills gap so that skilled Ugandans can build, maintain, and improve the country’s road infrastructure.

The first e Learning was held for all MoWT motor grader trainers

March, 2021 Kampala – The first GD663A-2 motor grader e Learning was held for all MoWT motor grader trainers at Victoria Equipment in Kampala.

The purpose of the training was to familiarize the trainers with the e Learning and collect feedback for the roll out for the operators in the districts.

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Feedback Report for the 1st e Learning

UNIDO and the Government of Uganda start construction preparations for Uganda’s first training centre for road construction equipment operators, in Luweero

December 8, 2020, Kampala – The land for the training center in Butuntumula, sub-county in Luweero district, has been officially handed over to the MoWT on 17 November 2020. The construction preparation works such as the topographic survey were started immediately and a groundbreaking ceremony to start the construction of the centre is expected early next year. (>> To know more)

UNIDO using virtual solutions to complete inception phase for the Equipment Operator Training Centre in Uganda during COVID-19 lockdown
May 13, 2020, Kampala – The project’s first Project Steering Meeting was held at MoWT in Kampala via videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It convened participants from all project partners joining in from Tokyo, Nairobi, Brussels, and Vienna and was the first videoconference meeting for MoWT staff. (>> To know more)

The signing ceremony was chaired.
Kampala, 8 August 2019 – The signing ceremony was chaired by Minister of State for Works Edward Katumba Wamala and was attended by project partners, including representatives from the Ministry of Local Government, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, the Ministry of Education and Sports, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (>> To know more)

◾️Monthly Report: Project for Development of the Construction Equipment Operator Training Centre