Kampala, Uganda, April 7-10, 2025–The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED)’s Climate Finance Unit, in partnership with the Climate Change Department at the Ministry of Water and Environment and with support from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) successfully organized a four-day capacity-building on Climate Change Budget Tagging (CCBT). The training was conducted under the Creation of the Climate Finance Unit project and the Support Program to Enhance Access and Retention of Climate Finance in Uganda (SPEAR-CF), which is supported by the British High Commission and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and the European Union, respectively.

This training aimed to enhance stakeholders’ capacity to develop climate-responsive Programme Implementation Action Plans (PIAPs), identify climate-related activities to be fed into the Programme Budgeting System (PBS), and integrate into the national planning and budgeting cycle for FY 2025/26.

The workshop brought together officials from different government agencies, and it focused on improving their ability to track, classify, and report climate-responsive public expenditures. Ms. Maris Wanyera, Acting Director for Debt and Cash Policy at MoFPED, noted that the adoption of the CCBT tool will help track expenditures on adaptation and mitigation initiatives... “ it will help the Government of Uganda to ensure transparency, accountability, and effectiveness by keeping track on how much of our national budget goes towards climate action and how efficiently the funds are being used to achieve climate resilience and sustainability,” she further added. 

During the discussion, stakeholders acknowledged that the CCBT tool will enhance the Government’s ability to report on climate finance, align implemented climate actions with the country’s NDCs but emphasized the need to strengthen coordination between the climate change focal committee and planners to ensure the successful implementation of this tool. 

This training is part of GGGI’s ongoing support to the Government of Uganda under a broader climate finance readiness program aimed at strengthening their institutional capacity and climate finance. Since the Financial Year 2021/22, Uganda’s National Budget Call Circular has required Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and Local Governments to align their budgets with climate priorities as outlined in the third National Development Plan (NDP III). The CCBT process, led by MoFPED, the Ministry of Water and Environment, and the National Planning Authority, is a key instrument in aligning national planning and budgeting with Uganda’s climate goals and international commitments, including its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). 

Moving forward, MoFPED will develop a manual for the CCBT tool and the different climate change typologies for the different MDAs. GGGI will continue supporting the Government of Uganda to further institutionalize climate-informed planning to ensure Uganda’s transition to a green and climate-resilient future, including rolling out CCBT more broadly across Local Governments. 

Ms. Maris Wanyera, Acting Director for Debt and Cash Policy, MoFPED giving opening remarks at the CCBT workshop.

Stakeholders engage in discussions during the capacity building workshop on the CCBT