Report of Governance Assessment on the Functioning of Sports Federations

REPORT OF GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT ON THE FUNCTIONING OF SPORTS FEDERATIONS

November 2020

Table of Contents

FOREWORD ...... 2 1. INTRODUCTION ...... 5 1.1. Sports Regulatory and Institutional Framework ...... 6 1.2. Overview of Sports Federations assessed ...... 7 2. Assessment Methodology ...... 10 2.1. Overview ...... 10 2.2. Description of indicators, sub indicators and variables ...... 10 2.3. Data Collection Methods ...... 11 2.4. Data entry and analysis...... 11 2.5. Ranking system ...... 12 3. FINDINGS ...... 13 3.1. Governance systems ...... 18 3.1.1. Functioning of Federations and Clubs ...... 18 3.1.2. Democracy and leadership ...... 19 3.1.3. Transparency and Accountability ...... 20 3.2. Implementation of core function ...... 21 3.2.1. Sports development programs ...... 22 3.2.2. Capacity building and expertise of members ...... 22 3.2.3. Mitigation of health risks of sport activities ...... 23 3.2.4. Financial management ...... 23 3.2.5. Human resources management ...... 24 3.2.6. Code of conduct and conflict management ...... 25 3.2.7. Sport infrastructures ...... 25 3.2.8. General working environment ...... 25 3.3. Partnerships with other stakeholders ...... 26 4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 34 4.1. Conclusion...... 34 4.2. Recommendations ...... 34

FOREWORD The Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) is pleased to share this report of the governance assessment on the functioning of sports federations which was conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports. The purpose of the assessment was to examine how sports federations implement governance principles and practices related to the management of sports bodies.

The assessment covered nine federations and nineteen clubs in the various sport disciplines including: football, basketball, volleyball, handball, and athletics, sit ball and cycling. The assessment focused on the following three indicators: Governance systems, implementation of core functions and partnership with other stakeholders. There are ten sub-indicators, forty two (42) variables and forty one (41) composites.

The findings indicate that, the average score of the three indicators is 55.03% with governance system scoring 58.7%, implementation of core functions 45.3% while partnership with other stakeholders scored 61.1%. Two of the nine federations assessed scored above 80%, one federation scored 77.5% while the rest scored below 60%. The best performing federation scored 86.1% while the least scored 28.6%.

The report also presents a set of recommendations to concerned stakeholders to improve the areas that were found falling short of the functioning of the sports bodies. On behalf of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) I would like to thank all institutions, federations and individuals who offered support in the assessment process. We remain committed to working with you all in promoting good governance in the sector of sports.

Dr. KAITESI Usta

CEO, Rwanda Governance Board

Table 1: Summary of performance of Indicators

INDICATOR SCORES/100 RATING

INDICATOR 1: GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS 58.7

1.1 Functioning of the federation 74.0

1.2 Democracy and leadership 54.9

1.3 Transparency and accountability 47.2 INDICATOR 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF CORE FUNCTION 45.3 2.1 Sport development Programs 69.4

2.2 Federations develop capacity and expertise of their member organisations 47.2

2.3 Federations mitigate health risks of sport activities 28.9

2.4 Financial Management 40.7

2.5 Code of conduct and conflict management 33.3 2.6 Human resource management 66.7

2.7 General working environment and Customer care 31.1

INDICATOR 3: PARTNERSHIPS 61.1

3.1 Federation has other sponsors 77.8

3.2 Federations comply to reporting requirements 44.4 OVERALL INDICATOR PERFORMANCE 55.03

Summary of Membership and Legal Personality of Sports Clubs

Registration of Clubs in RGB

Federations Clubs Registered Clubs Not Registered Total Number of Clubs

22 47 69 FERWABA 0 29 29 FERWACY 4 6 10 FRVB 2 30 32 FERWAHAND 5 29 34 RAF 8 9 17 NPC 2 31 33

Clubs’ Federation Membership Total Number of Federations Membership approved Clubs with no Membership Clubs FERWAFA 11 58 69 FERWABA 25 4 29 FERWACY 3 7 10 FRVB 23 9 32 FERWAHAND 3 27 34 RAF 13 4 17 NPC 3 30 33

1. INTRODUCTION RGB in collaboration with Ministry of Sports conducted governance assessment on the functioning of Sports Federations. The objective of the assessment was to examine how sports federations implement governance principles and practices related to the management of sports bodies and to make appropriate recommendations. The assessment focused on the governance and regulatory framework that support sports development in its various disciplines. Rwanda envisions promotion of sports for all to increase the social economic impact of sports to the citizens.1

The assessment report captures information on the existing governance practices such as, the level of transparency and accountability, democratic processes in electing leaders of different organs and internal control mechanisms, the implementation of core functions, financial management mechanisms and general working environment.

The main sporting activities in Rwanda include; Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Cycling, Athletics, Paralympic sports, Handball, Tennis, Cricket, Golf, Boxing, Taekwondo, Karate, and Judo among others. The assessment sampled nine Federations involved in; Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Cycling, Athletics, Paralympic sports, Handball. It should be noted that, the Rwanda Olympic and Sports Committee, the Association Rwandaise pour la promotion du Sport en milieu du Travail (ARPST)and the National Association for the promotion of Women Sports (ANPSF) do involve in various sports disciplines. These three were equally assessed.

The report is based on primary data which was qualitatively generated through different assessment methods including document reviews, field observation and interviews. The assessment was conducted in March 2020 and covered 10 sports federations along with 19 sports clubs affiliated to seven of the Federations, which were purposively identified. However, during data analysis, it was realised that, the National Association for the Promotion of Women Sports wasn’t a Federation as such because it neither owns any clubs nor organises sports competitions. It rather embarks on advocacy for gender mainstreaming in the sports sector. Therefore, the report shows the findings of nine Federations. The findings indicate that the overall score on compliance to governance principles and practices is 57.4% obtained from the average of the three indicators assessed where, Governance systems scored 58.7%, Implementation of core functions scored 45.3% and Partnership with other stakeholders scored 68.1%.

1 National Strategy for Transformation (NST1), 2017-2024

1.1. Sports Regulatory and Institutional Framework

The legal framework for sports development in Rwanda is well established. According to the Law 56 Nº 32/2017 of 03/08/2017 governing organization of sports, games and leisure sport aims at keeping the people’s vitality to contributing to the economic development, promoting community socio-cultural values, conviviality, mutual respect as well as serving as a mobilization tool.

The National Sports Development Policy of 2012 aims at achieving different goals including; bringing people together, increasing national pride, unity and improving community health. It equally intends to achieve sports quality at the individual, community and country levels with the primary task of pursuing the culture of excellence by reaching the highest level of performance. The policy further highlights the significant role of sports in the quality of peoples’ life. It provides enjoyment and entertainment to millions of participants, spectators and facilitators and is traditionally associated with fun and excitement.

In terms of institutional framework, the Ministry of sports regulates the sector and sets up development policies, strategies as well as programs that contribute to the promotion of sports2. In particular, it sets up guidelines for stakeholder coordination, the standards and monitors their compliance and follows up on the national sports teams based on the sport activity calendar. The Prime Minister’s Order n° 037/03 of 14/02/2020 determining mission, responsibilities and organizational structure, specifies the mission of the Ministry of Sports which is to develop and support the implementation of policies and strategies that promote sports development initiatives aimed at economic and social transformation.

On the other hand, the National Olympic Committee of Rwanda coordinates the sports federations and associations under their respective umbrellas and contributes to their capacity building. It equally supervises activities related to Olympic Games. Another organ in the sports institutional framework is the federations. They are national umbrella organizations constituted of Clubs and/or Associations. They have a mandate of promoting sports by identifying and developing talent among the youth in an inclusive manner. Most of the federations and associations are members of the national Olympic Committee, but are also affiliated to some international sports organisations.

2 Republic of Rwanda, Law 56 Nº 32/2017 of 03/08/2017 governing organization of sports, games and leisure, Art. 5

A Federation has the following key responsibilities: to coordinate all sporting activities falling within its domain at the national level; to prepare Sustainable development plan for its respective sport basing on the national sport development policy; to authorize and organize national tournaments of sport and game under its domain basing on national and international rules and regulations; to ensure preparatory arrangements for a national team participating in an international competition; to submit annually to the Ministry an action plan and an activity report related to the sport as well as a report on the execution of the state budget for a specified period.3 Based on the partnership agreement federations submit reports to other stakeholders.

The administrative structure of most federations includes the General Assembly as the supreme decision-making organ of the Federation, the Executive Committee as the organ charged with the day-to-day affairs of the federation whose members are elected or appointed by the General Assembly. Other equally important organs in the federation management are conflict resolution and audit committees. The lowest level of sport institution framework is the sport clubs which have the responsibility to elaborate and implement sports development plan and to preserve sporting values among others.

1.2. Overview of Sports Federations assessed

As highlighted above, the sports sector in Rwanda is regulated by the Ministry of sports through the National Olympic and Sports Committee and Federations responsible for particular sport. The Law governing sports in Rwanda provides details on responsibilities of the Federations as highlighted in the section of legal framework above. Below is brief overview of the assessed organisations. i. Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC) The Rwanda National Olympic and Sport Committee founded in 1984, serves as both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association. It coordinates the Olympic games at national level and represents the country at regional, and international multi-sports competitions supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). RNOSC is regally accredited.

3 Republic of Rwanda, Law 56 Nº 32/2017 of 03/08/2017 governing organization of sports, games and leisure, Art. 7

ii. Federation Rwandese de Cyclisme (FERWACY): is a national non-governmental organization of cycling with a legal personality and affiliation to Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). It promotes development of cycling sport through organisation of competitions across the country and provision of technical capacity to coaches, athletes and other technical staff.

iii. Federation Rwandaise de Football Association (FERWAFA): Is a non-governmental organization that was established in 1972 to promote and develop football in Rwanda. It is responsible for organisation of football competitions in Rwanda. FERWAFA was admitted to FIFA as a member in 1978 and is also a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).

iv. Federation Rwandese de Handball (FERWAHAND): was introduced in Rwanda by the German Brothers of Charities and White Fathers in 1992. Handball started in Kigali and gradually spread to other parts of the country especially in secondary schools. The Rwandan Handball Federation is a member of the African Handball Confederation (CAHB), the International Handball Federation (IHF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

v. Federation Rwandaise de Basketball (FERWABA). Basketball was introduced in Rwanda by Catholic Priests (Missionaries) in 1930 and the Rwanda Basketball Federation was created in much later in 1974 to promote basketball and to organise local and international competitions in basketball. The first basketball national League was organized in the same year FERWABA was created. FERWABA is now a member of Rwanda National Olympic Committee, Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) and Zone Afrique.

vi. Federation Rwandese de Volleyball (FRVB). The Rwanda Volleyball Federation was established in 1984 introduced by Christian missionaries initially in schools, later in military camps and in rural areas. It is a member of the African Confederation of Volleyball (CAVB) and the International Federation of Volley ball (FIVB). The federation is responsible for developing and promoting volleyball in Rwanda.

vii. The National Paralympic Committee (NPC): NPC was established in 2001 to promote sports for persons with disabilities in Rwanda. NPC Rwanda is a member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), World Para-Volley, Africa Paralympic Committee (APC), and the

National Union of Disabilities’ Organisations of Rwanda (NUDOR). It coordinates national sports associations representing all types of disabilities thereby promoting sports for people with disabilities.

viii. Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF): Rwanda Athletics Federation coordinates all athletics events in Rwanda including: track and field, road running, race walking and cross country running, javelin, discus, high and long jump among others. RAF promotes athletic sports especially among the youth.

2. Assessment Methodology

2.1. Overview The Governance assessment on the performance of sports federations was conducted using qualitative approach. Qualitative data were collected and scored to evaluate the compliance of federation to governance principles and practices. The assessment report employed primary and secondary data sources. Secondary data was obtained through desk review of relevant documents4 while primary data was collected through interviews and observation during field visits. The assessment purposively sampled 10 federations5 and 19 clubs6 representing various sports disciplines. The selection of the sample also considered other factors such as geographical coverage, participation in national and international competitions as well as inclusiveness. The scope of the assessment was one year, that is to say 2019.

2.2. Description of indicators, sub indicators and variables This assessment comprises 3 indicators, 10 sub indicators, 42 variables and 41 composites. The three indicators assessed are; governance systems, implementation of core functions and partnership with other stakeholders. The indicator on governance systems is composed of sub indicators, variables and composites while the other two indicators are composed of sub indicators and variables only. The three indicators measure the following governance aspects:

. Governance system: This assesses the functioning of federation organs, democracy in electing leaders as well as transparency and accountability mechanisms. . Implementation of Federation core functions: This assessed the implementation of sports development programs, capacity building of federation members, mitigation of health risks for sports activities, Financial Management, respecting code of conduct and conflict management, Human resource management, as well as general working environment and customer care. . Partnership with Stakeholders: This assessed the ability of federations to create productive partnership and attract sponsors in terms of technical, financial, advocacy and logistical needs. It also measured the federations’ level of compliance to reporting requirements.

4 Policies, Laws, meeting minutes and progress reports among others. 5 FERWABA, FERWACY, FERWAHAND, FERWAFA, FRVB, RAF, NPC, ANPSF, ARPST and RNOSC 6 Etincelles FC, Musanze FC, Espoir FC, Kamonyi W. FC, Mukura FC, Gisagara VC, IPRC Huye VC, APR VC, Rwamagana/St Aloys Athletics club, Marie Reine Basketball club,Patriots Basketball Club, Benediction Cycling club, Bugesera cycling club, Adrien Niyonshuti Cycling academy, GS Munyove Handball club, Kabarondo handball club, Muhanga NPC club, Gasabo NPC club, Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle.

Chart 1: Indicators, Sub-indicator, Variables and composites

Number of sub-indicators, Variables and composites per indicator

45 41 40 35

30 26 25 20 15 12 10 7 4 5 3 0 Governance Systems Implemetation of core function Partnership with Stakeholders Sub indicator Variables Composites

2.3. Data Collection Methods A desk review of relevant governance documents on governance of the sports sector was conducted before the development of the assessment tool. A detailed checklist for data collection was developed based on the assessment indicators. Primary data was collected using interviews and observation methods. Representatives of each of 10 federations and three member clubs were interviewed. Visits to clubs that operate outside Kigali were conducted to review their key documents, equipment and their working environment.

2.4. Data entry and analysis All data collected was entered into excel sheet and crosschecked to ensure accuracy, quality and validity. Data was thereafter analysed and organised into tables and graphs. Data scoring was performed where composites were averaged to form variable score and variables were avareged to form sub-indicattor score. The composite and variable weight is either 0 or 1 which reflects compliance or non-compliance. The indicator on the other hand derive their score from the average of all sub-indicators. Indicators are scored between 0 and 100 where 0 is the lowest score aand 100 the highest. The overall score is the average of the performance of all indicators.

2.5. Ranking system The ranking system of the performance of Federation and performance of Indicators is represented by four colors each color denoting a particular category of scores. The four colors are Green, Yellow, Amber and Red. .

Table 2: Colour ranking

Scores (%) Rank in colour 80-100 60-79.99 40-59.99 0-39.99

3. FINDINGS As mentioned earlier, nine federations were assessed using three indicators namely; Governance system which attained an overall score of 58.7%; Implementation of core functions that scored 45.3% and Partnership with other stakeholders that scored 61.1%. The findings indicate that, the overall performance of federation in the governance areas assessed is 55.03% derived from the average score of the three indicators.

Table 2. Performance of Indicators, sub-indicators and Variables

S/N INDICATOR Performance on Compliance Rating Compliance per Indicator Scores/100 INDICATOR 1: GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS 58.7 1 Functioning of the federation 74.0 1.1 General Assembly complies to operational standards 100.0 Statutory meetings convened 1.1.2 regularly 9 9 100.0 General Assembly meetings 1.1.3 respects the quorum 9 9 100.0 1.2 Executive Committee complies to operational standards 83.3 Statutory meetings convened 1.2.1 regularly 6 9 66.7 Action Plan and Budget 1.2.2 submitted to the General Assembly for approval 9 9 100.0 Conflict resolution Committee 1.3 complies to operational standards 5 9 55.6 Audit Committee complies to 1.4 operational standards 6 9 66.7 1.5 Audit and control mechanism 64.4 Existence internal audit 1.5.1 committee appointed by the general assembly 9 9 100.0 Financial statements reviewed 1.5.2 by an independent and external auditor 5 9 55.6 Regulations on 1.5.3 agreements/payments exist and are complied with 7 9 77.8

Federations comply to internal regulations of separation of 1.5.4 duties to prevent the same person to initiate and approve payments 7 9 77.8 Federations comply to internal 1.5.5 regulations that restrict the use of cash 1 9 11.1 2 Democracy and leadership 54.9 2.1 Compliance to election procedures 79.6 Existence of guidelines for the 2.1.1 election and removal of the executive committee members 8 9 88.9

2.1.2 Executive committee members are democratically elected 7 9 77.8 Existence of executive 2.1.3 committee position profiles (responsibilities and 3 9 33.3 competencies) Existence an electoral 2.1.4 committee that oversees the 8 9 88.9 election process The general assembly is representative of all the 2.1.5 organization’s affiliated 9 9 100.0 members Existence of procedures for 2.1.6 convening ordinary and extraordinary meetings 8 9 88.9 Participation of referees and coaches in the organizations' decision 2.2 processes 51.9 Referees are involved in policy 2.2.1 processes 5 9 55.6 Referees are formally 2.2.2 represented within the organization 4 9 44.4 Coaches are involved in policy 2.2.3 processes 5 9 55.6 2.3 Federations implement gender equality policy 33.3 Existence of a strategy to 2.3.1 implement the national gender mainstreaming policy 3 9 33.3 Federations respect 30% of 2.3.2 women representation in their Executive committees 3 9 33.3 3 Transparency and accountability 47.2

3.1 Federations share key documents to their members and the public 38.9 Federations share statutes to 3.1.1 their members and the public 5 9 55.6 Federations share internal 3.1.2 regulations to their members and the public 5 9 55.6 Federations share 3.1.3 organizational chart to their members and the public 5 9 55.6 Federations share sport rules to 3.1.4 their members and the public 6 9 66.7 Federations share annual action 3.1.5 plan to their members and the public 0 9 0.0 Federations share annual report 3.1.6 to their members and the public 0 9 0.0 Federations publish and share information on functioning and 3.2 composition of G/A & Ex. Com 51.9 Federations share agenda of the 3.2.1 meetings 9 9 100.0 3.2.2 Federations share minutes 8 9 88.9 3.2.3 Federations share resolutions 0 9 0.0 Federations publish names and positions of Executive 3.2.4 Committee members on the website 5 9 55.6 Federations publish biographical information 3.2.5 about individual Executive Committee Members 3 9 33.3 Federations publish information about members 3.2.6 (athletes and clubs) on its website 3 9 33.3 3.3 General Assembly approves the key working documents 68.5 3.3.1 Federation strategic plan 6 9 66.7 3.3.2 Federation action plan 9 9 100.0 3.3.3 Federation annual report 8 9 88.9 3.3.4 Federation budget 8 9 88.9

3.3.5 Federation procurement plan 0 9 0.0 Federation capacity building 3.3.6 plan 6 9 66.7 Federations define the circumstances which lead to conflict of 3.4 interest 29.6 Federation statutes define circumstances in which, a 3.4.1 person is ineligible to serve as a member of the Ex.Com 1 9 11.1 Federations have clear governance structure according 3.4.2 to the principle of separation of powers 6 9 66.7 The statutes distinguish the chairperson of the General 3.4.3 Assembly from that of the Executive Committee 1 9 11.1 INDICATOR 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF CORE FUNCTION 45.3 1 Sport development Programs 69.4 Federations have development 1.1 programs for the youth 8 9 88.9 Federations have strategies of 1.2 detecting youth talents 6 9 66.7 Federations have special 1.3 programs for young women sports development 4 9 44.4 Women and men teams are 1.4 supported proportionally 7 9 77.8 Federations develop capacity and expertise of their member 2 organizations /4 47.2 Federations have capacity 2.1 building plans for their members 4 9 44.4 Federations conducted capacity 2.2 building for their member clubs 4 9 44.4 Federation coaches and 2.3 referees get regular trainings 5 9 55.6 Federations regularly review 2.4 their capacity building interventions 4 9 44.4 3 Federations mitigate health risks of sport activities 28.9 Federations have a policy to 3.1 mitigate health risks of sport activities 0 9 0.0

