The Parish Development Model (PDM) is the last mile strategy for service delivery by Government of Uganda for improving incomes and welfare of all Ugandans at the household level. It is an extension of the whole-of-government approach to development as envisaged under NDPIII, with the Parish as the lowest administrative and operational hub for delivering services closer to the people and hence foster local economic development

The PDM underlies the spirit of harmonization of government interventions with every MDAs focusing on; delivering services closer to the people; and measurable results at the Parish level in order to ensure transformation of the subsistence households into the money economy. This transformation requires organized, integrated, well-coordinated and results-based efforts.

The PDM has seven Pillars i.e. (a) Production, Storage, Processing and Marketing; (b) Infrastructure and Economic Services; (c) Financial Inclusion; (d) Social Services; (e) Mindset change; (f) Parish Based Management Information System (g) Governance and Administration. The PDM is therefore Government of Uganda’s approach that delivers a package of services and entails;

•Creating data systems that constantly feed the whole Government with real-time information concerning various interventions at the Parish level. The data generated and interpreted will improve the understanding of the different and unique characteristics of households across the country and hence provide The basis for the delivery of targeted interventions. 

•Dedicated efforts and investments in the organization and coordination of farmers at Parish level and other value chain actors through area-based commodity clusters to increase production and productivity that will create sustainable agricultural production.

•Regular provision of agricultural extension and education to farming households including business management training and access to finance

•Build infrastructure and systems that support processing and marketing of Uganda’s agricultural products. 

•Strengthen participatory planning by local communities to collectively identify and address systemic bottlenecks that affect local economic development

•Provide access to financial services to households that operate in the subsistence economy but with bankable projects along the value chain of the 18 priority commodities.

•Monitor, mobilize and enforce compliance in the community to undertake infrastructure like hygiene and government policy on social services (education, Health)

•Mobilizing & sensitizing Households for socio-economic development for self-help projects, hard work on the 18 enterprise crops along the value chain, savings and investments.   

•Addressing vulnerability among youth, women, PWDs at the grassroots by developing and Implementing Action Plans for inclusion of disadvantaged interest groups 

The purpose of the PDM is to deepen the decentralization process; improve household incomes; enable inclusive, sustainable, balanced and equitable socio-economic transformation; and increase accountability at local levels. This implies eradication of poverty and vulnerability, as well as total transformation of the subsistence households (both on-farm and off-farm, in rural and urban settings) into the money economy.

The goal of the PDM is to increase household incomes and improve quality of life of Ugandans with a specific  focus on the total transformation of the              subsistence households (both on-farm and off-farm, in rural and urban settings) into the money economy, as well as eradication of poverty and vulnerability in Uganda

The overall objective is to increase the effectiveness of the interaction between the government and its people, in order to accelerate the realization of government’s long-term goal of socio-economic transformation.

 The PDM is aligned to the following 5 strategic objectives of the NDPIII;

i) Enhance value addition in Key Growth Opportunities

ii) Strengthen private sector capacity to drive growth and create jobs

iii) Consolidate & increase stock and quality of Productive Infrastructure

iv) Enhance productivity and wellbeing of Population

v) Strengthen the role of the State in guiding and facilitating development