These countries include Botswana, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria and Somalia which have been benchmarking on Rwanda’s know-how for seven days through Rwanda Cooperation.
Rwanda Cooperation is mandated with the promotion of Rwanda’s innovative Home-Grown Initiatives and Good Practices, and the coordination of study trips for countries interested to learn about the country’s policies and systems.
During the visit, Delegates from these countries had a chance to gain insights into best practices in different areas of development including education, infrastructure, technology and other innovations that have significantly contributed to Rwanda’s transformation journey for the past 28 years.
At a reception hosted by Rwanda Cooperation for the delegates, they revealed that the insights gained from Rwanda’s experience will be leveraged to spur the development of respective countries.
Ebrima Ceesay who led the delegation from The Gambia’s Public Procurement Authority revealed that they learnt much from Rwanda, particularly with regards to electronic procurement.
“We gain a lot from Rwanda because it is an organized country. We were particularly inspired by the country’s use of technology in public procurement processes, and we want to apply the same back home,” he said.
“Through Rwanda Public Procurement Authority, we learnt how the online procurement system operates and the key tools used, and this will make it easier for us to emulate it in our country,” Ceesay added.
Jocelyne Kiogora, A Communication Officer at Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company in Kenya said that she was impressed by best practices of the Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) in terms of clean water distribution policy.
“We wanted to learn from Rwanda owing to the country’s fast development pace. We visited WASAC and witnessed the quality of its water distribution systems, as well as the cleanliness of the distributed water. It has inspired us to do much more,” she noted.
The Chief Executive of Rwanda Cooperation, Amb. Christine Nkulikiyinka said that Rwanda also gains a lot from such visits.
“We benefit from these visits which give us an opportunity to share some of the achievements that our efforts have yielded. But in the spirit of South-South Cooperation, we too get to gain insights from their development approaches, thereby contribution to mutual growth. Our work also involves the conceptualization of different projects in collaboration with our foreign partners, as well as joint resource mobilisation through development partners, to support implementation,” she disclosed.
Rwanda Cooperation was established in 2018. It has so far hosted over 342 delegations from 54 countries from Africa, Southern Asia and Europe. The institution is also working with the Chadian Finance Ministry in digitizing the country’s public finance management and tax revenue management systems.
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