Federations undertake actions 3.2 to mitigate the risks associated with the sport 7 9 77.8 Federations implement a 3.3 policy on combating sexual harassment in sport 0 9 0.0 Federations take actions 3.4 against sexual harassment 2 9 22.2 Federations have anti-doping 3.5 strategies 4 9 44.4 4 Financial Management 40.7 Federations have financial 4.1 management Procedures 5 9 55.6 Federations have a Budget 4.2 execution report 5 9 55.6 The Federations have a 4.3 procurement plan 1 9 11.1 5 Code of conduct and conflict management 33.3 Federations have approved 5.1 code of conduct applicable to management and personnel 4 9 44.4 Federations have established 5.2 procedures for processing complaints 4 9 44.4 Federations implement a 5.3 policy to combat match-fixing 1 9 11.1 6 Human resource management 66.7 Federations respect staff 6.1 recruitment procedures 5 9 55.6 Federations remunerate their 6.2 staff regularly 7 9 77.8 7 General working environment and Customer care 31.1 Federations own/rent office 7.1 premises 1 9 11.1 7.2 Existence of visual directions 6 9 66.7 Directions to different 7.3 departmental services 2 9 22.2 7.4 Presence of front desk officer 1 9 11.1 Accessible hygiene facilities 7.5 for women and men 4 9 44.4 INDICATOR 3: PARTNERSHIPS 61.1 3.1 Federation has other sponsors 7 9 77.8 Federations comply to 3.2 reporting requirements 4 9 44.4 OVERALL INDICATOR PERFORMANCE 55.03

3.1. Governance systems In this indicator, the assessment focused on the functioning of federations and clubs, compliance to democratic elections and leadership processes as well as transparency and accountability mechanisms.

3.1.1. Functioning of Federations and Clubs This section discusses findings on the functioning of the federation and club organs mainly the General Assembly, the Executive Committee, Conflict Resolution and the Audit Committees. The findings indicate that, the General Assembly in all the federations is functional as required by their statutes where the general assembly complies at 100% and the executive committees at 83%. The Conflict Resolution and Audit Committees comply at 56% and 67% respectively. Regarding the clubs assessed, the general assembly and executive committees comply at 50% and 41% respectively. There was no indication of the functioning of the audit and conflict resolution committees within these clubs.

Some of the issues observed in the functioning of the clubs include not respecting the quorum in their meetings (47.4%), absence of members’ database (31.6%), communicating leadership changes after elections to the competent authorities (0%). This was especially observed in football clubs like Musanze FC, Etincelles FC and Rayon Sport FC among others. In addition, it was realised that clubs lack adequate knowledge on the laws and regulations governing their functioning. These practices in the management of sports bodies result into ineffectiveness and inefficiencies as well as perpetual conflicts that compromise the development of sports they are responsible for promoting.

3.1.2. Democracy and leadership In this section, the assessment focused on three key components namely; appointment/election procedure, participation of coaches and referees in decision-making processes and the implementation of gender equality policy within the federations and clubs.

Appointment/election procedure: The overall score for the compliance to election procedures sub- indicator is 79.6%. The assessment revealed that, out of the federations assessed, 88.9% possess election guidelines although 77.8% of them comply with these guidelines. Although the election guidelines are in place, only 33.3% have a defined profile for each position suggesting that, there is no guarantee that positions will be filled by qualified and capable leaders. Concerning the clubs, the assessment found out that, all the clubs assessed were unable to prove the existence of electoral guidelines and were not aware of their electoral college as the only members present participate in the electoral process. For clubs affiliated to schools, the leaders of those schools nominate the club management team. The assessment further revealed that, in 11% of the federations, only the chairperson is elected and he/she nominates other members of the committee to occupy the rest of the positions. This approach does not promote fairness in the election processes and significantly lacks checks and balance in the functioning of the concerned federations.

Participation of coaches and referees: Coaches and referees form an important part of the sports sector both as representatives of their voice in the general assembly and as technical experts. The assessment indicated that, the representation of referees and coaches in governance decisions making processes scored 55.6% and their representation in the general assembly of respective federations scored 44.4%. These scores indicate that, the involvement of referees and coaches is still low which may be one of the contributing factors to the poor performance of some federations in sports governance and development.

Implementation of gender equality policy: on this sub-indicator , the assessment focused on two aspects; the existence of a strategy to implement the national gender mainstreaming policy which happens in 33.3% and respecting the 30% of women representation in their Executive committees with a score of 33.3%.

Chart 2. Percentage of women representation in executive committee

45 42.8 40 36.3 35 30 30 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 16.7 15 10 5 0

The assessment revealed that 66.7% of federations and 100% of the clubs did not have a strategy to implement the national gender mainstreaming policy. However, both clubs and federations take actions to develop sports for women by providing a framework in which women teams are prepared and participate in sports competitions. The assessed sports bodies have women represented in their leadership organs with a few (FERWAB, FREWAFA and RNOSC) meeting the minimum requirement of women representation in decision making organs. Respondents attributed the low levels of women representation to inadequate mobilisation and lack interest of women to participate in sports activities

3.1.3. Transparency and Accountability The transparency and accountability sub-indicator assesses mechanisms in place to ensure availability and publication of key documents on the governance of the federations as well as their approval processes.

The assessment indicated that, sharing key documents like the federation’s statutes, internal rules and regulations, sport rules, annual plans/budget s and reports to relevant members and public is done by only 38.9% of the federations assessed. 51.9% of federations assessed publish information on the functioning and composition of general assembly and executive committee. Such information that requires publication includes the meeting agenda, minutes, resolutions, the composition and profiles of executive committee members as well as information about all federation members. The General Assembly has a duty to approve key working documents prepared and submitted by executive committees but assessment revealed that 68.5% of the federations assessed comply with this requirement. It was also established from the assessment that, only 29.6% of the federations are

20 able to define circumstances that might lead to conflict of interest in their functioning. The discussions with respondents suggest that, there is ignorance of rules and regulations governing federations and a limited culture of transparency.

Chart 3. Performance of Governance systems of Federations

Governance Systems 58.7% 74% 80.0 54.9% 70.0 47.2% 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Functioning of the Democracy and Transparency and federation leadership accountability

From the chart above, the federations are not performing well on the governance systems indicator at 58.7% of the federations assessed. The reasons for this performance are: inadequate accountability and transparency culture (47.2%) as well as insufficient compliance to the democratic principles especially in electing their leaders (54.9%). In a nutshell, the governance systems are a strong foundation for any organization to deliver on its mandate. Without strong systems in the sports bodies, efficiency and effectiveness in their functioning shall continue to be undermined and the required level of sports development will not be attained.

3.2. Implementation of core function This indicator assessed the implementation of sports development programs, capacity building of Federation members, mitigation of health risks in sports activities, financial management, ccode of conduct and conflict management, human resource management, as well as General working environment and Customer care.

