Uganda national culture policy(reviewed 2019

1. finances to the culture sector has increased (0.000125% of the national budget), but remains very limited and narrowly distributed (mainly to cultural leaders, "policy development" national sites and museums) 2. increased visibility and media reporting is, to some extent, reducing the narrow and negative public perception of cultural heritage 3. csos have invested significantly in promoting cultural heritage however interventions are uncoordinated and tend to emphasize the performing arts 4. state technical support towards heritage development has been limited 5. the department of culture and family affairs and department of museums and monuments are not harmonized (making it difficult to measure impact of the sector) and leading to inefficiencies 6. there is no formal heritage education to enhance attitude change, hence a continued limited appreciation of cultural heritage and its potential to contribute to national and sustainable development 7. culture is still a low priority in the national vision and national development programming and financing for heritage development across almost all priority areas with the exception of museums and cultural leaders 8. increased demand for service delivery among the stakeholders 9. increased number of festivals & cultural exchanges 10. strengthened structures, 11. enhanced monitoring & support supervision

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1. specific targets over a specific period to achieve the objectives of the policy against the key priority areas 2. indicate clear intention to domesticate international conventions and provide technical and financial assistance to their implementation 3. commit to nurturing specific number of centres of excellence in cultural heritage development, promotion and protection 4. support formulation of policies to promote and protect culture under the different priority areas 5. prioritize heritage education in the national curriculum to enhance positive attitude and appreciation of cultural heritage and its potential to contribute to national and sustainable devt. 6. develop mechanisms to track heritage preservation, promotion and utilization in central government ministries