Topics & Shedules
18th August
Arrival, Registration and breakfast
Arrival, Registration and breakfast
Panels- Regulators
NGO Bureau
- Clarifying the different categories of NGOs in Uganda and their respective regulatory obligations under Uganda`s Legal framework.
- Why the work of NGO regulatory agencies should be of interest to the NGO sector.
- Goals of NGO Bureau in regulating NGOs.
- How NGO Bureau under the NGO Act makes tradeoffs or amicably balances interests of the state and yet also promote a safer working environment NGOs.
FIA
- Compliance obligations of NGOs towards FIA.
- Degree of susceptibility of NGOs to the risk of Terrorism Financing.
- Justification for NGOs to comply with the FIA and why they are considered accountable persons.
- How NGOs have responded to their compliance obligation with FIA.
- Uganda being on the grey list and its Implications to the NGOs.
- Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.
URA
- Compliance obligations of NGOs under the Uganda tax regime.
- Tax exemption for NGOs and the process of tax exemption.
- Voluntary disclosure, EFRIS, Income tax and fines for non-compliance.
- Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.
NSSF
- Compliance obligations of NGOs towards NSSF.
- Goals of NSSF in regulating NGOs.
- Dangers Non-Compliance poses to the NGOs.
- Highlights of the amended NSSF Act to the NGOs.
- Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.
NITA-U
- Ways to leverage technology in reducing the compliance statutory burden.
- Possibility for NGOs to have a compliance digitalized one-stop centre for compliance to all regulators.
- What it takes and the role of NITA-U in supporting the development of compliance digitalized one-stop centre for NGOs and the regulators.
- Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.
URSB
- Compliance obligations of the NGOs towards URSB.
- Key issues that NGOs need to know in line with name reservation, registration and renewing of the organisation name.
- What filing returns entail and the contact person for filing returns at URSB for the NGO sector.
- Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.
KCCA
- Compliance obligations of the NGOs towards KCCA.
- What NGOs have to know in regard to the local service tax.
- Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector.
Uganda Police
- Procedures and Principles that govern Police investigations in line with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF).
- What NGOs need to know about Terrorism Financing.
- • Plans for outreaches to the NGO sector in regard to Counter Terrorism Financing.
Tea break
Tea Break
Discussion
This will be a round table discussion between the participants and regulators. Both parties will raise their concerns in regards to the NGO regulatory framework.
Lunch and departure
Lunch and departure