The National Consultative Forum is an umbrella institution with representation from all registered Political Parties and Organisations in the Country.

BACKGROUND

The National Consultative Forum is an umbrella institution with representation from all registered Political Parties and Organisations in the Country. It was launched by the Electoral Commission on 17th August, 2010; and it is currently composed of 32 members, with a Secretariat at Electoral Commission.

The vision of the NCF is to be an interparty platform for excellence in consensus building and sustainable democracy; and seeks to create harmony and peaceful co-existence through mediating, dialoging, monitoring, capacity building and conflict resolution amongst political parties and organizations as a means of promoting and sustaining democracy in our country, as its mission.

LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT

The National Consultative Forum for Political Parties and Organisations (NCF) is institutionalised by the Constitution of Uganda under Article 71(2) and operationalised under the Political Parties and Organisations Act (PPOA) of 2005 (as amended).

NCF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

The Strategic objectives of the NCF are guided by its five year Strategic Plan 2013 – 2018 which, among others, seeks to promote political dialogue, pursuit of consensus and national cohesion with a view of sustainable social-economic development.

Strategic Engagement

NCF engagement with Uganda Human Rights Commission

International Republican Institute (IRI)

  • Baseline review of the drivers of conflict and violence in Uganda

Women’s Situation Room (WSR)

Training members to develop Political Party Codes of Conduct

NCF Legal and Electoral Affairs Committee meeting

  • Review of the NCF Rules of Procedure
  • Draft memorandum of understanding with Uganda Human Rights Commission.

NCF Finance and Budget Committee meeting

  1. Financial implications of the welfare policy.
  2. Financial implications of permanent staff to the Forum.
  3. Popularization of the Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Organizations

NCF Business Committee meeting

Discussion and consideration of Committee Reports;

Legal and Electoral Affairs Committee

Finance and Budget Committee 

Mock Training

Practical training of trainers on the Code of Conduct

Practical training of trainers on the Code of Conduct

National Stakeholders engagement on the proposed Constitutional and Electoral Amendments

NCF Plenary meeting

Discussion and Approval of the Business Committee Report and adoption of the proposed Constitutional and Electoral reforms

NCF Strategic engagements

  • NCF engagement with the IGP to discuss the NCF Code of Conduct

Regional workshops

Popularization of the Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Organizations

National Coordination Committee of the Code of Conduct

Harmonize implementation and coordination modalities of the Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Organizations s

NCF Strategic engagements

NCF engagement with the President