The Kiiha partnership initiated by the Ugandan Directorate of Water Resources Management, which gathered the department, GIZ, Kinyara, and Ecotrust, helped to create a dialogue platform that fostered research. This in turn helped inform discussions, recommendations and solutions to address sustainability risks to sugarcane production and development while considering different needs and perspectives. The partnership also helped Ecotrust engage more easily with Kinyara. In addition, the Kiiha Catchment Management Plan provides an obligation and roadmap for businesses in the target area to ensure that their practices are sustainable, and allows for further potential collaboration between civil society and business.
- Parties willing to engage in dialogue and expand their knowledge on biodiversity issues and solutions, and consider other stakeholders’ needs and perspectives
- Trust-building between the various parties
Dialogue helps to consider various needs and perspectives, and raise questions and issues that can better guide research, which in turn can demonstrate need for action.