Chart 4: Performance on implementation of core functions

Implementation of core Functions 45.3%

69.4 66.7 70.0 60.0 47.2 50.0 40.7 33.3 40.0 28.9 31.1 30.0

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10.0 0.0

3.2.1. Sports development programs This section discusses sports development programs for different categories particularly for youth and women. The assessment also considered the programs and strategies within the federations to detect sports talents and empower member clubs to develop their specific sports. The findings indicate that 88.9% of the assessed federations have scattered initiatives on sports development; 66.7% have isolated activities for talent detection and 44.4% have special programs for young women sports development. The assessment also showed that, 77.8% of assessed federations support women and men teams proportionally. It was established that, none of the federations assessed has strategic development programs with clear performance indicators and targets to develop the future sports women and men of the required calibre. The federations only have non-structured initiatives on talent detection that are dependent on schools and private training centres that struggle with resources to implement their sports development activities.

3.2.2. Capacity building and expertise of members The assessment showed that, only 44.4% of the federations have capacity development initiatives in their annual plans and have conducted capacity building for their members; 55.6% conduct specific trainings for coaches and referees and only 44.4% regularly review their capacity building

22 interventions. Apart from RNOSC that has an elaborate capacity building plan with a three-year project to cater for ten federations,7 the rest of the federations were unable to provide their capacity building strategies for their organisations and members.

3.2.3. Mitigation of health risks of sport activities All sports organisations are required to have mechanisms to mitigate health risks during sports activities including health insurance of players.8 This section focuses on assessment findings of different mitigation measures undertaken by federations to mitigate health risks of athletes. The assessment findings show that, none of the federations has a policy to mitigate health risks within their respective sports activities. 77.8% of the assessed federations undertake actions to mitigate the risks during practice and competitions while all federations do not possess a policy to prevent sexual harassment in sports. Only 22.2% of the assessed federations indicated that, they have actions to combat sexual harassment.

The assessment also looked at the extent to which the federation implement the anti-doping strategies. Only 44.4% of the assessed federations implement anti-doping strategies. The assessment showed that, only 28.9% of the federations have a comprehensive set of activities on risk mitigation for their players. For example, FERWACY conducts regular checking of all players, provides insurance and good feeding for cyclists, ensures use of helmets while riding and ensures that bicycles are in good mechanical condition at all times. FERWAFA equally provides medical insurance for all players in the first and second division teams, hires permanent medical doctors and own clinic for physiotherapy and other related health services.

3.2.4. Financial management Under the financial management sub-indicator, the assessment focused on: financial management Procedures, budget execution report, procurement plan. Findings indicate that, 55.6% of the federations have established management procedures and the same percentage of federations (55.6%) produce budget execution reports while only 11.1% of the assessed federations had procurement plans.

The analysis shows that, even the federations that produce budget execution reports do not have a consolidated budget execution report but rather have separate reports for each of their sponsors. There is no federation that was able to show any consolidated budget execution report submitted to

7Tennis, Taekwondo, Table Tennis, Swimming, Basketball, Athletics, Cycling, Beach volleyball, Karate and Kungfu. 8 Republic of Rwanda, law no.32/2017 of 03/08/2017 governing the organization of Sport, Games and Leisure, article 16.

23 their general assembly. It was further observed that, the executive committees have delegated powers of general assembly to review and approve plans of action and budgets with justification that their General assembly convenes once a year. Situations like the one above where the executive committee reviews and approves action plans and budgets, lack checks and balances can potentially compromise transparency and accountability in the management of sports bodies.

3.2.5. Human resources management This sub-indicator assessed the management of human resources in federations and clubs focusing on recruitment procedures and staff remuneration. The findings indicate that, 55.6% of the assessed federations have recruitment procedures and respect them in their recruitment processes while 77.8% remunerate their staff regularly.

Chart 5: Number of permanent staff in each federation

30 28 25 25

20 14 15

10 7 4 4 5 2 0 1 0 1 FERWAB FERWAFA RVBF RNOSC FERWACY FERWAHAND RAF NPC ARPST

The assessment indicated that, sports bodies that comply with recruitment procedures are FERWAFA, NPC, FRVB, FERWACY and RNOSC. Only two federations (FERWAFA and RNOSC) have evidence to prove that they regularly pay salaries and other benefits such as insurance coverage, social security protection and taxes.

It was also revealed through the assessment that 29% of the clubs assessed do not have any permanent staff except coaches and 71% of the clubs have technical staff but do not respect formal recruitment procedures in hiring them. The executive committee most of the time nominate them from their loyal fans.

3.2.6. Code of conduct and conflict management This sub-indicator assessed aspects such as code of conduct for managers, personnel and members of the federation; procedures for handling complaints and the policy to combat match-fixing. The findings indicate that 44.4% of the federations have approved code of conduct for management and personnel and possess established procedures for handling complaints while only 11.1% of the assessed federations implements a policy to combat match-fixing.

3.2.7. Sport infrastructures On the sub-indicator of sports infrastructure, the assessment focused on the availability of sports facilities (play grounds), their adequacy and standards in the respective sports disciplines sports. Findings indicate that, there are a few sports facilities that meet international standards in some federations as indicated in the table 4 below. Without sufficient sports facilities that meet the required standards, the desired level of sports development will not be attained. The analysis shows that many more sports facilities in all federations are required to promote various sports they are responsible for.

Table 4: Existence of sports infrastructure:

Number of playground Per Playgrounds with Required Existing playgrounds Federation international standard playgrounds

FRVB 3 1 30

NPC 7 2 30

RAF 6 0 16

FERWAHAND 50 0 416

FERWABA 4 1 416

FERWAFA 17 2 30

3.2.8. General working environment In this section, the assessment focused on working environment including office premises, hygienic conditions and visual directions. The findings indicate that, only 11.1% of the federations possess their own premises with a front desk officer. The rest are housed by the Ministry of Sports in the Amahoro National stadium premises. It was also observed that, only 44.4% of the assessed federations have acceptable hygienic facilities for both women and men. Regarding visual directions,

66.7% of the federations possess visual directions but only 22% of them indicate direction to relevant service departments within the federation’s offices.

Nearly all federations occupy a single or two room offices which are too small to adequately offer services to their customers. As a result, federations do not have their own washrooms, they use collective ones at the stadium that do not have sufficient hygienic conditions.

3.3. Partnerships with other stakeholders

The assessment of this indicator focused on the support provided by the Ministry of Sports and the Rwanda National Olympic and sport Committee to the federations as well as ability to engage other stakeholders to support the development of particular sport.

Chart 6: Support of stakeholders to federations

Partership with Stakeholders 90.0 77.8 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 44.4 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 1

Federation has sponsors Federations comply to reporting requirements

The findings indicate that, all federations receive financial, technical and logistical support as well as advocacy from Ministry of Sports. Such support include: sponsoring the national teams for international competitions, remunerations for coaches, and provision of office premises to trainings among others while RNOSC provides support to 50% of the federations. The assessment showed that, 77.8% of the assessed federations acknowledge receiving financial support from other sponsors such as international organizations they are affiliated to and from local companies. However, this support is not substantial in regard to the federations’ needs, but

just provides some contribution to the overall budgets. Only three of them get significant amount of contributions and these are: FERWAFA, FERWACY and FERWABA.

