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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s official development assistance in 2013
- ICT used for humanitarian and development purposes
- Post-2015: the state of play
- II. Cooperation with the main partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. European Union
- VI. Cooperation with non-governmental development organisations
- VII. Humanitarian action
- VIII. Programme support
- IX. Development education and awareness-raising
- X. Microfinance
- XI. Evaluation
- XII. Report on the progress of the work of the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
Rwanda
Rwanda - Construction of a market in Nyamata in the Bugesera region within the framework of the project for rural development
Rwanda
With the closure of the “Health Support” project in 2013, Luxembourg’s development cooperation completed its withdrawal from bilateral cooperation with Rwanda after 25 years of working in the country. On the last visit of a delegation of representatives from the MFA and Lux-Development, the Rwandan authorities expressed their regret at the end of cooperation which they considered as effective, transparent and discreet. Nevertheless, cooperation between the two countries could continue through an ATTF intervention.
The last steering committee meeting for the “Health Support” project took stock of the results of the project on its closure. According to the final external evaluation of the project, it achieved 88% of its objectives in the first result (support for the hospital in the Rwamagana district), 86% in the second result (improvement of neonatal services), 85% in the third (establishing projects for hospitals in the district) and 64% for the “research” section (this percentage is explained by the fact that the results of research and studies carried out as part of the project are yet to be published in international scientific journals and are therefore considered as non-existant).
The project equipment (IT equipment, furniture, cars and mopeds) has been transferred to the Rwandan side, in accordance with the project document. The medical infrastructure created in Kigali and Rwamagana is going to continue to fulfil its initial functions. In Rwamagana, a small town to the east of Kigali, the district hospital and the school of nursing, refurbished and extended with Luxembourg financing, are at the heart of the health coverage of the district, which has 350 000 inhabitants. Numerous other institutions partially relocated from the district as a whole have been grafted onto it (eastern province centre for the management of epidemics and natural disasters, maternity centres and health centres). The impact of the withdrawal of Luxembourg cooperation will be broadly compensated for by the arrival of other donors.
Rwanda
