Rwanda (2007)
In 2007 as a follow-up activity from the work on African regional science and innovation, I was commissioned by DFID to support the development of a national system for science and innovation in Rwanda. The main objective of this project was to design a process to support the Government of Rwanda’s objective of establishing a national system of innovation supported by appropriate legal, regulatory and funding systems.
I worked with Rwanda’s Minister for Science, Technology, Innovation and Research and key development partners, including the World Bank Group. This work led to a DFID-funded project “Science Technology and Innovation for Results (STIR)” that was launched at a development partners meeting in Kigali in June 2017. A selection of the presentations from the partners’ meeting and a copy of the workshop report are presented below.
A womens’ group making “peace baskets” in Rwanda, a community innovation project in practice. See Gahaya Links for more information
Peace baskets on sale at Macy’s department store in New York.
The STIR project was implemented from 2007-8 and resulted in the creation of the necessary legal frameworks to establish a new system to support research and innovation in Rwanda. This in turn led to the creation of a National Council for Science and Technology and reform of the higher education system in Rwanda, including the creation of the University of Rwanda.
Presentations and report
| Presentation: Building legal and regulatory frameworks for science, technology and innovation in Rwanda | Paul van Gardingen University of Edinburgh |
| Presentation: Rwanda’s agenda for building science, technology and innovation capacity | Professor Romain Murenzi Minister in President’s Office in charge of Science, Technology and Scientific Research |
| Presentation: Government of Rwanda – World Bank science, technology capacity building TA programme: Practical solutions for practical problems. | Alfred Watkins World Bank Science and technology Program Co-Ordinator |
| Report: Rwanda Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Partners Meeting | Paul van Gardingen University of Edinburgh |