Chart 7: Number of local sponsors per federation

15 15 9 9 10 6 4 3 5 2 1 1 0

In regard to the reporting of their activities, only 44.4% of the Federations comply to reporting requirements. The findings indicate that, annual activity reports are only submitted to general assembly of the respective federations but none of them proved to have shared with other stakeholders including their regulators. Non-compliance to reporting may undermine working relationship with their partners as well as compromise transparency and accountability standards in the functioning of the sports bodies.

Table 5: Overall Federation Performance

Compliance/100 S/N INDICATOR FRV ARPST RNOSC NPC RAF FRBA FRCY FRWFA B HAND Indicator 1: Governance 83.0 53.7 70.6 44.4 64.2 44.4 53.8 78.2 69.0 systems Functioning of the 1 81.8 72.7 90.9 90.9 81.8 36.4 36.4 90.9 81.8 federation/5 General Assembly complies to 1.1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 operational standards Statutory meetings 1.1.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 convened regularly General Assembly 1.1.3 meetings respects the 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 quorum Executive Committee 1.2 complies to 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 operational standards Statutory meetings 1.2.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 convened regularly Action Plan and Budget submitted to 1.2.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 the General Assembly for approval Conflict resolution Committee complies 1.3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 to operational standards Audit Committee 1.4 complies to 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 operational standards Audit and control 1.5 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 mechanism Existence internal audit committee 1.5.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 appointed by the general assembly Financial statements reviewed by an 1.5.1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 independent and external auditor Regulations on agreements/payments 1.5.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 exist and are complied with Federations comply to internal regulations of 1.5.3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 separation of duties to prevent the same

person to initiate and approve payments Federations comply to internal regulations 1.5.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 that restrict the use of cash Democracy and 2 90.9 45.5 63.6 9.1 72.7 63.6 72.7 81.8 72.7 leadership /3 Compliance to 2.1 6 5 6 1 5 6 5 5 4 election procedures Existence of guidelines for the 2.1.1 election and removal 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 of the executive committee members Executive committee 2.1.2 members are 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 democratically elected Existence of executive committee 2.1.3 position profiles 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 (responsibilities and competencies) Existence an electoral committee that 2.1.4 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 oversees the election process The general assembly is representative of all 2.1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 the organization’s affiliated members Existence of procedures for 2.1.6 convening ordinary 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 and extraordinary meetings Participation of referees and coaches 2.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 in the organizations' policy processes Referees are involved 2.2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 in policy processes Referees are formally 2.2.2 represented within the 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 organization Coaches are involved 2.2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 in policy processes Federations 2.3 implement gender 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 equality policy Existence of a strategy to implement 2.3.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 the national gender mainstreaming policy

Federations respect 30% of women 2.3.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 representation in their executive committees Transparency and 3 76.2 42.9 57.1 33.3 38.1 33.3 52.4 61.9 52.4 accountability / 4 Federations share key documents to 3.1 4 3 3 1 0 1 1 4 4 their members and the public Federations share statutes to their 3.1.1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 members and the public Federations share internal regulations to 3.1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 their members and the public Federations share organizational chart to 3.1.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 their members and the public Federations share sport rules to their 3.1.4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 members and the public Federations share annual action plan to 3.1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 their members and the public Federations share annual report to their 3.1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 members and the public Federations publish and share information on 3.2 4 2 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 functioning and composition of G/A & Ex. Com Federations share 3.2.1 agenda of the 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 meetings Federations share 3.2.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 minutes Federations share 3.2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 resolutions Federations publish names and positions 3.2.4 of Executive 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Committee members on the website Federations publish 3.2.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 biographical

information about individual Executive Committee Member Federations publish information about 3.2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 members (athletes and clubs) on its website General Assembly 3.3 approves the key 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 working documents Federation strategic 3.3.1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 plan 3.3.2 Federation action plan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Federation annual 3.3.3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 report 3.3.4 Federation budget 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Federation 3.3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 procurement plan Federation capacity 3.3.6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 building plan Federations define the circumstances 3.4 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 which lead to conflict of interest Federation statutes define circumstances in which, a person is 3.4.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ineligible to serve as a member of the Ex.Com Federations have clear governance structure 3.4.2 according to the 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 principle of separation of powers The statutes distinguish the chairperson of the 3.4.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 General Assembly from that of the Executive Committee Indicator 2: Implementation 75 7 57 35 31 35 34 71 64 of Core functions Sports development 2 100 0 50 50 50 100 75 100 100 Programs / 4 Federations have development 2.1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 programs for the youth Federations have 2.2 strategies of detecting 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 youth talents Federations have 2.3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 special programs for

young women sports development Women and men 2.4 teams are supported 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 proportionally Federations develop capacity and 3 expertise of their 100 0 25 0 25 75 100 75 25 member organisations /4 Federations have capacity building 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 plans for their members Federations conducted 3.2 capacity building for 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 their member clubs Federation coaches 3.3 and referees get 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 regular trainings Federations regularly 3.4 review their capacity 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 building interventions Federations mitigate 4 health risks of sport 40 0 40 40 40 0 20 60 20 activities /5 Federations have a policy to mitigate 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 health risks of sport activities Federations undertake actions to mitigate the 4.2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 risks associated with the sport Federations implement a policy on 4.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 combating sexual harassment in sport Federations take 4.4 actions against sexual 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 harassment Federations have anti- 4.5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 doping strategies Financial 5 100 0 67 33 33 0 0 67 67 Management /3 Federations have 5.1 financial management 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Procedures Federations have a 5.2 Budget execution 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 report The Federations have 5.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a procurement plan

Code of conduct and 6 conflict management 67 0 100 0 0 67 0 33 33 /3 Federations have approved code of 6.1 conduct applicable to 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 management and personnel Federations have established 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 procedures for processing complaints Federations 6.3 implement a policy to 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 combat match-fixing Human resource 7 100 50 100 100 50 0 0 100 100 management /2 Federations respect 7.1 staff recruitment 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 procedures Federations 7.2 remunerate their staff 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 regularly General working 8 environment and 20 0 20 20 20 0 40 60 100 Customer care /5 Federations own/rent 8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 office premises Existence of visual 8.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 directions Directions to different 8.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 departmental services Presence of front desk 8.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 officer Accessible hygiene 8.5 facilities for women 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 and men Indicator 3: Partnerships 100 25 50 50 50 50 75 100 100 MINISPORT supports federations (Financial, 3.1 Technical, Logistical, advocacy) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 RNOC supports 3.2 federations (Financial, Technical, advocacy) 1 0 N/A 0 0 1 0 1 1 Federation has other 3.3 sponsors 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Federations comply to 3.4 reporting requirements 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Overall Indicator Performance per Federation 86.1 28.6 59.3 43.1 48.5 43.0 54.1 83.0 77.5

4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1. Conclusion The governance assessment of the functioning of sports federations was aimed at examining how they implement governance principles and practices related to the management of sports bodies. The assessment focused on nine federations and 19 clubs using three indicators namely; governance systems, implementation of core functions and partnership with other stakeholders. The findings indicate that, the overall performance on the three indicators is 55.03% with the governance systems indicator scoring 58.7%, partnership scoring 61.1% and implementation of core functions with a score of 45.3%. Additionally, two of the assessed federations scored above 80%, one scored above 70% while the rest scored below 60%. The best performing federation scored 86.1% while the least performing scored 28.6%. These scores above indicate that, there is a very long way to go in terms of improving the governance practices within sports bodies.

