Makerere University Regional Centre For Urban Research, Governance and Innovation ( MURCURGI) will be positioned as a knowledge hub and an engagement platform for filling the existing research gap and building local capacity to formulate more relevant urban policies and improve decision making process at both national and local government levels.
The establishment of a specialized urban research, governance and innovation centre at Makerere University will help to generate the needed information and data for better policy formulation and improved decision making in Uganda. The Centre will foster collaboration with other research organisations, Read more
To establish a top-notch urban research, innovation and governance centre in Africa.
Our Identity
The MURCURGI will embrace applied and collaborative research in urban planning and management. in establishing the real community needs and identifying interventions that are more feasible. The centre will be dedicated to working with urban leaders and technocrats, urban population and their associated communities across the country to realize their full potentials by “tackling” the causes and ending all forms of urban poverty.
In line with the strategic mandate and aspirations of the Department of Architecture and Physical Planning, CEDAT and Makerere University, the MURCURGI’s mandate is to promote cutting edge research with increased demand for capacity-building services from the Centre. Urbanisation in Uganda and Africa in general continues to be subject to the stress imposed by the inability to create new knowledge and provide new information on
critical urban sectors.
Training, Research, Publications, Research Fellowships, Consultancy services, Highly Specialized Technical
Advisory services, Establishment of Innovation research Fund for urban issues, Resource Centre with online research library, Training Hub Conference Services, Secretary /printery services, Laboratory Services, Internship placements and attachments, Awareness programme for masons in Uganda, Government budget support
The Centre will service three target groups. The first and primary target group are the government employees including City leaders and managers, local government and ministries staff. The Centre will secondly provide capacity-building services to Makerere University staff and students, including induction training, specialized skills training, and management and leadership training. The Centre will thirdly reach out to communities, private sector and NGOs as well as train masons, informal trades men among other interested groups.
The Centre is promoted by department of architecture and physical planning with an international teaching faculty, with more than fifty professional training experts supported by in-house specialized support services. Therefore, its service proposition will earn the Centre growing international recognition as a provider of quality training, research and innovation. Read More
Partnership and Collaboration – MURCURGI will continue to have mutual engagement, sustainable partnership and collaboration with both internal and external partners for both resource mobilization and applied research program delivery with the urban communities, local government, and other civil society based groups.
Empowerment of Academia in research – The main empowerment pillar of MURCURGI is to improve quality of urban research outputs and education among the staff for better opportunities that open up more development choices in life and better future planning
