The purpose of the Workforce Skills Development Strategy & Plan (WSDSP) is to maximise the quantity and quality of
employment opportunities for Ugandans in Oil & Gas and related sectors.
In order to achieve this purpose the Government of Uganda commissioned a team to quantify the number of jobs
required in oil and gas and related sectors over the next 10 years. These jobs are disaggregated by the required
qualification level, discipline, occupational area and necessary years of experience in order to provide a detailed
picture of labour requirements. The team also conducted an assessment of the current levels of skilled labour supplied
in Uganda by institution-based training providers, industry-based training programmes and by the labour market pool.
This Supply and Demand Assessment identified the current gap between the skilled labour required by oil and gas and
related sectors in Uganda and the key issues constraining the expansion of supply to meet demand.
The WSDSP sets out the activities required to close this gap between demand and supply, detailing who is responsible
for implementation and the sources of funding for each activity. The WSDSP covers the period from 2015 to 2025
and is split into a series of short-term (2015 and 2016), medium-term (2017 to 2019) and long-term (2020 to 2025)
activities. The WSDSP was developed in conjunction with a wide range of key stakeholders through a series of
consultative workshops held in January and February 2015. It was then discussed across Government in March 2015
and formally presented at a Stakeholder Validation Workshop in April 2015. Details of consulted stakeholders who
have inputted ideas and assisted in the development of the WSDSP are listed in Annex One. For more details, read the attachment below: