{"id":33544,"date":"2022-07-05T17:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T17:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation"},"modified":"2022-07-05T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T18:01:59","slug":"dgf-now-resumes-support-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation","title":{"rendered":"DGF now resumes support operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Development partners of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), a civil society funding body, yesterday said they are resuming their supportive role for various governance activities.<\/p>\n<p>DGF\u2019s tenure ends in December .<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after President Museveni lifted the ban on their activities last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current phase of the DGF was set to run from January 2018 to December 2022. During the months that remain, we look forward to welcoming government of Uganda representatives to the board and steering committee of the DGF,\u201d reads in part a statement that was released last evening .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to working with the government of Uganda and the civil society to advance Uganda\u2019s national priorities and commitments as stated in the Constitution, Vision 2040 and the Third National Development Plan (NDP III), as well as the national commitments to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals in Uganda,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Museveni suspended the facility in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The head of State had accused DGF of operating a multi-billion donor fund without a government representation in its decision making structures.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>NGOs panic as DGF orders audit amid suspension<\/p>\n<p>The suspension halted DGF funded activities of more than 80 state and non-state implementing partners; and significantly impacted individuals, communities and institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The development partners supporting DGF that welcomed the resumption of operations yesterday include Austria, Denmark, the European Union, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>DGF provides financial and technical support to partners that work to strengthen democracy, protect human rights, improve access to justice, and enhance accountability in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>The DGF was established in 2011 and is currently in its second phase (2018 to 2022).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Development partners of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), a civil society funding body, yesterday said they are resuming their supportive role for various governance activities. DGF\u2019s tenure ends in December . The development comes after President Museveni lifted the ban on their activities last month. \u201cThe current phase of the DGF was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-33544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DGF now resumes support operation - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Development partners of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), a civil society funding body, yesterday said they are ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DGF now resumes support operation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Development partners of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), a civil society funding body, yesterday said they are ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-05T17:18:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-05T18:01:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_6-62c47c819d52f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DGF now resumes support operation\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-05T17:18:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-05T18:01:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_6-62c47c819d52f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dgf-now-resumes-support-operation\",\"name\":\"DGF now resumes support operation - 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