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EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

 

The EU (EuropeAid) sponsors various projects in Rwanda. Some are budget support to the GoR, others are for projects and they often shift from year to year. Grants can be awarded as donations to third parties that are engaged in external aid activities but it will take expertise and well written proposals (see more here). The EU, meaning the European Commission and the Member States of the Union, is the major aid contributor to Rwanda.  6 of the 27 EU Member States are represented in Kigali: Belgium, France Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

 

 

Actions

• GoR Budget support to: MDGs, social protection, agriculture and SBS justice.
• Audit organisationnel du Secretariat executif de la CEPGL et de ses organes spécialisés 
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Agriculture Sector in Rwanda 
• Mid-Term Evaluation of Rwanda Justice, Reconciliation Law and Order Sector's Strategy and Formulation of a New Strategy for the Period 2012-2015 
• Rural Feeder Roads Sector Policy Support Programme - Formulation study 
• Audit financier du Projet 9 ACP RPR14-10 UOB 

 

Purpose

• The main themes of cooperation will be access to basic services, promoting pro-poor growth and rural economic development as well as fostering national reconciliation and justice (ref. here).

 

Other relevant information

• Established in the mid-1980s and formalised in 1991
• Secretariat is based in Brussels.
• Religious or political affiliations: No
• Open for volunteers: No
• Can Rwandans join the porgramme: No, but NGOs or companies might if there are tenders that match.

 

Financial information

• Finances for each program can be seen here
• Number of Employees: 40 staff, both European and Rwandan (more here).
• The EC's total allocation foreseen for Rwanda under 10th EDF funding (2008-2013) amounts to €294.4 million to address these priorities (ref. here). General budget support through the Millennium Development Goals Contract (MDG-C) to the country's Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) represents 60% of the budget (EUR 175 million). The two priority areas are rural development (€ 40 M) and infrastructure (€ 50 M). Additional areas such as governance, trade support and technical cooperation facility are also included in the programme (€ 25 M). To cover unexpected needs, EUR 4.4 million is included under envelope B (ref. here)