National Competitiveness Forum (NCF)
This is the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development annual Public-Private engagement platform aimed at communicating the national economic development agenda, feeding into the annual budget process.
This forum is hosted by the Directorate of Economic Affairs and discusses topical issues affecting the country’s business environment and private sector competitiveness.
So far 15 national competitiveness fora have been hosted and have impacted policy and budgetary processes under the themes below.
| Year | Forum Theme |
| 2024 | “The Role of the Public and Private Sector in Realizing the Knowledge Economy agenda in Uganda” |
| 2023 | “Boosting private sector investments in Agro-industry to take advantage of regional opportunities” |
| 2022 | Leveraging strategic export markets to boost investments for import Substitution and export diversification opportunities |
| 2021 | Business Unusual: The State of Competitiveness and Private Sector Performance in Uganda during the times of Covid-19 |
| 2020 | Strengthening evidence based Private Sector Development Interventions |
| 2019 | Enhancing Competitiveness in Uganda’s Agro-industry |
| 2018 | Creating an Enabling Business Environment for Enterprises in Uganda |
| 2017 | Creating Efficiencies for Private Sector Development Initiatives |
