UCAA-UG is a membership organisation with an organisational structure that comprises the General Assembly, Board of Directors, and the Secretariat. While the General Assembly is the supreme governing body of UCAA-UG, the Board of Directors provides strategic direction to the organisation while the Secretariat is the implementing arm.

UCAA-UG holds Annual General Meetings (AGM) for its membership to reflect, adopt and approve new strategic plans, annual reports and the financial reports. UCAA-UG also convenes general assemblies every three years to elect new members to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors meets four times a year to appraise staff, discuss and approve activity reports, budgets and program work plans.

The UCAA-UG secretariat and its operational units:

UCAA-UG’s secretariat is headed by the National Coordinator. UCAA-UG’s Strategic Plan is implemented under programs by the Secretariat. Each program is run by professional staff teams.

The program heads report to the National Coordinator who is supported by a Programs Manager. The program teams are supported by a Finance and Administration team, as well as interns and volunteers.