Strengthening Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

To strengthen the capacities of local CSOs enabling them to hold the public and private sectors to account as well as to advocate for the rights of all Rwandans;
To enhance the realization of human rights, gender equality and social justice;
To strengthen the role of CSOs in social economic development;
To establish more effective citizen engagement facilitated by the CSOs

Expected Outcomes

Enhanced capacity of local CSOs to effectively and efficiently discharge their mandate;
Increased local CSO capacity for evidence based advocacy;
Reinforced project management capacity of selected CSOS- grantees
Enhanced watch dog role of media organizations;
Strengthened capacity of Rwanda Governance Board as the regulatory authority for local CSOs

Impact

START DATE

May 2014

END DATE

December 2018

STATUS

Completed

PROJECT OFFICE

Rwanda

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

Rwanda Governance Board

DONORS

SWISS AGY FOR DEVELOPMENT & COOPERATION

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$3,667,097

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2014$488,587

2015$802,345

2016$925,813

2017$669,204

2018$704,361

2019$189

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