In FY 2008, UAC received USG technical assistance through the ACE Project (Chemonics) which contributed to a number of achievements including the completion of a new five year national HIV/AIDS strategic plan, a national Performance Monitoring and Management Plan (PMMP) and its operational guide. Once the M&E system is in place, UAC will be able to collate, analyze, and disseminate multi-sectoral information that is needed to inform the HIV/AIDS response at strategic, management, and operational levels. The support for UAC demonstrates USG commitment to the "three one" principle in Uganda.

In FY 2009, the Population Council (through Project Search) was contracted to support the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), with a mandate to study the key issues and requirements for operationalizing the PMMP at the District level i.e. studying/outlining 'what it takes to roll-out PMMP at the District'. The activity examined factors needed to make the multi-sectoral M&E System and its accompanying information flow system fully operational. Given that USG is only one of the several development partners assisting the UAC, the support was focused on identifying the key institutional and process issues to be addressed in order to stimulate the local government management to take responsibility and create a functional M&E and Information system; three districts were picked for this activity.

Results from the FY 2009 support indicated that a focused program of training and advocacy was needed at the district level in order to make the multi-sectoral M&E System functional. The results also revealed that there was significant interest by the local government actors to participate in the multi-sectoral HIV M&E system. The FY 2010 support will take these results forward and carry out a "research-to-practice" activity in five districts i.e. Population Council will work with UAC to demonstrate that the results they generated can be translated into practice. The FY 2010 activity will involve implementing a capacity building program at the district that will lead to collation and use of multi-sectoral data at the district as well as reporting to UAC headquarters. The capacity building activity, for individuals and organizations, will train at least ten 10 individuals per district (a total of 50 will receive in-service training in strategic information).

In FY 2008, UAC received USG technical assistance through the ACE Project (Chemonics) which contributed to a number of achievements including the completion of a new five year national HIV/AIDS strategic plan, a national Performance Monitoring and Management Plan (PMMP) and its operational guide. Once the M&E system is in place, UAC will be able to collate, analyze, and disseminate multi-sectoral information that is needed to inform the HIV/AIDS response at strategic, management, and operational levels. The support for UAC demonstrates USG commitment to the "three one" principle in Uganda.

In FY 2009, the Population Council (through Project Search) was contracted to support the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), with a mandate to study the key issues and requirements for operationalizing the PMMP at the District level i.e. studying/outlining 'what it takes to roll-out PMMP at the District'. The activity examined factors needed to make the multi-sectoral M&E System and its accompanying information flow system fully operational. Given that USG is only one of the several development partners assisting the UAC, the support was focused on identifying the key institutional and process issues to be addressed in order to stimulate the local government management to take responsibility and create a functional M&E and Information system; three districts were picked for this activity.

Results from the FY 2009 support indicated that a focused program of training and advocacy was needed at the district level in order to make the multi-sectoral M&E System functional. The results also revealed that there was significant interest by the local government actors to participate in the multi-sectoral HIV M&E system. The FY 2010 support will take these results forward and carry out a "research-to-practice" activity in five districts i.e. Population Council will work with UAC to demonstrate that the results they generated can be translated into practice. The FY 2010 activity will involve implementing a capacity building program at the district that will lead to collation and use of multi-sectoral data at the district as well as reporting to UAC headquarters. The capacity building activity, for individuals and organizations, will train at least ten 10 individuals per district (a total of 50 will receive in-service training in strategic information).