Events - Foundation Office Uganda
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Conversation
A conversation with Anna Reismann!
KAS Alumni and Scholars Event on Thursday 22nd October 2020
The first-time opportunity for our KAS Scholars, Fellows, and Alumni to meet and actively engage with the Country Director - Anna Reismann, as we discuss the role of the youth in transforming Uganda's political landscape.
Expert conference
Geopolitics and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2020
Previous industrial revolutions affected balance of power and caused geopolitical disruptions of gigantic proportions. But the geopolitical disruptions by the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) are unmatched. Boundaries of all sorts have been blurred. And in this new age of Big Data, Blockchain and the Internet of Things, fundamental questions around data ownership and usage arise.
Expert conference
COVID-19 Responses: What Implications for Global Leadership?
Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2020
Can we trace correlations between political ideology, political system, and political culture and countries’ responses to global threats like the pandemic? Did female leaders – as often asserted – indeed respond better to COVID-19? And what conclusions can we draw for the leadership of the future? Who will our future leaders be?
Expert conference
The Role of Sports and the Arts Industry in Restructuring Global Conversations
Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2020
While arts and sports are a reliably thriving industry, governments have not been shy to use them for their advantages as soft power: Whether exploited to exert political influence or as an economic or even cultural tool, the two have become strategic components of international relations.
Expert conference
2020 and Beyond: Shaping our Future Together
Kampala Geopolitics Conference
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in 2020, the organisation has launched a series of dialogues on how to build a true global partnership to realise shared aspirations for a just, peaceful and sustainable future. The initiative will see people from all regions and walks of life join hands to discuss how to collectively bridge the gap between the world we want and the world we will see if current trends continue.
Online-Seminar
Beyond the Crisis: Leadership at Crossroads
Annual Leaders Gathering
Bringing together young and emerging leaders from all over Africa. Tune in online! The event is held in cooperation with LeO Africa Institute
Expert conference
Stronger Together? Why and How the Pandemic Should Help Us Re-Imagine Subsidiarity & Solidarity
Kampala Geopolitics Conference Opening
The third edition of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference will take place virtually. You can participate - tune in online or follow the discussions on NBS.
Study and Information Program
Faces of Care
Celebrating Frontline Workers in the Fight Against COVID-19
With the world on lockdown, the medical workers and support staff at medical facilities have become one of the most important service providers during the Covid19 pandemic. Our campaign will feature frontline workers, covering nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, immigration control officers, and hospital cleaners across key facilities in the country.
Online-Seminar
Writing an Emancipatory Practise?
Literature, Emancipation and Democracy in Uganda
The activity aims to bring together the fellows, scholars, alumni and friends of the KAS youth programmes in Uganda and South Sudan. This event will additionally provide platforms for likeminded KAS fellows and scholars that operate on a broader common ground, i.e. their substantial contribution to politics and civil society in the country.
Online-Seminar
The Threat of Fake News During a Pandemic
A Citizen Webinar
A webinar on fake news and misinformation
Online-Seminar
Coping with Anxiety and Mental Health During a Pandemic
A Citizen Webinar
Webinar on coping with anxiety and mental health.
Online-Seminar
The Science behind COVID-19
A Citizen Webinar
Uganda has been applauded for its effort to control, trace and contain the Corona Virus to minimal numbers. This webinar will cover Uganda’s scientific response to the epidemic with the focus being on the country’s efforts prior to case zero, primary prevention protocols, key dates in the virus’ growth curve, spread projection models, justifications for quarantine/lockdown, case finding and tracing and what happens next. The Webinar will also help provide clarifications on several myths around the Virus.
Event
Project Launch (SPACE)
“Strengthening Performance and Accountability through Community Engagement”
The launch of our new EU funded project titled ‘Strengthening Performance and Accountability through Community Engage-ment – (SPACE)” with the government of Uganda under the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) supported by the European Union and the Government of Uganda.
Conversation
"In Defense of Liberal Democracy" - KAS Scholars and Alumni Network Nr. 2
KAS Scholars and Alumni Network Nr. 2 with the topic "In Defense of Liberal Democracy". Our Country Director Mathias Kamp will be the main speaker. At this evening you will have the chance to interact with him once again before he will leave the country in just a bit.
Workshop
The Political Economy of the Number of States in South Sudan
Disussion about the role of the system represented by ten states in the development of South Sudan
A one-day workshop and public dialogue organized by the Centre for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) under the auspices the Network of South Sudanese Civil Society Organizations (NoSSCOU) in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) to equip the general populace about the peace and development within ten states in South Sudan
Workshop
Capacity Building Training for Youth Council Leaders and Female Youth Councilors
This training is aimed at sharing leadership skills, addressing female stereotype issues and providing sustainable, long-term solutions. The meeting shall bring together youth council members and female youth councilors from Ankole Sub region.
