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SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION IN RWANDA

The Eco-Emploi project is a Rwandan-German initiative aimed at creating jobs and strengthening companies and cooperatives in the wood, tourism and audio-visual value chain through an integrated approach to employment promotion. A specific focus is placed on the economic empowerment of women, youth and persons with disabilities as well as the promotion of digital solutions.

OUR APPROACH

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Skills Development

We support the capacity development of TVET schools’ management and advise TVET institutions on the design and implementation of TVET programmes, including e-learning to improve the supply of labour - based on the demand of MSMEs and cooperatives.

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Labour Market Interventions

To better match labour supply and demand, the project supports the implementation of improved labour market policy and labour market services. This includes capacity strengthening of the Public Employment Service Centres and career counseling.

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Private Sector Development

In cooperation with public and private partners, we support strategic interventions to improve the competitiveness of MSMEs in the supported value chains to raise the demand of labour. This also includes policy advice on implementing the value chain approach.

THE VALUE CHAINS

Tourism Value Chain

We train local tour operators to develop and market new tourism offers in Rwanda’s Kivu-Belt region with a focus on outdoor tourism such as hiking, cycling and bird watching and advise community-based tourism actors on how to improve their services.
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Audio-Visual Value Chain

We advise the Rwanda Film Office on the establishment of a database for professionals, a customer relationship management system and the establishment and management of a film fund to increase growth and employment in the Rwandan film industry.
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Wood Value Chain

We support MSMEs and cooperatives along the wood value chain in improving their structures and processes for more efficient production to strengthen the local wood sector’s competitiveness to substitute imported with locally produced products.

CROSS-CUTTING

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Eco-Emploi specifically supports the economic empowerment of persons with disabilities. For example, the project advises the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) in its mandate to advocate for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the national development of Rwanda. Amongst others, the NCPD is supported in the development of disability inclusive employment promotion, specifically a Disability Management Information System that identifies the barriers, needs and potentials of persons with disabilities to facilitate their integration into the labour market.

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