1. Rosemary Mbabazi A senior Consultant for Agency for Capacity Building (ACB) Rosemary Mbabazi A senior Consultant for Agency for Capacity Building (ACB)

2. The District Commercial Officer/Office  Specific responsibilities of DCO are derived from the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, the Local Government Act and the different sub-sectoral policies.  Is the only relevant line office for Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperative at Local government level  Is responsible for spearheading and coordinating trade, industry and cooperative sub-sectoral policies, frameworks and activities within Local governments

3.  Generate your sectoral related plans and budgets to be in cooperated in the district development Plans.  Ensure a complementary relationship between the productive sectors and other relevant sectors and trade, industry and cooperative sector.  Mobilization of resources, at the district level, for implementation of the sub-sectoral policies  Coordination of the provision of business advisory services to stakeholders, particularly the private sector  Advising on the assessment and enforcement of revenue collection  Coordination of entrepreneurial skills development and business management services, and  Dissemination of information on, and advising the population on how to benefit from regional integration

4.  Reporting Challenges  Coordination Challenges  Facilitation Challenges  Workload challenges  Capacity challenges Note:-These challenges may affect Your (DCO) self esteem and confidence to be effective in implementing your roles and responsibility Therefore, this session focuses on building your confidence and self esteem to enhance your effectiveness and efficiency at work and in your day to day life  Reporting Challenges  Coordination Challenges  Facilitation Challenges  Workload challenges  Capacity challenges Note:-These challenges may affect Your (DCO) self esteem and confidence to be effective in implementing your roles and responsibility Therefore, this session focuses on building your confidence and self esteem to enhance your effectiveness and efficiency at work and in your day to day life

5.  Self-confidence is A sense of belief in yourself, in your physical, mental and emotional capabilities to handle and solve a problem. Its intangible trait that separates the winner from the rest of the crowd  Confidence building is:- Gaining the inner strength to do something and then feeling comfortable about that strength Its an act of making a decision and then acting on that decision

6.  The ability to feel confidence and act confidently in different situations is a skill that you can learn or improve and master with practice.  Confidence building techniques:-Are ways of helping a person improve her self esteem, see his/her worth and project more positive version of his/herself.  The ability to feel confidence and act confidently in different situations is a skill that you can learn or improve and master with practice.  Confidence building techniques:-Are ways of helping a person improve her self esteem, see his/her worth and project more positive version of his/herself.

7.  Focus on the positive things about yourself and your work. “ silver lining is in every cloud-  Explore very opportunity that you come across and contribute to others with words and action.  Self improvement. This requires self determination, accepting your weakness, seeking support on how to address them.

8.  Don’t be too competitive, life is not a race against others.  Set your own standards and allow yourself to overcome challenges at your own pace.  Celebrate when good things happen to you and remind your self of your strength-this will lift you up.

9.  Be present:-Go to your work place, be there, do something, do whatever is there.  Take action:- Most starting step in building self confidence is simply to take action. Go out and get busy. Act on things rather than worrying about future. “Action breeds confidence and courage”  Have a strategic direction, plan, set targets and give them time frame, it will make you looking towards achieving something. Be innovative in accomplishing your targets.

10.  Prepare thoroughly for any task so that you can be sure you are ready to take it on.  Understand in what order things happen for example within local government  Lighten-up, discover your worth, contribute to others, make yourself useful, stay in lighter state of mind  Get trained, study more upgrade to match the skills required for your current job or future job.

11.  Keep a good news diary-It will help to be aware of all the positive occurrences, enjoyable experiences and achievements of each day. For example record; Things I enjoyed to day Things I achieved to day Positive things that Happened today.  Keep a good news diary-It will help to be aware of all the positive occurrences, enjoyable experiences and achievements of each day. For example record; Things I enjoyed to day Things I achieved to day Positive things that Happened today.

12. THANKS YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN GOD BLESS THANKS YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN GOD BLESS