Today we had visitors from the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa project (funded by the Eropean Union), Expertise France, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Sustainable Energy Africa, Enda Energie and the French Environment & Energy Management Agency, as Kampala is one out of the seven award winning cities.

Since February 2015, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has been working on the development of its low carbon and climate resilient development strategy which resulted in the Kampala Climate Change Action Plan.

Launched in October 2016, The Kampala Climate Change Action Plan presents a 6 thematic-wide action plan, including access to efficient and renewable energy in schools. In order to support the implementation of the action plan, the EU selected of Kampala to be part of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The 3-year project will allow KCCA to set a governance framework for its Climate Change Strategy in terms of quality management systems on critical data to follow up on the implementation and monitoring, engagement of multi-scale stakeholders, city cooperation within the country, but also showcase concrete pilot actions such as integrated neighborhood model plans and green services platforms.

Today we at Simoshi have been proud to showcase the uptake of the energy efficiency cooking technology by KCCA Kyaggwe Primary School, moving away from the traditional 3-stone fire cooking practices.