UCAA Boss Bamwesigye Opens Workshop for Feasibility Study for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Programme in Uganda

The Director General of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), Fred Bamwesigye has opened a workshop for Feasibility Study for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Programme in Kampala.

The workshop kicked-off a feasibility study to outline a roadmap for the implementation of SAF programme in Uganda.

The program builds on the adoption by the 41st ICAO Assembly resolution of a long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG) of net-zero aviation carbon emissions by 2050. 

“The initiative we are launching today is also framed in the ICAO Global Framework for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), Lower Carbon Aviation Fuels (LCAF) and other Aviation Cleaner Energies adopted in the third ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) in 2023. I also wish to inform you that ICAO and its Member States, including Uganda, established the Global collective aspiration to reduce aviation Carbon emissions by 5% in 2030 through the use of SAF and cleaner energies,” said Bamwesigye.

Therefore, he added “participants in the kick-off workshop are invited to engage in this initiative so it can provide not only environmental benefits but also social opportunities to the people of Uganda.”

“I further take this opportunity to welcome you all, our stakeholders to actively contribute to the discussions during the two-day workshop as the experts provide information and materials that will strengthen your familiarization with sustainable aviation fuels, its benefits, challenges and how SAF can be produced and promoted.”

According to Bamwesigye, the Feasibility Study “we are launching today also calls for our collective effort in assisting with information collection that should be provided to the ICAO experts in their endeavor to identify basic data that will inform Uganda’s potential in production and use of SAF.”

Please, he said, “engage with them and provide contact information where possible so they will be able to follow-up with all relevant national stakeholders who could contribute to data collection to identify and promote opportunities for Sustainable aviation fuel programme in Uganda.”

He revealed that “Our National Focal Point on aviation environment protection will also be available to you and should be able to coordinate all interactions between the Experts and the key stakeholders.”

Bamwesigye reiterated UCAA’s commitment to supporting “this process and we are looking forward to progressing this initiative to its completion.”