Our #TeamEurope #GlobalGateway partnership with Uganda on sustainable forest management took an important step with the signing on June 29, 2023 of a key political roadmap. The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja and the EU Deputy Head of Delegation to Uganda, Mr Guillaume Chartrain co-signed the political validation deal.

European Union Delegation to Uganda

The Government of Uganda (GoU) and the European Union (EU) enjoy a long-standing collaboration in natural resources management (forestry, water, climate change) for over 30 years. Most recently, in the past 15 years, this collaboration has mainly been in the field of commercial forestry.

Following the signing of the Forest Partnership (FP) between the GoU and the EU at the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in Egypt in November 2022, both parties committed to developing a roadmap to implement the Forest Partnership within six months of the signing. Since then, Uganda's Ministry of Water and Environment has worked closely with line Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as the EU to elaborate the Forest Partnership roadmap.

At the signing ceremony that took place at the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr Chartrain said he partnership is combining development and investments with protection of biodiversity and curbing climate change. He said the roadmap has been carefully constructed around key objectives, including sustainable forest management, fostering job creation through the forest value chains, curbing deforestation and facilitating trade in legal and sustainable wood products between the European Union and Uganda.

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