4.2. Recommendations i. All federations need to ensure all their statutory organs are fully functioning especially the audit and conflict resolution committees to promote good governance within these institutions. ii. Federations should put in place strong mechanisms to monitor the functioning of their member clubs to ensure that plan for development of their respective sports are developed and implemented and their governance practices meet acceptable requirements. iii. Sports bodies should always ensure that, changes in their laws, leadership committees are duly communicated with relevant organs to avoid illegalities in their operations and associated conflicts. iv. The process of election at all phases should be set out in writing and be communicated to all members entitled to vote, including establishing electoral committees, conducting campaigns and voting. v. Sports bodies should adhere to the guidelines governing their election/ appointment of leaders especially by including eligibility criteria and profiles for potential candidates for all positions so as to get qualified and competent office bearers with ability to develop their institutions and related sports. vi. Ministry of Sports, National Olympic and Sports Committee and sports bodies should develop and implement a gender mainstreaming strategies in the sports sector to increase the participation of women in leadership and other aspects of sports and games.

vii. Sports bodies should strengthen and or put in place measures to promote transparency and accountability in their financial and human resources management systems. They should also endeavour to publish their key documents as required by the statutes. viii. Sports bodies should institute robust systems to ensure short and long term sport development programs especially for talent detection and development, infrastructure development and capacity building of members as well as athletes.

ix. Sports bodies should be put in place strong measures for mitigating health risks in their respective sports disciplines. x. Sports bodies should endeavour to establish systems and measures to combat malpractices in sports such as doping, match fixing and to prevent and punish sexual harassment. xi. Sports should ensure an inclusive and conducive working environment for federations and clubs xii. Federations and clubs need to put in place deliberate measures to increase women participation. xiii. Federations must take deliberate measures to enhance capacity building of their organisations. xiv. It is important for federations to embark on mechanisms that inculcate values of professionalism in their conduct of business.

Annex 1: performance of indicators for 19 assessed Clubs

S/N INDICATOR Scores/100 Rating

INDICATOR 1: GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS 30.3 1 Functioning of the federation 33.2 2 Democracy and leadership 41.8 3 Transparency and accountability 15.8 INDICATOR 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF CORE FUNCTION 23.8 1 Sport development Programs 52.6 Clubs develop capacity and expertise of their member 2 organizations 15.8 3 Clubs mitigate health risks of sport activities 25.3 4 Financial Management 22.8 5 Code of conduct and conflict management 8.8 6 Human resource management 21.1 7 General working environment and Customer care 20.0 INDICATOR 3: PARTNERSHIPS 47.4 3.1 Clubs has Partners ( sponsors) 47.4 3.2 Clubs comply to reporting requirements 47.4

OVERALL INDICATOR PERFORMANCE/100 33.8

Annex 2: Membership and Legal Personality of Sports Clubs

FERWAFA

S/N List members Membership Status. Legally registered

1 AS KIGALI Founder member Registered

2 ETINCELLES FC Founder member Registered

3 KIYOVU SPORT Founder member Registered

4 INTARE FC Founder member Not registered

5 SEC (GORILLA FC) Founder member Not registered

6 ISHYIRAHAMWE RY’ABATOZA Founder member Not registered

7 ALPHA FC Membership approved Temporally certificate

8 IJABO RYAWE RWANDA Membership approved Registered

9 NYANZA FC Membership approved Temporally certificate

10 The Winners FTC Membership approved Not registered

11 GASOGI Membership approved Not registered

12 AS MUHANGA Membership not yet requested Registered

13 HEROES FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

14 SUNRISE FC Membership not yet requested Registered

15 POLICE FC Membership not yet requested Registered

16 MARINES FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

17 BUGESERA FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

18 MUKURA VS Membership not yet requested Registered

19 RAYON SPORTS Membership not yet requested Registered

20 ESPOIR FC Membership not yet requested Registered

21 APR FC Membership not yet requested Registered

22 MUSANZE FC Membership not yet requested Registered

23 GICUMBI FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

24 PEPINNIER FC LTD Membership not yet requested Not registered

25 VISION FOOTBALL CLUB Membership not yet requested Not registered

26 GASABO UTD Membership not yet requested Not registered

27 SORWA THE' Membership not yet requested Not registered

28 MIROPLAST FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

29 ASPOR LTD Membership not yet requested Not registered

Membership requested but yet 30 GITI CY'INYONI FC Temporally certificate approved

31 INTERFORCE FC Membership not yet requested Temporally certificate

32 RWAMAGANA CITY FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

33 VISION JEUNESSE NOUVELLE Membership not yet requested Registered

34 RUGENDE TC LTD Membership not yet requested Temporally certificate

35 RUTSIRO FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

36 AMAGAJU FC Membership not yet requested Registered

37 UNITED STARS Membership not yet requested Not registered

38 ETOILE DE L’EST Membership not yet requested Temporally certificate

39 KIREHE FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

40 LA JEUNNESSE Membership not yet requested Not registered

41 ESPERANCE Membership not yet requested Registered in RDB

42 AKAGERA FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

43 UNITY SC Membership not yet requested Registered

44 NYAGATARE FC Membership not yet requested Expired certificate

45 UR FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

46 INYEMERA WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Temporally certificate

47 AS KIGALI WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

48 ES MUTUNDA Membership not yet requested Not registered

49 YOUVIA WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

50 SCANDINAVIA Membership not yet requested Not registered

51 NYAGATARE WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

52 RAMBURA WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

53 KAMONYI WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

54 BUGESERA WOMEN FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

55 FREEDOM DE GAKENKE Membership not yet requested Not registered

56 AS KABUYE Membership not yet requested Not registered

57 RUGENDE WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

ISHYIRAHAMWE RY’ABASIFUZI 58 Membership not yet requested Not registered (ARAF)

