Mid North Signs grants agreement with USAID/LEAD
Press Release:
On 3rd May 2010, Mid North Private Sector Development Company Ltd signed a grants agreement for implementation of Data Service Centre Project.
The MD/Chief Of Party Ms Susan Corning asserted that USAID/LEAD has goals and targets to meet therefore the need for partner organizations to fit in and continue with sustainability of the objectives to improve the value chain. She stressed that the DSC should strive towards self sustainability by June 2013 and its subsequent duplication to other regions in Uganda for extending financial services to the farmers.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Director asserted that partners should make it happen. Grants management that should be based on WP must have a clear system of accountability and following a well laid procurement procedures Partners should document best practices and lessons learnt.
On the part of Mid North Private Sector Development Company, Mr. Julius Peter Moto, CEO stressed that as part of Mid-North strategic goal of provision of financial services to the rural producers, the DSC shall enable capacity creation and provision of timely information to SACCO management and different categories of information users.
