Jolly Kayiita is an Environment and Natural Resource Management Specialist with special focus on Climate Change. He has over 10 years’ experience in coordinating teams and implementing programs that build resilience to climate change in various sectors such as Environment and Conservation, Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Water, sanitation, and Hygiene. He currently works with World Vision, Uganda as the Natural Resources Management Specialist under Restore Africa Project where he sits at the Project Management Unit and provide overall technical expertise on landscape restoration practices such as natural regeneration, agroforestry, and climate smart agriculture practices.
Prior to joining World Vision Uganda, he worked with Environmental Alert under different roles as Team Leader-Environment and Natural resources, National coordinator- Uganda Forest Working Group. He has core skill sets in multi-stakeholder negotiations, evidence-based policy lobbying and advocacy, community empowerment, and team building.
He holds a master’s degree in Environmental management from Kampala International University, an International Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management from Centre for International Postgraduate Studies in Environmental Management (CIPSEM) at Technical University Dresden (TUD) Germany sponsored by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNESCO and The Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Makerere University, Kampala and acquired a Certification in Climate Change and Renewable Energy Use from the Renewable Energies Academy (RENAC) Berlin, Germany.
