Rwanda

To lay the groundwork for the DTIS and the IF process, a preliminary mission took place from June 21-30, 2004. Participants included the mission leader and representatives of IF agencies.

Based on the findings of this mission, a concept paper was prepared, outlining the main areas to be covered in the DTIS.

The main mission took place in November 2004. The DTIS team leader visited Rwanda in March for exchanges with the Rwandese authorities on the DTIS preliminary findings. Many follow-up exchanges took place between the DTIS team and local consultants and the government.

Upon completion of the DTIS, the National Validation Workshop took place in September 2005. An aide-mémoire was prepared after the workshop. The outcome of the workshop was incorporated in the final version of the DTIS.

The Ministry of Commerce prepared an overview document including a table of actions (pdf - 117k) summarizing the actions which took place after the National Workshop.

Trade issues (regional integration, AGOA, tariff reform, transport, export promotion, EPZ) were covered in the June 2002 PRSP.

One Window II project was launched: capacity building at the Ministry of Trade.

UK (DFID) is the IF Facilitator for Rwanda.

IF Focal Point	Mr. Antoine Ruwebana Secretary General Ministry of Commerce Mr. Emile Fundira IF Coordinator Ministry of Commerce Cell: + 250 08 30 74 02
IF Donor Facilitator	Mr. Andrew Masters, DFID Ms. Suzanne Parkin, DFID, London
World Bank Contact	Ms. Mireille Linjouom
UNDP Contact	Mr. Jean-Paul Rwabuyonza National Economist and Head of SPEMU P.O. Box 445, Kigali, Rwanda Tel.: +250 59 04 12 Cell: +250 08 43 51 10 Fax: +250 57 62 63
Aide Mémoire	Aide-Mémoire National Workshop (pdf - 14k)
Concept Paper	Concept Paper (pdf - 72k)
Diagnostic Trade Integration Study	DTIs (pdf - 849k)
Action Matrix	Action Matrix (pdf - 35k)
Date of Workshop	September 13, 2005
Implementation Meeting
Approved Window II Projects
Monitoring Matrix
EIF Correspondence	In-country preparations for the EIF