Rwanda
Official Name: Republic of Rwanda
Capital: Kigali
Independence Day: 1 July 1962
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)
Key Result
The ARECO-RWANDA project sought to improve the livelihoods of women, while encouraging biodiversity conservation through the sustainable management of natural resources. Organised into 28 cooperatives, 5000 women were guided and assisted in the establishment of nurseries growing indigenous and fruit bearing plants, and additionally in the craft-based development of community tourism.
The FIOM project promoted the economic empowerment of women from the Kayonza, Kirehe and Ngoma districts of Rwanda. The project assisted 30 community based groups to transform into 16 legally registered cooperatives. The project benefited 706 women and 63 men and further helped to double the household income of the beneficiaries.
Harmonized standards enabled national drug regulatory authorities (NMRAs) in EAC to authorize 2 Antimalarial Drugs and 3 Generic Pharmaceuticals.
Rusumo Falls is a hydropower production plant purposed to serve 61 MW to Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Rwanda committed 2 million hectares of degraded land the be restored by 2030. Restoration opportunities assessment methodologies (ROAM) have been developed in four countries; namely Malawi, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Conducted a study to assess the factors determining the success of previous tree-based ecosystem approaches in Rwanda and the potentials for future expansion of key TBEAs.
Related
Projects
African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH)
A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonizing medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute towards accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in Rwanda.
After the successful establishment of the East African Countries (EAC) Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (MRH) programme in 2012, Rwanda participated in the development and subsequent adoption of harmonized technical guidelines by the EAC Council in 2014 and publication of a compendium for EAC member states. Two pilot projects: the World Health Organization Medicines Prequalification Program (WHO-PQP) and the EAC Joint Assessments and Inspections ensured that Rwanda participated in the approval of 5 and 7 products in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Phase two of the EAC-MRH programme has expanded to include drug safety (pharmacovigilance) strengthening; clinical trials oversight; regulation and quality assurance of medical devices including diagnostics; and harmonization of regulation of vaccines.
In 2015, the EAC-MRH programme developed a Joint Dossier Assessment of 8 medicinal products in Entebbe, Uganda and Rwanda was a participating member.
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
CAADP Compact: Rwanda was the first country to sign the CAADP Compact on 30 - 31March 2007.
National Agriculture Investment Plan: The technical review of the NAIP was held from 4 – 8 December 2009. In 2014, Rwanda embarked on development and implementation of cycle two of its NAIP, a flagship strategy outlining how they will support the agriculture sector in the coming years, and include ambitious spending plans. On-going support is provided to review the Investment Plan – to a comprehensive focus on pertinent issues.
Rwanda also received support on undertaking a joint agriculture review and public expenditure study and in establishing Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (SAKSS) to inform and guide the CAADP implementation process. The country SAKKS specifically focused on strengthening policy design as well as formulation and monitoring e.g. in monitoring food and agriculture policies. A capacity assessment was undertaken as well.
Business: Rwanda’s first CAADP Business Meeting was held on 8 – 9 December 2009.
Funding: Rwanda received funding from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) amounting to USD 50 million.
Results:
- By 2013, agriculture in Rwanda had contributed to a 12 per cent reduction in poverty. Rural poverty fell from 61,9 per cent to 48,7 per cent. The reduction was greater in rural areas, thereby reducing inequalities with urban areas.
- Between 2008 and 2013, the percentage of households falling below the minimum food requirement declined from 35 per cent to 21 per cent. In the same period, land under modernised agriculture increased from 3 per cent to 20 per cent.
- Projects undertaken that showcase best practices include; improved access to seeds and use of fertilizer (including the building of a distribution network); irrigation development in drought-prone areas; increasing cultivatable land by terracing hillsides; increased storage capacity and giving a cow to every poor family (‘one cow’ per poor family has reached 250,000 poor households).
The implementation of CAADP in Rwanda has contributed to:
- The notable development of more focused incentive-orientated agricultural policies, improved donor coordination and alignment to country priorities, the identifying of programmes that would produce the best results, greater regional cooperation and better peer review and accountability mechanisms.
- The agricultural sector has also developed a dialogue and accountability framework which deals with strategic issues for the growth of agriculture and increased food security.
Food and Nutrition Security
Undertook the Measuring the Cost of Hunger in Africa: Rwanda was among the second phase countires (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda) to implement the COHA study. The overarching objective of the multi-country study led by the AUC, NEPAD, WFP and UNECA, is to catalyse coordinated action and inform the design of nutrition-oriented policy frameworks and programmes, with greater investments to eradicate child undernutrition on the continent.
10 findings from the “Measuring the Cost of hunger” study in the first and second phase countries:
- Africa's share in the world's undernourished population has increased from 18 to 28 percent.
- Only one in five children suffereing from undernutrition occur before the child reaches the age of one year.
- Most health costs associated with undernutrition occur before the child reaches the age of one year.
- Between 7 to 18 percent of repetitions in schoold are associated with stunting.
- Stunted children achieve 0.2 to 1,5 years less in school edication.
- 8 to 33 percent of all child mortality is associated with undernutrition.
- Child mortality associated with undernutrition has reduced national workforces by 1 to 13.7 percent.
- 40 to 67 percent of current working-age population suffered from stunting as children.
- The annual costs associated with child underbutrition are estimated at 1.9 to 16.5 percent of the equivalent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
- Improving the nutritional status of children is a priority that needs urgent policy attention to accelerate socio-economic progress and development in Africa.
