{"id":34673,"date":"2017-05-20T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T10:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/german-increases-funding-to-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T12:47:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:47:20","slug":"german-increases-funding-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/german-increases-funding-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"German increases funding to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

{German has increased funding to Rwanda which will reach \u20ac81 million ( over Rwf 66 billion) in the next five years between 2018-2020.}<\/p>\n

This revealed on Thursday following discussions between Rwanda and German government officials held tri-annually to explore areas in need of new cooperation. <\/p>\n

Previous similar discussions were held in November 2014 and assessed cooperation in the period between 2015-2017 where German agreed to provide \u20ac 69.5 million. <\/p>\n

More funds will be allocated to government priority areas including promotion of vocational skills, good governance and decentralization, promoting private sector, creation of new jobs for the youth and supporting financial sector. <\/p>\n

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, AmbGateteClaver has told the media that German is already a friend of Rwanda providing support in various sectors. <\/p>\n

\u201cGerman is a good partner of Rwanda. We have discussed our precious existing partnership through which they provided Euro 69.5 million but they have agreed to increase the funds to Euro 81 million. I would like to highlight that it is a support not loan to be disbursed in the next five years,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis demonstrates increasing cooperation and existing friendship with German. Atop this, we have been working with German government in what we call \u2018Compact with Africa\u2019 chaired by German as a country leading the association of 20 world\u2019s richest countries,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

The representative of German in discussions held yesterday, Andreas Gies said the cooperation with Rwanda is also concerned with strengthening private investors as it matches with recently launched program of \u2018The Martial Plan with Africa\u2019 meant to support private investors in Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrica comes on forefront in German\u2019s programs. We are going to hold a meeting with Africa representatives from 12th to 13th June 2017 in Berlin and we are glad to welcome Rwanda\u2019s delegates,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

German ambassador to Rwanda, Dr. Peter Woeste said it is the beginning of powerful bilateral discussions and delighted that President Paul Kagame will at the said time go to German to hold talks with other leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n

Rwanda, German relations have existed since 1963. German has institutions like GIZand KFW in Rwanda working with the government in various projects of poverty reduction, promoting health sector, governance and striving for sustainable development. <\/p>\n

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