Community Based Department - MUKONO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

NOTICES

MANDATE

The department has a mandate of empowerment and mobilizing communities to participate in the development processes access services and demand accountability in public and community based initiatives.

Gender and Culture
Probation and Social Welfare
Community Development
Labor

Functions of the Department
Community mobilization and empowerment
Promoting gender and inclusive educatio
Promoting social protection among communities
Registering community based organizations
Monitoring and supervising NGOs in the Municipality
Advising council on matters related to gender, labor and social development
Coordinating the collection, analysis and dissemination of labor information
Monitoring community centers and community training institutions and children homes

Strategic Objectives
To strengthen human resource and operation capacities for effective community mobilization and empowerment
To carry out community sensitization mobilization and promote participation in development initiatives
To promote gender equality and women empowerment through ensuring equitable access to opportunities and ensuring participation of both male and female in development
To empower the youth with skills for self-reliance and socio-economic progress
To improve the welfare and livelihood practices of the elderly
To promote the wellbeing of the people living with HIV/AIDS
To promote and enhance positive and progressive cultural practices
To institutionalize gender responsive planning and budgeting in all public institutions in the municipality
To promote and enhance compliance with relevant laws policies on occupational health and safety by all public and private sectors in the municipality

Challenges in the Department
Low sustainability of community groups especially YLP
Inadequate funds for labour, probation and gender sections
Unemployment of youth and poor living conditions of the elderly
Inadequate NGOs add support to activities implemented by the department
Lack of vehicle for transport in the department
Ignorance of communities on existing laws on labour, child protection and other matters like gender based violence
High enrolment VS the low completion rate of pupils in schools
Child labor is still an issue on streets

Recommendations
Well-wishers to support the department with a vehicle for transport for ease of service delivery
Communities to be trained on the issues of ownership of government programmes and thus sustainability
Fundable proposals to be written and thus support to the department in the section of labor, probation and culture.
Continuous sensitization of communities on the existing legal frame works governing community matters
Continuous sensitization of communities on the values of education for their children and taking responsibility towards their children