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Above: L-R: Mr Auke Lootsma (UNDP Rwanda Country Director) Ingabire M.Immaculee (one of the grantees of Transparency Rwanda) and Prof. Anastase Shyaka (RGB CEO) at the grants awarding ceremony on 7 November 2014 Contact P.O. Box 6819 Kigali-Rwanda Email: info@rgb.rw ceo@ rgb.rw www.rgb.rw @RGB_rw Rwanda Governance Board Q Capacity development for CSOs: CSO networks have been selected through a competitive process and awarded grants. Prior to this, networks undertook capacity assessments of their members and developed capacity building plans. Q Evidence-based policy advocacy: Financial resources provided to CSOs will enable them to undertake evidencebased policy advocacy through conducting policy research, developing policy models, conducting ad-hoc advocacy campaigns, holding policy dialogues to in uence policymakers and evaluating the impact of policy advocacy. Q Capacity strengthening of RGB: RGB will be enabled to put in place mechanisms for e cient registration of CSOs, including online registration and other ICT-based services, and also to implement its new strategic plan (for the CSO component) as well as the publication of a CSO directory on a bi-annual basis. Further, RGB intends to forge links with local academic institutions to provide short professional courses for CSOs. Additionally, RGB will convene annual policy dialogues on civil society and democratisation to discuss achievements and challenges in CSO development in the country. Strategic focus areas people through the Joint Action Development Forum (JADF). CSOs massively responded to the call for proposals and this a rms the need for more nancial support. This is part of a wider strategy to deepen collaboration between CSOs and government to discuss and advocate for the voices of civil society to be taken into account in public policy-making. Again, this is a clear indication of the government’s commitment to provide space and freedom of assembly and association as guaranteed by the constitution. The programme will also strengthen the capacities of CSOs to hold public and private sectors to account as well as advocate for the rights of the weak and marginalised sections of the Rwandan society. CSOs’ penetration into rural areas will be raised from 27 per cent in 2012 to 50 per cent in 2018.


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