59 ISONGA FC Membership not yet requested Not registered

60 IPM WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

61 TIGER WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

62 NASHO WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

63 GATSIBO WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

64 RUGENDE WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

65 KAYONZA WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

66 NDABUC WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

67 APAER WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

68 FATMA WFC Membership not yet requested Not registered

69 IMANZI WFA Membership not yet requested Registered

RWANDA ATHLETICS FEDERATION

S/N List members Membership Status Legally registered

1 Police Founder Member Not Registered

2 APR Founder Member Registered

3 Sports Empowerment Club (Sec) Founder Member Not Registered

4 Nyamasheke Athletic Club Founder Member Registered

5 Rwamagana Athletic Club Founder Member Registered

6 Vision Jeuness Nouvelle Founder Member Not Registered

7 Mountain Classic Founder Member Registered

8 Rutsiro Athletics Organization Membership Approved Not Registered

9 Nyaruguru Athletics Club Membership Approved Temporary Certificate

10 Huye Athletics Club Membership Approved Temporary Certificate

11 Muhanga Athletics Club Membership Approved Temporary Certificate

12 Kamonyi Membership Approved Expired Certificate

13 Kavumu Athletics Club Membership Approved Temporary Certificate

14 Burera Athletics Club Not Yet Requested Expired Certificate

15 Sina Gerard Not Yet Requested Not Registered

16 Gakenke Not Yet Requested Not Registered

17 Ngororero Not Yet Requested Not Registered

FERWACY S/N List members Membership Status Legally registed 1 FLY CYCLING CLUB Founder Member Not registered 2 BENEDICTION CLUB Founder Member Registered 3 CCA Founder Member Registered 4 Kigali Cyling Club Membership requested but not yet approved Registered 5 Les Amis sportif Membership requested but not yet approved Not registered

6 Nyabihu cycling team Membership requested but not yet approved Not registered 7 Kayonza young stars Membership requested but not yet approved Not registered 8 Muhazi cycling generation Membership requested but not yet approved Temporary certificate 9 Karongi Vision Center Membership not yet requested Not registered

10 CINE LMI Membership not yet requested Not registered

NPC S/N List members Membership Status Legally registered 1 INTWARI Founder member Registered 2 THT Founder member Not registered 3 ABADAHIGWA Founder members Registered 4 30 DISTRICTS Membership not requested Only Bugesera have applied for registration FERWABA S/N List members Membership Status Legally registered 1 UGB BBC Founder Member Not registered 2 CSK BBC Founder Member Not registered 3 KIE BBC Founder Member Not registered 4 UNR B.B.C Founder Member Not registered 5 APR BBC Founder Member Not registered 6 30 PLUS BBC Founder Member Not registered 7 ESPOIR BBC Founder Member Not registered 8 KBC BBC Founder Member Not registered

9 AREBA (Coaches) Founder Member Not registered 10 ARAB (Referees) Founder Member Not registered 11 REG Membership approved Not registered 12 PATRIOTS Membership approved Not registered 13 RP IPRC HUYE Membership approved Not registered 14 RP IPRC KIGALI Membership approved Not registered 15 RUSIZI Membership approved Not registered 16 SHOOT FOR THE STARS Membership requested but not yet Not registered approved 17 UR CMHS Membership requested but not yet Not registered approved 18 TIGERS Membership requested but not yet Not registered approved 19 RP IPRC MUSANZE Membership requested but not yet Not registered approved WOMEN Basket Ball 20 RAPP Founder member Not registered 21 CSK BBC Founder member Not registered 22 KIE Founder member Not registered 23 UNR B.B.C Founder member Not registered 24 APR Founder member Not registered 25 IPRC HUYE Membership approved Not registered 26 UBUMWE BBC Membership approved Not registered 27 THE HOOPS Membership approved Not registered 28 GS MARIE REINE Membership approved Not registered 29 UR HUYE Membership approved Not registered FERWAHAND S/N List members Membership status Legally registered 1 Nyakabanda handball Founder Member Registered 2 ES Kigoma Founder Member Registered 3 ES Mukingi Founder Member Registered 4 Rwanda handball coaches Ass Founder Member Registered 5 Gorrilas handball Membership approved Registered 6 Police handball Membership approved Expired Temporally Certificate 7 Gicumbi handball Membership approved Expired Temporally Certificate 8 APR handball Membership not requested Not registered 9 UR-Huye handball Membership not requested Not registered 10 UR Gikondo Membership not requested Not registered 11 UR Nyarugenge Membership not requested Not registered 12 UR- Nyagatare Membership not requested Not registered 13 APPEGA Gahengeri Membership not requested Not registered 14 ISF Nyamasheke Membership not requested Not registered

15 GS Mwendo handball Membership not requested Not registered 16 ES St Vincent Muhoza Membership not requested Not registered 17 GS ST Aloys Membership not requested Not registered 18 TTC DE LA Salle Membership not requested Not registered 19 APAPEGI CYURU Membership not requested Not registered 20 ES ST JOSEPH KARUGANDA Membership not requested Not registered 21 TSS MUTENDERI Membership not requested Not registered 22 KIZIGURO SS Membership not requested Not registered 23 GS Munyove Membership not requested Not registered 24 ES Kirambo Membership not requested Not registered 25 Inkumburwa Handball Membership not requested Not registered 26 Association des Arbitre de Handball Membership not requested Not registered 27 Rwanda Masters Handball league Membership not requested Not registered 28 EAV Mayaga Membership not requested Not registered 29 Falcon( X rwanda masters) Membership not requested Not registered

Women Hand Ball 31 UR Nyarugenge Membership not requested Not registered 32 ADEGI Handball Membership not requested Not registered 33 College Nyamirambo Membership not requested Not registered 34 GS Munyange Membership not requested Not registered FRVB S/N Clubs Membership Legally registered 1 Ruhango Volley Ball Club Founder Member Registered 2 Kigali Volley Ball Club/Women Founder Member Not registered 3 APR WOMEN VB CLUB Founder Member Registered 4 RRA WOMEN VB CLUB Founder Member Not Registered 5 UTB Membership approved Not Registered 6 GISAGARA VBC Membership approved Not Registered 7 APR Membership not requested Not Registered 8 REG Membership approved Not Registered 9 KIREHE VBC Membership approved Not Registered 10 IPRC NGOMA Membership approved Not Registered 11 College Christ Roi Membership not requested Not Registered 12 Petit Seminaire VB / Butare Membership not requested Not Registered 13 Nyaruguru VBC/ Men Membership approved Not Registered 14 Don Bosco Gatenga Vbc Membership requested Not Registered 15 Huyue Social And Sports Clubs Membership approved Not Registered 16 IPRC Musanze Membership approved Not Registered 17 G S Officielle BUTARE Membership not requested Not Registered 18 UR College Medicine & health science Membership approved Not Registered 19 KAGARAMA S SCHOOL Membership not requested Not Registered 20 St trinite de Ruhango Membership approved Not Registered

21 UR College of Agriculture and Membership approved Not Registered veterinaries 22 UTB WOMEN VB CLUB Membership approved Not Registered 23 IPRC Kigali Volley Ball Club Membership approved Not Registered 24 IPRC Huye Membership approved Not Registered 25 Groupe Scolaire Rwamagana Membership not requested Not Registered 26 St Bernadette Kamonyi Membership approved Not Registered 27 GS st Joseph Kabgayi Membership not requested Not Registered 29 UR CAVM Busogo Membership approved Not Registered 30 St famille Nyamasheke Membership approved Not Registered 31 UR CMHS REMERA Membership not requested Not Registered 32 IPRC HUYE/ women Membership approved Not Registered