Rwanda

The Agreements

Memorandum of Understanding
(Glasgow,
November 2021
– November 2026)

GGGI agreement
(January 2018 –
January 2019)

Memorandum of Understanding
(Marrakech,
November 2016 –
November 2021)

Updates

10/11/2022 Side Event COP27 The environmental challenges and development opportunities related to the rapid urban growth

11/11/2020 Sixth meeting of the Joint Committee
03/06/2020 Italy Rwanda investment opportunity
  10/12/2019 Bilateral cooperation Italy-Rwanda, the Center on Climate Change and Sustainable Development for Africa
will host the Rwandan delegation
10/09/2019 Training Days in Rome as part of the Sustainable Urban Wetlands Development within Kigali City project
  03/04/2019 The second Contribution Agreement has been signed between MATTM and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
03/04/2019 Study visit to Bologna as part of the Sustainable Urban Wetlands Development within Kigali City project
29/01/2019 Fourth meeting of the Joint Committee
08/05/2018 Third meeting of the Joint Committee: a project for the reclamation of some wetlands in Kigali has been approved
16/11/2017 First meeting of the Joint Committee in Bonn

Memorandum of Understanding (Glasgow, November 2021 - November 2026

“Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of sustainable development”

Counterpart: Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Rwanda
Budget: -
Areas of intervention:

support for the development of appropriate mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change
the collection, analysis and dissemination of data relating to the observation of climate change and the measurement of its impact on potentially vulnerable economic sectors;
support to the implementation, monitoring, reporting and communication of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs);
Promotion of Bioversity;
Forest support;
Promotion of sustainable and integrated land use;
Integrated management of water resources;
Management and valorisation of waste.

Documentation
- Memorandum of Understanding Italy-Rwanda (November, 11 2021, EN)

GGGI agreement (January 2018 - January 2019)

“Vulnerability to climate change, adaptation and mitigation”

Memorandum of Understanding (Marrakech, November 2016 - November 2020)

"Cooperation in the field of climate change vulnerability, risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation"

Counterpart: Ministry of Natural Resources *

Budget: 2 million euros that can be integrated
Areas of intervention:

Capacity building;
Promotion of sustainable agricultural practices;
Integrated management of water resources;
Management and valorisation of waste.

Documentation
- Memorandum of Understanding Italy-Rwanda (November, 15 2016 EN)
- Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (November 16, 2017, EN)
- Rwanda Work Plan (November 16, 2017, EN)
- Agreement with the Global Green Growth Institute (January 2018, EN)
- Agreement with the Global Green Growth Institute (April 3, 2019, EN)