In 2009, the annual PROVIDE workshop was hosted in the Imperial Royale Hotel on 22-24 June. The central topic of this event was (i) to advance knowledge on the application of research results on a system level and (ii) to discuss progress of the PROVIDE project and its research trajectories.

Since the last meeting in Arusha, the PhD researchers of the PROVIDE program showed a considerable progressing in terms of research and writing. The presented subjects gave accounts of in-depth knowledge of the researched areas and large amounts of data gathered in the field. Presentations of local experts from Kampala completed the workshop proceedings. A field trip to the sanitary landfill site of Kampala concluded the workshop.