Capacity Building Program for Inclusive Green Economy for Government Officials in East Africa

The Capacity Building training for government officials from East Africa is a pilot program on Inclusive Green Economy implemented by the University of Gothenburg and Gothenburg Center for Environment and Sustainability (GMV) at Chalmers University of Technology through a funding from the Swedish Institute (SI). GGGI Rwanda will be the national implementation partner that will provide both technical and administrative support to deliver the program. The goal of the program is to strengthen national capacity to create an Inclusive Green Economy (IGE), which is one of the prerequisites for achieving Agenda 2030. The program covers all the themes of Agenda 2030, with focus on Goal 8: Decent working conditions and economic growth. The main objective of the program is to strengthen low-income countries' capacity for transformation to an inclusive green economy through increased knowledge and application of economic policy instruments, organizational change, and the building of national systems and transparent institutions. The program is an advanced training with direct applicability for the participants daily work. It includes some theoretical training within IGE, practical exercises, study visits, project development and support for implementing own change work. The focus is on the use of economic instruments such as environmental taxes, pollution fees, subsidies or subsidy reduction, trading systems and other types of financial incentives for societal development in line with Agenda 2030.