TA Facility to Strengthen Rwanda’s Social Protection Sector

FCDO’s Exiting Poverty in Rwanda (EPR) programme will enable people to exit out of poverty at the same time as protecting Rwanda’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens into the future. FCDO has provided £50m in Financial Aid to the Government of Rwanda. This is likely to be the last programme supporting Rwanda’s social protection sector that involves financial resource transfer at this scale, so greater focus will be on influencing the wider policy context for social protection, strengthening systems and building capacity and learning to underpin the delivery of the programme and its long-term sustainability. The Technical Assistance (TA) Facility will provide technical expertise and capacity building to the Government of Rwanda, specifically the Ministry of Local Governments (MINALOC) and the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA), and support the effective implementation of its Social Protection Sector Strategic Plan (SP-SSP) and ultimately a strengthened national social protection system, as well as the delivery of FCDO’s EPR programme which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and reduce overall poverty. The intended outcome of EPR is to enhance the resilience of vulnerable men, women and children and of the social protection system that helps sustain them.