What does unemployment look like for Ugandan youth? Does the NDPIV have strategies for this?

Together with the Centre for Basic Research, we curated an issue and opinion paper on youth transition from school to employment

Who Shapes Uganda’s Elections?

As the 2026 general elections approach, Open Space, in collaboration with the Centre for Basic Research, has examined youth participation across Uganda’s four regions under the Strengthening Youth Civic Participation Project. Our findings shed light on the role of young people in elections, the barriers they face, and what can be done to enhance their engagement.

Explore the full report and share your thoughts on fostering meaningful and peaceful participation in the  2025- 26 general elections 

This paper analyses Uganda’s youth demographics and development indicators and provides policy and programmatic proposals for inclusion in the National Development Plan Four (NDP IV). The key emerging demographic challenge is the youth not in employment, education, and training (NEET), which is estimated to be over two million.

In recognition of the country’s youth context and civil society environment, the organization’s programs have been designed to address youth inequalities that limit their participation in development processes. Our 5-year strategy(2021–2026) charts a roadmap on how Open Space Centre will achieve its desired…

This year 2021/2022, the center’s funding grew immensely to include new partners such as the US Mission Uganda, USAID/PEPFAR, The NGO Forum, and UKAID who supported projects across all Open Space thematic areas. The organization’s fundraising process has remained hinged on the vision to support youth local and global agendas as well as Knowledge…

The year 2019-2020 has been a new level of growth, learning and evaluation for the organization amidst the wave of fast paced
changing contexts within the country. This year unmasked Open Space’s resilience and capability to evolve to new realities with…