Dr Silver Mugisha

Detailed Tasks/Areas of Experience:

The long experience at NWSC has helped to gain strong experience and track record in carrying out the following tasks, among others: Strategic and operational plan development; creation of corporate visions and missions; design of operational manuals and quality systems; planning and design of staff productivity enhancement systems; development of problem-solving oriented research agenda and training/capacity development plans; design and implementation of high-impact performance incentive plans; designing and implementing performance monitoring/evaluation and comparative competition systems; development of risk management and project appraisal systems; development of incentive contracts and negotiating win-win targets and contractual obligations; criteria and negotiation of PPP-contracts; spearheading design and implementation of output oriented performance improvement plans; negotiation of financing for WATSAN projects; design and implementation of short and long-term utility reform approaches; tariff setting and design; preparation of financial budgets and action plans; courting and buying-in oversight authorities into strategic plans; project inception, design and management; organisational restructuring and utility re-organisation; design of strategic investment plans; overseeing asset valuation and design of asset management plans.

Key Qualifications/ Skills

I have gained significant key specialised skills in a number of areas, which include, among others:

  • Organisational development 
  • Business process re-engineering
  • Capacity development, networking and partnerships development
  • Performance development planning and implementation
  • Project management, negotiations and financing
  • Strategic management and enterprise reforms 
  • Performance monitoring and regulation
  • Human resources development and productivity analysis
  •  Performance incentives design and benchmarking
  • Cost-benefit analysis 
  • Hydraulic structures and design
  • Management of Water supply and sanitation systems
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Operations research and industrial organisation 
  • Stakeholder mapping and buy-in