About GLISS About us
The Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies (GLISS) is Africa’s leading independent public policy research and do think tank based in Kampala, Uganda. Our scope of work covers the twelve member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). Our core mission is to undertake evidence-based research to generate new ideas that help society confront contemporary public policy problems and challenges. We are committed to promote understanding of complex regional issues and development policy challenges that require regional and global cooperation. Our motivation is to provide evidence-based policy options that put men, women and young people at the centre of policy development and policy implementation at all levels.
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GLISS Programmes
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Cyber Policy And Digital Rights
Program Goal: The goal of the Cyber Policy and Digital Rights Program is to lead in Cyber Policy Research and Knowledge sharing and, to inform policy makers, entrepreneurs and the general public about the politics of Cyberspace; and thus fostering ...
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Democracy, Rule Of Law And Political Accountability
Article 6 of the treaty establishing the East African Community provides that the fundamental principles that shall govern the achievement of the objectives of the Community by the Partner States shall include, inter alia, good ...
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Inclusive Growth And Development
Program Goal: Inclusive Growth and Development program is part of GLISS’ cutting-edge knowledge agenda that provides evidence and knowledge to enable governments, civil society leaders and the general public in the great lakes region on how to effectively ...
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Security And Peace Governance
Insecurity defines the Great Lakes Region (GLR). There has never been a single year in the last six decades of Africa’s independence when there was no war or generalized violent conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. ...
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Strategic Minerals And Oil Governance
The current growth of the extractives sector has undoubtedly reshaped the ecological and socio-economic geography of the Great Lakes sub-region in a manner previously unimagined.
The scale of investments, the range, diversity of actors and the current structure of power relations makes ...
GLISS Special Projects
