National Skills Audit Report (2009)
The objective of the Skills Audit is to provide a definitive assessment of the human resource situation in Rwanda. Its purpose is to inform the design of interventions, policies and programmes to meet the human resource requirements of the EDPRS and Vision 2020.
A Skill audit is a methodology used to study labour market conditions, such as availability of required skills, and its dynamics, such as the impact of policy and technology change on the demand and supply of skills. The methodology entails surveying employers to obtain information on their human resources, including employee characteristics, staff turnover, gaps and projected requirements.
Go to the Skills Audit Report.pdf
Mapping of Ongoing and Planned Capacity Building Activities in Rwanda (2008)
Report developed by the Ministry of Public Service and Labour (MIFOTRA) and the Human Resources and Institutional Capacity Development Agency, with support from UNDP in 2008.
This report presents the results of a mapping of ongoing and planned capacity building activities in Rwanda, the resources committed, the institutions/sectors where those activities are carried out and the financing institutions (development partners). The mapping covered the Public sector, Local government, Private sector, Civil society and Development partners.
Go to the Mapping of Capacity Building.pdf on the website of MIFOTRA.
African Governance Forum: Rwanda Country Paper (2007)
This report analyses capacity development initiatives, challenges and strategies in Rwanda, with a view to the construction of a capable state. It is based on the outcome of extensive national consultations. These consultations were carried out in preparation for a country report on capacity development to be presented at the seventh session of the African Governance Forum (AGF VII) to be convened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 24 to 26 October 2007, under the theme “Building the capable state”.
The AGF is a collaborative programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, (UNECA) and African governments, within the framework of the United Nations Special Initiative for Africa (UNISIA). Its main objective is to promote good governance by periodically bringing together African leaders, representatives of the private sector and civil society and other development stakeholders to exchange views with development partners on major challenges and opportunities for good governance.
Go to the Rwanda Country Paper.pdf on the website of MIFOTRA
Enhancing capacity, changing behaviors: rapid results in Gashaki, Rwanda, 2008
SYNOPSIS
More than a decade after the 1994 genocide, Rwandan government ministries struggled to implement long-term plans or even meet mid-term targets. A skills shortage hindered projects at the district and local levels. In 2008, Charles Karake and Stella Mugabo,
senior officials at the Human Resources and Institutional Development Agency, a government organization charged with improving national capacity, experimented with a management practice known as the Rapid Results Approach to enhance ministries’ ability to implement successful projects. Rapid Results encouraged officials to focus on small scale projects that could be completed in a relatively brief time span, usually less than four
months. This case shows how Rwanda’s Ministry of Local Government, under the direction of Protais Musoni, championed the technique to advance the goals of an antipoverty program. A pilot program in Gashaki, an impoverished region in north Rwanda, improved the ability of local officials and leaders to help poor families raise their incomes. Although adoption of Rapid Results did not progress beyond the initial phase for a variety of reasons, public servants who participated in the program increased their ability to deliver services effectively and many of Gashaki’s residents improved their financial positions and quality of life within a surprisingly short period. However, critics noted the
high cost of implementing Rapid Results and stressed that other factors also contributed to the positive results in Gashaki. This study considers the approach as an alternative to traditional methods of building capacity.
Rushda Majeed drafted this case study on the basis of interviews conducted in Kigali and Gashaki, Rwanda, in September and October 2011. Case published January 2012. Two related ISS cases, “The Promise of Imihigo: Decentralized Service Delivery in Rwanda, 2006-2010” and “Energizing the Civil Service: Managing at the Top 2, Bangladesh, 2006-2011,”
examine approaches similar to Rapid Results.