We’re excited to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ECOSOCC in Ghana. Richard Ssewakiryanga, Executive Director of the Centre for Basic Research, has written a brief yet insightful concept about this milestone. It highlights our achievements, challenges, and the road ahead.
Let’s dive into his vision and discuss how we can continue to amplify the voices of civil society within the African Union.
Read the concept note Here and share your thoughts and ideas in the comments below. Together, let’s shape the future of ECOSOCC!
It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Justin Kilcullen. Justin’s unwavering dedication, sage advice, and exceptional leadership significantly impacted civil society organizations’ efforts toward a people-centered approach to development for over a decade. Serving as co-chair of the CSO Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (CPDE), Justin’s influence and wisdom were pivotal since the landmark Busan conference in 2011. Beyond his professional achievements, Justin was known for his kindness, compassion, and commitment to justice. Justin was not only a colleague but also a dear friend to many. His memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew him. Justin will be deeply missed and forever remembered.
Students of the 29th Cohort on 26th November 2023 graduated with a Certificate in Applied Research Skills and Report Writing Training at Centre for Basic Research.
The Students thanked the facilitators for guiding them into the world of Research and how to become effective researchers.
Dr. Frank Emmanuel Muhereza( Executive Director CBR) thanked the students for choosing Centre for Basic Research as their learning point and CBR is always open to them.
The 29th Applied Research skills and Report Writing Training program has started this week on 7th October 2023.
The training started with introductory speech from The Executive Director of Centre for Basic Research Dr. Frank Emmanuel Muhereza who highlighted the history of CBR, the benefits of the Course, and how it can be applicable in the day-to-day lives of the students.
Mr. John Senkumba (chair training committee) also welcomed the students and helped them understand how the training will be conducted and the grading assessment.
The Free Masterclass on Essentials of Policy Advocacy and Engagement was a success as Mr. Richard Sewakiryanga engaged the class on various topics such as “The 4 Logical questions in Advocacy” and “The 8 steps in Advocacy Planning”.
The class was attended by various stakeholders such as members from the UNNGO Forum, UWONET, Vijana Corps, Public Policy Institute, STRONGMINDS, and Uganda Human Rights Commission. All the participants where pleased with the presentation from Mr. Richard Sewakiryanga and agreed to come and attend the full course training in Applied Research skills and Report Writing training.
Richard Ssewakiryanga is currently an Adviser for Policy Research and Strategic Partnership and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Basic Research – a leading academic, basic, and policy research center in Kampala. He is also a Technical Adviser and National Partnership Coordinator in the Office of the Prime Minister’s – Strategic Coordination and Implementation Department. He is the immediate former Executive Director of MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Arusha, Tanzania, and the Uganda National NGO Forum. He also worked at the Ministry of Finance as a Team Leader for Participatory Poverty Assessment for 10 years. He has written, researched, and spoken on a diversity of topics including but not limited to; gender and development, poverty knowledge and policy processes, sustainable development goals, civil society, and citizen engagement and is now investing time in research and writing about the politics and place of philanthropy and giving in Africa among other research areas of interest. He also offers advisory and consultancy services to various organizations including the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, UN Women, UNDP, UNECA, African Union, African Union Development Agency/NEPAD, Ford Foundation and other philanthropy organizations and several other organizations in Africa and around the world. Currently, he is researching and writing about gender and philanthropy with Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Professional Doctorate in Philanthropic Leadership 2023 Cohort.
Today 19th May, 2023 Centre for Basic Research will be hosting A Memorial Lecture in honor of the Late Zie Gariyo who was one of the founders of this wonderful institution.
Mr. Richard Ssewakiryanga will be the host of the event and it will be held at CBR grounds starting at 2;00pm to 5pm.
The 28th cohort training program in Applied research skills and Report writing officially kicked off on 13th May 2023.
Mr.John Ssenkumba welcomed the students, gave them an overview of what is expected out of the course.
The 27th Intake in Applied Research Skills and Report Writing training was concluded over the weekend (25th/02/2023) and the trainees were awarded certificates.
The certificates were handed over to the trainees by Mr. Richard Sewakiryanga on behalf of Centre for Basic Research who encouraged the trainees to use the skills acquired from the training effectively so as to become better researchers.
Centre for Basic Research and Dr. Frank Muhereza thank all the trainees for attending the training sessions and for choosing Centre For Basic Research.
Dr. Frank Muhereza the Executive Director of CBR facilitated a module on Critical Thinking and Critical Writing.
Mr. John Senkumba (Research Fellow) facilitated a module on Content and Context Analysis which was very insight to the participants.
Mr. Richard Ssewakiryanga (Senior Research Fellow and Advisory, Policy Research and Strategy Partnership) Centre for Basic Research, explains how The Monitoring exercise encourages behavior change at the country level. This was during the 2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit held in Geneva.
The Centre for Basic Research Applied Research Skills’ and Report Writing Training program for the year 2023 is out. Enrollment for the weekend training program is ongoing. For more information please contact us at cbrtrainings@gmail.com or 0702190200/0778663301.
Today 12 December 2022 CBR kicks off with the training of Parliamentary Staff from the Department of Research Services. The training entails enhancing staff members with skills in Applied Research and Report Writing.
ECOSOCC Presiding officer Emeritus, Richard Ssewakiryanga rceived a gift of appreciation for his good service to the African Union (AU) ECOSOCC.
The function was held on December 7, 2022, at Movenpick hotel, Nairobi during the 4th Permanent General Assembly (GA) of ECOSOCC where the Centre for Basic Research is the only CSO from Uganda represented in the GA.
The Uganda Nations Council of Science and Technology on the 25th November 2022 released new National Guidelines for Community Engagement in Research.
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide comprehensive guidance to stakeholders on how to ensure meaningful engagement of the community in research as a strategy for improving the responsiveness to community needs, the quality of research, and accountability in research.