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News • March 5, 2026
Fiji’s Local Leaders Equip Communities for Climate-Resilient Futures
Suva, Fiji, 27 February 2026 — Provincial and district government officers from across Fiji came together in Suva, for a landmark workshop on Climate Adaptation Finance and Programming. The 2.5-day […]
News • December 17, 2025
Sacred Ground, Safer Lives: How Vientiane’s NATURA Project is Saving a Wetland for Its People
Activity Summary: Location: Vientiane Capital Date: 18th November 2025 Activity Type: 1st NATURA project steering committee meeting and site visit Approaches: Strong support for NbS and integrating cultural safeguard Keys […]
News • April 12, 2023
Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) Mukono Site Feasibility Validation Workshop.
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Uganda, in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) of Uganda, received funding from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to implement a […]
News • April 12, 2023
Stakeholders visit Mukono-Katikolo Site intended for Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management Facility Designs.
The Global Green Growth Institute is implementing the “Strengthening Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management Capacity for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)” project funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency […]
News • March 29, 2023
GGGI Uganda holds Validation Workshop for the Solid Waste Management Strategy Diversion Centres in Greater Kampala
GGGI Uganda, under the European Union funded Greening of Uganda’s Urbanization and Industrialization project, hosted a validation workshop with key stakeholders from the government and within the Greater Kampala Metropolitan […]
News • February 13, 2023
Stakeholders Visit Mukono-Katikolo Site intended for Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management Facility Designs
The Global Green Growth Institute is implementing the “Strengthening Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management Capacity for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)” project funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency […]
News • December 29, 2022
Solid Waste & Faecal Sludge Management Strategies Reviewed with Mukono Municipality
15th December 2022, the KOICA-funded “Strengthening Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Capacity for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)” project registered a landmark achievement with the Solid Waste Management […]
News • December 15, 2022
Capacity Enhancement of Ugandan Government Officials on Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management in the Republic of Korea
Through the project on “Strengthening Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge Management Capacity for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA)” funded by KOICA, under GGGI in partnership with the Ministry of Water […]
News • August 24, 2022
Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area adopts new Solid Waste Management Strategy
August 8, 2022 –The Ministry of Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs with technical and financial support from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the European Union through the […]
News • June 7, 2022
Draft Gulu Physical Development Plan Handover
Gulu City, June 6, 2022 Gulu City has received the final draft of the Physical Development Plan. The plan has been developed under the greening Uganda’s urbanization and industrialization project, […]
News • March 25, 2022
Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy (UGGDS)
The Uganda Vision 2040 aspires to pursue economic development and socioeconomic transformation premised on the principles of a green economy such as equity, environment sustainability, resource efficiency, climate change adaptation […]
News • March 24, 2022
Green Champions on Sustainable Use of Forests
March 21, 2022 is the World Forestry Day. The Green champions had chance to offer their views on the sustainable use of forests. The big question: Knowing that the construction […]
News • March 24, 2022
Strengthening technical capacity to design, install and maintain Solar Powered Irrigation Systems in Uganda
Uganda is experiencing climate change and variability, which has resulted increased frequency of droughts and long dry spells. Many farmers in the country rely on rainfed agriculture therefore the […]
News • March 24, 2022
Strengthening Solid Waste and Feacal Sludge Management Capacity of the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Project – Phase 1
On 13th September 2021 KOICA and GGGI signed the project grant agreement to commence the implementation of the ‘Strengthening Solid Waste and Feacal Sludge Management Capacity of the Greater Kampala […]
News • February 3, 2022
Gender Assessment of Stakeholders Report for GCF National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Project on Building Flood Resilience Capacities in Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda; Feb 01, 2022 – GGGI Rwanda is a Delivery Partner supporting the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) – the National Designated Authority (NDA) – on a twenty-four-month project […]
News • February 21, 2021
GGGI and GIZ Partner to Increase Energy Efficiency and Access to Finance (including climate finance) for Rice Mills in the Senegal River Valley
In the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the agri-food sector represents one of the main pillars of the economy as it plays an important role in food security, […]
News • February 21, 2021
Training Session of the GGGI’s Burkina Faso Steering Committee on Green Growth Concepts
Under the aegis of the Burkina-Faso’s Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, the GGGI Burkina Faso Country Office organized a one-day training session, for the members of the […]
News • February 11, 2021
Third session of the Steering Committee on GGGI’s Burkina Faso program
The third session of the steering committee took place in Ouagadougou on February 11, 2021 at the Ramada Pearl Hotel. Chaired by M. Simeon Sawadogo minister of Environment Green Economy […]
News • February 2, 2021
GGGI inks an MoU with Makerere University to advance research and capacity development in Greening Urbanization
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Makerere University (MUK), the country’s oldest university, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 25, 2021 to establish a knowledge and engagement […]