Government entities and CSOs operating in southern province continue to discuss on citizen social security matters through poverty alleviation initiatives.
On Wednesday 4 March 2020, government authorities from Provincial level, all Districts of the province and representatives of Rwanda Governance Board and Rwanda Agriculture Board met Non state actors (NGOs) in Muhanga District, Southern Province.
The purpose was to discuss on Unlocking poverty for social economic well-being of the Rwandan community.
The consultation meeting also attended by Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Action (SDHA,) focused on citizen participation, inclusion in decision making and inclusive planning among others.
Participants of the meeting spearheaded by CG Emmanuel Gasana, Governor of Southern Province, agreed on joint citizen- centered service delivery.
JADF was tasked to consider citizen involvement in development planning processes.
On this note, the RGB represented by Ms. Kazayire Judith was advised to monitor JADF and ensure that planned activity is implementing at the fullest.
Relatedly, non-state actors present agreed to integrate ten development priorities chosen by Southern Province as they are wholly in the National Strategy for Transformation (NST 1).
Understanding JADF
Standing for the Joint Action Development Forum, (JADF) was established by Ministerial Instructions No. 04/07 of 15/07/2007 as a multi-stakeholder platform put in place to facilitate and promote full participation of citizens in the decentralized and participatory governance and improve service provision processes with representatives from the public sector, private sector and civil society”.
Its members come from institutions and organizations operating at District level including public, private, local and international NGOs, Faith-based organisations and other development partners.
Its mission is to ensure a sustainable socio-economic development and improved service delivery for Rwandan communities through active participation, dialogue, and accountability by sharing information, effective coordination of stakeholders’ interventions in decentralized entities.
How SDHA does come in?
The objective of the consultation meeting are in line with SDHA objectives especially in objective 4&5 which are: (a) To promote socio-economic livelihoods for communities; (b) to support education and effective participation of citizens especially for youth and women.
To ensure poverty alleviation, SDHA initiated the The empowerment program which targets local economic development (LED) for beneficiaries via integral approach made of two complementary programs enabled by capacity development, awareness and mobilization of youth and women who are the primary target beneficiaries of the program.