Rwanda

Rwanda is landlocked and has limited mineral resources.  Since the genocide in 1994, the Government of Rwanda has deployed various strategies to grow its economy. 
Despite impressive advancements in social and economic development, Rwanda still faces various challenges. Rwanda has a steady rise in population density. It faces demographic pressure resulting in an annual increase in the working-age population. This growth is substantially larger than the average yearly increase in jobs. The government has rolled out a transformational strategy which aims to create 214,000 off-farm, decent and productive jobs annually. Rwanda is aware that an uneducated workforce remains a major hindrance to an improved economy and has prioritised Technical Education and Vocational Training to uplift its labour force.
Rwanda

facts and Figures

  • Area: 26,338 km²
  • Population: 12.3 million
  • Capital: Kigali

Swisscontact in Rwanda

  • since 2012

Projects

2012 - 2022
Burundi, Rwanda, DR Congo
Initial vocational education and training
Promoting Market Oriented Skills Training and Employment Creation in the Great Lakes Region
The project supports the Governments of Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to improve access, quality and relevance of their respective Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems. This addresses the key development challenge of unemployment and underemployment brought about by the low quality of skills...
2018 - 2022
Rwanda
Sustainable agriculture
Improving Market Systems for Agriculture in Rwanda
Improving Market Systems for Agriculture in Rwanda (IMSAR) helps commercialise agriculture by improving the way agricultural market systems function, making them more effective, participatory (by including poor farmers and other disadvantaged groups) and more competitive.Rwanda is currently going through a transformation process and the...

News

Uganda, Guatemala, Cambodia, Rwanda, Albania
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
29.09.2022
Key Learnings and Recommendations of the Credit Suisse – Swisscontact initiative
What are the key components of successful entrepreneurial ecosystems?

And how do you influence and measure them?In 2018, Swisscontact embarked on a journey with the Credit Suisse Foundation and a group of local partners with the aim of contributing to creating better conditions for opportunity-driven entrepreneurs in developing and emerging economies.
Rwanda, Cambodia, Uganda, Indonesia, Albania
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
12.09.2022
Social Network Analysis applied in different contexts
Swisscontact tested Social Network Analysis in Uganda, Rwanda, Indonesia, Albania and Cambodia – and learnt how it can be used as an analytical, advocacy and as a community building tool at the same time.
Rwanda
19.02.2022
Rwanda: TVET Schools to Receive a Facelift to Improve Learning
On 19th February 2022, His Excellency Mr. Valentin Zellweger, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Rwanda alongside Hon. Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, the Rwanda Minister of Education, officially presided over the inauguration of the construction of dormitories and refectories for four out of six TVET schools, previously built by the PROMOST project in the Western Province. The four schools will benefit from the facelift intended to increase student enrolment and improve learning. The official launch was held at Rubengera TVET School in Karongi District.
Country Director Rwanda, DR Congo and Burundi
Charles Pouliot

APPROACH

Swisscontact works in Rwanda to reduce youth joblessness, increase incomes of agricultural households, encourage entrepreneurship and innovation for a population living in rural and peri-urban surroundings. Swisscontact strengthens the youth prospects of gainful employment by facilitating technical skills training, developing transition strategies for a more commercialized agricultural sector, and fostering entrepreneurial thinking and action. 

Swisscontact supports youth and the Government of Rwanda to improve access, relevance, and the quality of labour-market-oriented vocational training in the Western Province. The PROMOST project applies short term technical training sessions and apprenticeships to achieve improved income generation and employment possibilities. Swisscontact combines theoretical learning with practical skills and pilots a dual training system.

Swisscontact also works in enterprise promotion to increase the incomes of households. The interventions support market actors to adopt new practices that improve the way market systems work - particularly for the poor and MSMEs. 

Additionally, Swisscontact works with local representatives within the business ecosystem. Initatives allow access to knowledge, project approaches, and resources that enhance economic and social significance while fostering entrepreneurship. 

Promost Project - Project journey and key achievements 2012 -2020
PROMOST (Promoting Market-Oriented Skills Training) in the Great Lakes Region is currently in its eighth year of operations in Rwanda and is about to round up the third phase of the 12-year SDC programme that aims at supporting the Government of Rwanda’s efforts to improve access to as well as quality and relevance of its TVET system. This regional programme extended its activities to Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo during phase 2. PROMOST is financed by SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation). 

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Swisscontact in Rwanda

P.O. Box 5504, Kigali, Rwanda
KG 5 Avenue No 83, Kacyiru