ObjectivesFund scope
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for fundamental change that helps put the world on a path of sustainable development by 2030. And reaching the Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires collective efforts from all actors in society. In response, the Government of Rwanda developed a National Transformational Strategy (NST) 2017 to 2024 as the key driver for reaching the SDGS.
Moreover, in 2018 the United Nations Development Assistance Plan 2018-2023 (UNDAP II) was signed by the Government and the UN. It is anchored in the NST and linked to Agenda 2030, and outlines areas of support to the national development agenda in Rwanda by the United Nations system. The Rwanda SDG Fund, established in 2018, is a common fund mechanism that mobilizes and allocates additional resources at the country level to fund activities under the UNDAP II.
Strategic framework
The goal of UNDAP II is that by 2023, Rwanda will be firmly on the path towards achieving the SDGs. To achieve this goal, work streams are divided into the three pillars of economic transformation, social transformation and transformational governance, under which there are six strategic priority outcomes:
- Outcome 1: By 2023 people in Rwanda benefit from more inclusive, competitive and sustainable economic growth that generates decent work and promotes quality livelihoods for all.
- Outcome 2: By 2023 Rwandan institutions and communities are more equitably, productively and sustainably managing natural resources and addressing climate change and natural disasters.
- Outcome 3: By 2023, people in Rwanda, particularly the most vulnerable, enjoy increased and equitable access to quality education, health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services.
- Outcome 4: By 2023, people in Rwanda, particularly the most vulnerable, have increased resilience to both natural and man-made shocks for a life free from all forms of violence and discrimination.
- Outcome 5: By 2023, people in Rwanda benefit from enhanced gender equality, justice, human rights, peace and security.
- Outcome 6: By 2023, people in Rwanda participate more actively in democratic and development processes and benefit from transparent and accountable public and private sector institutions that develop evidence-based policies and deliver quality services.
In support of the UNDAP II, the Rwanda SDG Fund seeks to facilitate the realization of the UNDAP II outcomes by strengthening the planning and coordination process, and channelling consistent and predictable joint funds towards the highest priority needs. This will be accomplished by:
- Support investment in SDGs acceleration and transformative change with joint resource mobilization, allocation and disbursement of donor resources to the UNDAP II under the direction of the UN Resident Coordinator;
- Improve coherence, cohesiveness, synergies and impact for the benefits of the populations of Rwanda leaving no one behind;
- Reduce fragmentation and transaction costs, address unproductive competition, facilitate scale and partnerships and provide incentives for pursuing system-wide priorities, strategic positioning and coherence to efficiently achieve national SDG commitments; and,
- Complement the parallel resource base (core and non-core funds of individual agencies).
The Fund promote and provides a conduit for innovative financing, drawing on emerging and ongoing action in Rwanda along the above lines.
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