CAN-U website is an online open space on climate change issues which allows network members organisations, practitioners, researchers and policy makers to access credible, high quality information and to share experiences and lessons learnt about climate change with the community. This site provides stakeholders with a common platform for sharing and learning and bridges the knowledge gaps by bringing relevant knowledge to communities, individuals, NGOs, businesses, local and national government, regional and international community.
It is designed to facilitate learning, exchange, collaboration and knowledge integration of climate change risks and adaptation into development policy, planning and operations, build a professional community of practice on climate change issues while developing policy-relevant tools and guidance for climate change planning and decision-making. CAN-U website includes innovative climate change knowledge base for knowledge integration to show who is doing what, where and to create 'climate change stories in Uganda with members/organisation profiles. Additionally, the CAN-U website complements the wide range of CAN-International networks and initiatives.
CAN-U’s vision is to protect the atmosphere while allowing for sustainable and equitable national development.
Core Functions of the Network
1. Research and Policy analysis
Objective: To promote and facilitate research and document progress, capture the impact of different intervention measures and foster shared learning from climate change interventions in Uganda.
2. Lobbying and Advocacy
Objective: To enhance the capacity of civil society organizations to lobby and advocate for the management of climate change and its impacts in Uganda and at regional and international level.
Advocate for effective policies and programmes related to climate change by engaging with the government as well as other national and international agencies.
3. Capacity Building and Information sharing
Objective: To build the capacity of civil society organizations, community based organizations and communities on management of the impacts of climate change and variability.
4. Mitigation and adaptation initiatives
5. Coordinate activities among members.
6. Resource mobilization (for the network and its members)
Objective: To ensure that there are adequate resources (human, financial) for network activities and other activities that may require network intervention. Identifying mechanisms for resource mobilization including Stakeholder analysis (who has what).