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DIRECTORATES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

1. Executive Directorate

This Directorate is headed by the Managing Director and is responsible for all Directorates as well as the Procurement, Corporate Communications, Audit departments. The Directorate provides overall accountability of all UCDA activities and programs. Below are the staff and their respective departments

  1. Office of the Managing Director
  2. Internal Audit Department: The main function of the department is to carry out internal audits and guide the risk management processes in the Authority.
  3. Procurement Department: The department is responsible for the procurement and disposal function in UCDA.
  4. Corporate Communications Department: The department is responsible for all stakeholder collaborations and partnerships, public relations, and corporate responsibility.

2. Board Secretary Office / Legal Services Directorate

The Directorate is headed by the Board Secretary/ Director Legal Services. The Directorate is responsible for arranging the business and meetings of the board, driving the corporate governance agenda at UCDA.  Further, the Directorate is responsible for providing professional legal advice to Management on all aspects of national laws and regulations including litigation, contractual issues, governance and compliance.

3. Strategy and Business Development Directorate

The directorate is responsible for the: development of coffee policies, strategies and corporate plans of the authority; planning function; market intelligence function; monitoring and evaluation function; and statistical research function. It comprises of 4 departments: Planning & Business Development; Market Intelligence; Statistics; and Monitoring and Evaluation.

  1. Planning & Business Development Department

The department is responsible for the development and management of the Authority’s strategy, and policy analysis and identification of opportunities in the coffee subsector that require strategic intervention by UCDA.

  1. Market Intelligence department

The Market Intelligence and Information department is responsible for disseminating market related information and carrying out research to inform the stakeholders on which markets to penetrate. Below are the staff of the department;

  1. Monitoring and Evaluation department

The M & E department is responsible for monitoring and evaluating all UCDA’s programmes and activities to ensure that they are on course as planned. It also monitors and evaluates implementation of the national coffee strategy. Below are the staff of the department;

  1. Statistics department

The department is responsible for the authority statistical matters on coffee production, prices, exports, imports, coffee consumption, indicator prices, and coffee stocks

4. Corporate Services Directorate

The directorate is headed by the Director Corporate services /Head finance and is responsible for acquisition and management of UCDA finances and assets; attraction, development and retention of staff, and management of information technology systems. The directorate comprises 4 departments. Information communication Technology(ICT), Human Resource, Finance and Administration.

  1. INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
    The department is responsible for providing technical guidance in the planning and management of all information systems, technology, systems security and database integrity for the authority. Below are the staff under the department
  2. HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT
    The department is responsible development, review and implementation of policies and strategies for attraction, development and retention of human resource.
  3. FINANCE DEPARTMENT
    The Finance Department is responsible for the development, management and implementation of an effective financial control policies, systems, procedures and guidelines.
  4. ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
    This department is responsible for development, redevelopment and maintenance of UCDA properties as well as efficient deployment of corporate assets.

5. Development Services Directorate

The Directorate is responsible for development and implementation of policies, strategies and initiatives for increasing quality coffee production and productivity. It comprises 3 departments namely technology development, extension and technical extension. Below are the staff under each department.

  1. Technology Development

Responsible for increasing quality coffee production and productivity through: - technologies transfer; collaborations, linkages and liaison with Coffee Research Scientists and Institutions and academia on Technology development related programs and activities; retooling and training of all field staff in new technologies all over the country; and prevention and control of coffee pests and diseases.

  1. Extension Department

The department is responsible all coffee extension activities for increasing production and productivity such as farmer trainings and extension liaison, coffee replanting, commercial coffee production and collaboration with stakeholders on mobilization and sensitization.

  1. Technical Extension Department

The department is responsible for:- enhancement of coffee quality and enforcement at post-harvest level; exploring partnerships for installing washing stations between the private and public sector; and development of strategies that are responsive to climate change. Below are the staff under the department

6. Quality and Regulatory Services Directorate

The directorate has 2 departments: Quality Assurance and Coffee Sustainability.

  1. Quality Assurance

The department is responsible for enforcement of the Coffee Act and regulations; inspection and certification coffee exports; and coffee quality control. Below are the staff under this department

  1. Coffee Sustainability Department

The department is responsible developing systems, programs and guidelines for development of sustainable, specialty and fine coffee niches.  

7. Value Addition and Promotion Directorate

The Directorate is responsible for: - Promotion of Uganda coffee in new (especially China and the Far East) and traditional markets; promotion of domestic coffee consumption and development a coffee drinking culture; and development of a national roasting and soluble product industry; and branding of Uganda Coffee. Below are the staff under the Directorate.