{"id":39533,"date":"2019-06-18T17:47:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T17:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-calls-for-inclusive-policies\/"},"modified":"2019-06-21T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:50:49","slug":"president-kagame-calls-for-inclusive-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-calls-for-inclusive-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame calls for inclusive policies that put citizens at the centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president made the observation today in Belgium as he attended Europe\u2019s leading development forum, European Development Days (EDD).<\/p>\n

President Kagame said that Africa is also starting to come together to assert its interests with one voice referring to the African Continental Free Trade Area as one of the most significant recent achievements in expanding the horizon of opportunities on the African continent, which will be formally launched next month at the African Union Summit in Niger.<\/p>\n

Kagame stressed that there is more work ahead to make sure that this agreement results in increased prosperity for all people noting that the continent is eager to get started because the task of addressing inequality has always been the primary responsibility of each individual country.<\/p>\n

He explained that in the current global context, it is more imperative than ever that developing countries take more effective lead of their general development agenda, as well as raising the level of prosperity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not something that can be done by external actors alone. The starting point is an inclusive politics that puts citizens at the centre. Community ownership of development empowers citizens to hold government accountable,\u201d said Kagame.<\/p>\n

The President highlighted that the latter builds public trust without which it is difficult for governments to define the challenges that impede progress, and implement appropriate solutions.<\/p>\n

Referring to Rwanda\u2019s situation, Kagame explained that Rwandans have been able to get some good results relative to the limited level of resources at their disposal, particularly in areas including health, access to education, and environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shows what is possible in other areas, and on a larger scale, especially by investing in human capital and technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, we are working to create new employment opportunities for women, youth, and vulnerable groups, so that they are able to make full use of their talents and innovation to achieve a better standard of living,\u201d added Kagame. <\/p>\n

He also lauded the President of the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker who is completing his mandate for his committed leadership as well as the strong and productive partnership that has been built over time, between the European Union, and both Rwanda and Africa.<\/p>\n

This Year\u2019s European Development Days (EDD) forum was organized under the theme: \u2018Inequalities: trends and challenges in the context of globalization.\u2019<\/p>\n

Kagame was invited to deliver a keynote speech on \u2018Addressing inequalities: Building a world which leaves no one behind\u2019 at the two-day summit held on 18-19th June 2019.<\/p>\n

European Development Days was launched in since 2006.<\/p>\n

It is organized by the European Commission, the European Development Days (EDD) and brings the development community together each year to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing challenges.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame has commended developing countries for taking more lead of their general development agenda, as well as raising the level of prosperity highlighting that the initiative will be fully implemented if citizens\u2019 inclusiveness is put at the center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39533"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39533"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}