Denis Kangere Asiimwe

Co-facilitated a strategic retreat aligning the Board and Top Management Team to strengthen teamwork, shared vision, and collaborative governance for the commission.

Assessed Central and Local Government performance in service delivery across 10 secondary cities, focusing on accessibility, quality, and efficiency of production services.

Delivered capacity-building on proposal development for climate action under Uganda's NDC Action Project to strengthen project readiness for climate finance.

Identified green financing instruments and providers and developed a green finance glossary to support Kampala Capital City Authority financing initiatives.

Led post-COVID recovery technical assistance and designed a project that secured USD 150,000, operationalised project staffing, results frameworks, and feasibility TORs for green growth initiatives.

Oversaw Uganda Country Programme delivery and a cross-functional team of 20, led work planning, results budgeting, donor agreement monitoring, and mainstreaming green growth into national planning.

Strengthened national climate finance coordination leading to establishment of Uganda's Climate Finance Unit and supported preparation of readiness needs assessment and a USD 400M project pipeline.

Prepared learning materials and facilitated postgraduate courses in project planning and management for executive-level students.

Led a seven-expert team assessing Central and Local Government service delivery and physical development planning across twelve secondary cities in Western Uganda.

Prepared a five-year green growth-focused strategic plan and results framework for Kampala Capital City Authority's Directorate of Public Health and Environment.

Contributed to designing a MEAL system for a livelihoods programme in northern Uganda to strengthen monitoring, accountability, and learning.

Assessed planning and governance performance of central and local governments across 13 secondary cities in northern Uganda to inform institutional reforms.

Evaluated financial inclusion programmes in hard-to-reach areas by designing instruments, conducting interviews, and analysing quantitative and qualitative data.

Prepared an urban resilience waste management system to reduce wetland degradation and methane emissions, including value chain and socio-economic assessments.

Managed 50 staff in municipal waste collection and transport concession, improving collection from 40% to 60% and growing clientele to 3,000 within three months.

Led project formulation, M&E, policy analysis and stakeholder engagement, securing USD 1.1M for transaction advisory services and supporting preparation of a USD 150M PPP project.

Led and contributed to multiple government and donor projects including legislation updates, PPP capacity-building, evaluations, and baseline survey design for e-government readiness.

Led trainers delivering financial literacy capacity-building for women refugee returnee groups in South Sudan to enhance livelihoods and financial inclusion.

Led a six-person team conducting a baseline survey for the Karamoja Improved Livelihoods Project, resulting in an updated results framework.

Led a ten-person expatriate team delivering a World Bank-supported capacity-building programme for regional governments, including women civil servants.

Evaluated the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund community development initiative using participatory assessments to inform program improvements in health and water access.

Supported preparation of the Burundi Country Office post-war strategy and work plan to guide recovery and programme implementation.

Drafted transport sector policy papers and coordinated planning, monitoring and evaluation missions for major regional transport and infrastructure projects.

Completed a Master of Arts in Urban Management and Development with a focus on financing cities.

Earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Quantitative Economics.