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
Project : TAH programme
Description : This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030
Project : Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation)
Description : Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the African continent
Project : Yamoussoukro Decision implementation
Description : Accelerate Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis;
Project : ICT Enabling Environment
Description : This programme would improve the environment for the private sectors to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure
Project : ICT Terrestrial for Connectivity
Description : This programme has two main components: secure each country connection by at least two broadband infrastructure and ensure the access to submarine cable to all landlocked countries
Project : Internet Exchange Point (IXP) programme
Description : The aim of this programme is to provide Africa with adequate internet node exchange to maximise internal traffic
Project : Ruzizi III (DFS)
Description : Hydroelectric plant with a capacity of 145 MW to share power among Rwanda, Burundi and DRC promoted by CEPGL
Project : Rusumo Falls
Description : Hydropower production of 61 MW for Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania
Project : Northern Multimodal Corridor
Description : This programme is designed to modernize the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor on modern standards (climbing lanes and urban bypasses) in East Africa. This programme aims to facilitate travel by people and goods across the borders between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
Burundi and DRC with a spur to South Sudan
Project : Central Corridor
Description : This programme would modernize the third priority ARTIN corridor in East Africa and facilitate travel for people and goods across the borders between Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC
Project : Lamu Gateway Development
Description : This programme aims at responding to the Eastern Africa challenge in developing sufficient port capacity to handle future demand from both domestic sources and landlocked countries. The priority action will be to develop the Lamu gateway
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
GrowAfrica
Gender
Results:
•5 000 women trained in forest management and 773 650 trees planted in the protected areas
•359 291 women capacitated through CSO and grassroots organizations including 92 Local authorities and state government in the six geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Namibia 13 Council has implemented Action Plan for Gender Aware Service Delivery and 384 Parliamentarian in the region of Tigray, Amhara and Somalia facilitated research support from 250 graduated students for Gender Aware Parliamentarian Oversight.
•74 435 women empowered economic and financial terms: Income generation skills; Deployment of technical assistance to boost agriculture production for both consumption and commercial purposes; Accessing agricultural extension services; Promotion of gender inclusiveness in decision making; Creation of enabling environment to access land; Land tenure and legalization of land title for women; Youth job creation; SME management; Informal and Regional Trade development.
•25 438 women support through institutional based capacity building.
Gender Climate Change Agriculture Support
Resulting from an innovative process of consultations involving women smallholder farmers on the ground and various stakeholders (a participatory and multi stakeholder approach), desk reviews and country case studies, the Gender Climate Change and Agriculture Support Programme intends to benefit 12,000 women farmers in Rwanda. To achieve implementation at the ground level, GCCASP will provide implementation support in the areas of closing policy and institutional gaps, building the capacities of women smallholder farmers, the creation and strengthening of women platforms and investing in up-scaling of successful and innovative practices.
Capacity Development
Results (2013 – 2015)
Programme for Enhancing Use of Country Results Frameworks:
• In-country Visits have commenced
• Secured funding for the initiative for the next two (2) years
Advocacy and Strengthening of Negotiation Capacities on Post-2015 Development Agenda through the Common African Position (CAP):
• The multi-stakeholder framework of engagement specifically enhanced dialogue towards ensuring the required mass to influence the Post-2015 Global Agenda and Development Goals relevant to the Continent;
• This intervention helped strengthen country and regional level negotiating capacities for the effective incorporation and articulation of Africa’s priorities as enshrined in CAP in the final Global SDGs;
• The project enabled the participation of African stakeholders at the Means of Implementation Engagement, 3rd Financing for Development Conference and the UN General Assembly that adopted the new SDGs. This ensured the incorporation of Africa’s development priorities into the new goals through developing essential negotiation capacities;
• Through the CAP/SDGs space on the Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev), knowledge products and negotiation documents, as well as, policy briefs where successfully disseminated to the African negotiators in New York and kept the continent’s stakeholders informed of the overall process;
• Development and dissemination of post-2015 Policy Briefs on “Financing and Partnerships” and “Structural Economic Transformation and Inclusive Growth”. These are priorities outlined in the CAP and the policy briefs where utilized in the negotiation process for the African continent.
Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC):
• Africa secured the hosting of the 2nd High Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership. This was attained through robust negotiation and facilitating a common voice from Africa with regards to this critical engagement by the NEPAD Agency. The 2nd HLM will be held in Nairobi Kenya;
• The NEPAD Agency advocated for the full inclusion and participation of Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in conducting the 2nd GP Monitoring Exercise. This was a fundamental achievement considering the RECs are the continent’s building blocks with regards to socio-economic transformation;
• The Africa Action Plan on Development Effectiveness (AAP) was granted the status of an official Global Partnership Initiative (GPI) at the Planning Meeting in Brussels. The AAP was developed by the NEPAD Agency in consultation with African multi stakeholders. This has enabled the Agency to successfully mobilize resources towards the implementation of the AAP.
Africa UN Food Systems Summit Knowledge Hub
Grow Africa
- Grow Africa is prioritising the horticulture value chain in Rwanda, in alignment with the Government of Rwanda’s focus and private sector interest.
- Grow Africa actively supports and participates in the Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) in Rwanda to support the establishment of strong food crop value chains, with a focus on maize.
TerrAfrica
Received support from the TerrAfrica Leverage Fund for its project on Scaling up Tree-based Ecosystem Approaches. Activities supported by TLF grant include a study to assess both the factors determining the success of previous tree-based ecosystem approaches (TBEAs) in Rwanda and the potentials for future expansion of key TBEAs.
Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET)
