Review of the NPA Rwanda programme and assessment of prospects of NPA activities in Rwanda

This review of the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) in Rwanda considers both the background and future objectives of the programme. The overall objective of the review is to identify future prospects for NPA’s work in Rwanda. The document assesses the development of the programme, focusing on present situations and future opportunities. The review highlights recommendations for the programme over the next four year period, looking into opportunities, capacities and conditions within NPA Rwanda, NPA’s partners and within the general Rwandan context.

Specific recommendations include:

• NPA should continue and if possible scale up its portfolio, but must be mindful of the challenges involved. The focus should be on greater and more targeted support to the partners’ organisation development, building stronger partnerships, and supporting partners
  
• reduce number of partners and projects and develop the remaining partnerships into more effective, long term, strategic partnerships where more strategic objectives can be achieved
  
• for NPA partners to make effective use of the emerging space for CS actions and to become more important actors in the Rwandan society, there is need for increased and sustained capacity
  
• the most effective and sustainable approach would be to integrate unity and reconciliation as an integral component of all programme activities by NPA and partners, because it cross-cuts the socioeconomic, governance and rights activities.