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NICODI - National Integrated Community Development Initiatives

About NICODI

Who We Are

National Integrated Community Development Initiatives (NICODI) is a Ugandan organisation dedicated to informal and non-formal skilling and community development.

Our Story

NICODI was established to respond to a simple, persistent need: excluded youths and women across Uganda need practical, enabling skills that translate directly into livelihoods. As a Company Limited by Guarantee, we work at the intersection of informal and non-formal skilling and grassroots community development.

Through structured vocational training, entrepreneurship support and community outreach, we aim to make skills development accessible, credible and connected to real opportunity — not just a certificate, but a pathway.

Vision & Mission

Vision

Increased employability and productivity among Ugandan Youth and Women.

Mission

To transform the lives of youth and women through building demand driven skills and increasing employment opportunities.

Our Values

Professionalism Integrity Accountability Teamwork Valuing People

Our History

NICODI was established in 2009 as a non-profit company by guarantee and without share capital. Its establishment was on the background of the good experience of the MoES/GTZ PEVOT programme, particularly the Local Skills Development (LSD) pilot project that was implemented / tested between March 2004 and March 2007. The photos below are from that pilot and the years immediately around NICODI's founding.

A facilitator training session, part of the Local Skills Development pilot that NICODI would later grow out of.
October 2006 A facilitator training session, part of the Local Skills Development pilot that NICODI would later grow out of.
Training materials showing the development approach thinking behind the Local Skills Development pilot.
October 2006 Training materials showing the development approach thinking behind the Local Skills Development pilot.
A facilitator meeting.
April 2007 A facilitator meeting.
Community training at Bbowa.
September 2007 Community training at Bbowa.
Local Skills Development learners at a training session in Bbowa.
September 2007 Local Skills Development learners at a training session in Bbowa.
Community outreach at Bbowa.
September 2007 Community outreach at Bbowa.
Tailoring skills training in Bbowa.
April 2008 Tailoring skills training in Bbowa.
A trainee in Bbowa's tailoring group.
April 2008 A trainee in Bbowa's tailoring group.
Trainees in Bbowa showing garments made during skills training.
April 2008 Trainees in Bbowa showing garments made during skills training.
The Kabale area.
April 2008 The Kabale area.
Practical skills training at the Kanziira/Bbowa sites.
2009 Practical skills training at the Kanziira/Bbowa sites.
A community meeting at the Kanziira/Bbowa sites, the year NICODI was formally established.
2009 A community meeting at the Kanziira/Bbowa sites, the year NICODI was formally established.