CSR Chainlink

The Corporate Social Responsibility Chain Link is a partnership of 3 organisations: the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN), Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda (ICGU) and Uganda Christian University, Mukono (UCU).

The Danish Development Research Network (DDRN) is a network linking research-based knowledge and development within the sectors of agriculture, environment, and governance. It currently has more than 1,200 members primarily in Denmark and developing countries. Members are drawn from the research community, the private sector, NGOs and development organisations. 

The Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda (ICGU), based in Kampala, Uganda, has a membership of over 100 corporate entities and 500 individuals. The Institute was initially promoted by the government as part of a reform and divestiture program aimed at improving accountability within the public enterprise sector, and has since evolved into a private sector institution training senior managers and directors in Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility.

The  Uganda Christian University (UCU) is a private church-founded university with about 1300 students. While the majority of faculty and students are Ugandan, UCU has attracted students from East African countries and a number of expatriate staff from North America, Europe and Australia-New Zealand.Its mission is dedicated through teaching, scholarship, service, spiritual formation, student development and social involvement to the preparation of students for thoughtful, productive lives of Christian faith and service in their respective professions and places.

The CSR Chainlink promotes collaboration between researchers and experts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), corporations and institutions involved in CSR as well as community leaders.

The CSR Chainlink aims to build on issues of CSR and Good Governance and how this should be linked to sustainable development by enabling socially responsible players to contribute towards social investment as a long term endeavour instead of, on and off projects. 

VISION

Improving Corporate Social Responsibility deliverance to create sustainable development.

MISSION

Creating a link through stakeholders to improve access to Corporate Social Responsibility information for companies and the Ugandan people.

OVERALL GOAL

Offering a link to Corporate Social Responsibility stakeholders which link would promote effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Corporate Social Responsibility projects to ensure sustainable development through training and lobbying for Corporate Social Responsibility.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Providing a common forum for particular stakeholders who can drive the Corporate Social Responsibility efforts in Kampala, Uganda.

To create sustainability in Social Responsibility projects within Kampala, Uganda

To develop a catalogue of current knowledge needs and research priorities specific to Corporate Social Responsibility in Uganda.

Lobbying for legislation

Civic awareness to make communities aware of companies’ responsibility

Training in CSR for both companies and communities

Research and Literature provision (toolkit)

Resource Development (Resource centre)

Networking and Collaboration

Monitoring and Evaluation of CSR projects