As Swisscontact, we respond to these challenges through evidence-informed adaptive management and a strong learning culture. We manage projects using standardised monitoring and results measurement systems that enable informed decision-making and timely corrective action. At the same time, we constantly develop and embed new learning methodologies, working closely with our partners to expand collective knowledge, strengthen competence, and improve performance to co-shape the future of international development work.
After one year of implementation, the EcoProsperity implementing team and partners gathered in September 2025 in Kaliro District, Busoga region Eastern Uganda, for a Review, Learning, and Adaptation Exercise. Over four days, private-sector actors such as Holland Green Tech Uganda, AgroDynamics Limited, and Trafford Exports Commodities, together with district representatives from Kamuli, Mayuge, and Luuka in Eastern Uganda, participated in the exercise reflecting on progress, challenges, and lessons learned.
The exercise focused on ongoing private-sector approaches that promote sustainable agriculture, enhance youth access to regenerative technologies, create employment, and tap into emerging market opportunities. Partners showcased successful innovations, explored strategies for scaling them up, and used the session to benchmark collective solutions in preparation for upcoming interventions.
The goal is to build sustainable, self-reliant market systems where MSMEs, farmers, and communities take the lead in resilience-building and with reflection sessions like these, we continue shaping strategies that adapt to realities on the ground and keep the project moving toward lasting impact.
The Review, Learning and Adaptation Exercise reaffirms our guiding principles: private sector cooperation, systemic thinking, evidence-informed management, and a learning culture. These principles ensure transparency, accountability, and quality delivery. Our shared commitment is to keep adapting, reflecting, and scaling what works so that Uganda’s youth and women can transform vulnerability into resilience and prosperity. Because when learning drives action, impact becomes lasting.
This project is financed by Linsi Foundation, Happel Foundation and Canton Aargau, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, among other donors. It is part of the Swisscontact Development Programme, which is co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).