National Dialogue
National Dialogue/Umushyikirano is a Rwandan home grown platform for dialogue on issues of national importance.
National Dialogue discussions aim to achieve the following objectives: sharing a common understanding of means to achieve self-reliance; enhancing participation in the implementation of EPRS; developing strategies to increase savings and secure sustainable financing for the future and improve strategies to close the skills gap and improve youth employment..s
Agaciro Development Fund (AGDF)
The Agaciro Development Fund (AGDF) is Rwanda's first Sovereign Wealth Fund. The AGDF was initiated by Rwandans in 2011 at the 9th Umushyikirano (National Dialogue) and was then officially launched by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame in August 2012.
The name “Agaciro” conveys the idea of “Dignity” which was embraced as Rwanda’s key moral value in its journey towards sustainable socio-economic development. http://www.agaciro.org/index.php?id=2
Umuganda
The word Umuganda can be translated as ‘coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome’. In traditional Rwandan culture, members of the community would call upon their family, friends and neighbors to help them complete a difficult task. As part of efforts to reconstruct Rwanda and nurture a shared national identity, the Government of Rwanda drew on aspects of Rwandan culture and traditional practices to enrich and adapt its development programs to the country’s needs and context. The result is a set of Home Grown Solutions — culturally owned practices translated into sustainable development programs. One of these Home Grown Solutions is Umuganda. http://www.rgb.rw/governance-innovations/umuganda/#