The second National Sustainable Development Forum (NSDF) is a follow up on the Forum held on 21st and 22nd January 2010 at which the proposal for the formation of National Sustainable Development Think Tank (NSDTT) was endorsed. Arrangements for the operationalisation of the NSDTT have been finalized.

The second NSDF is taking place after the swearing of a new Government in Uganda and therefore this will be an opportunity for renewed political commitment to the sustainable development of the country. Further more, the second NSDF is taking place in the wake of country and African preparations for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012. The focus of Rio+20 is on the Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and institutional framework for sustainable development. The second NDSF will therefore inform national preparations for Rio + 20 that will as well feed into the African preparation for the Rio+20 Conference. Consequently, in the sprit of the Rio + 20, the theme of the second NSDF is “Towards Rio+20: Uganda’s Road Map”.