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The Republic of Rwanda Northern Province Rulindo District THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA NORTHERN PROVINCE RULINDO DISTRICT RULINDO DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2018-2024 FISCAL YEAR Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ vii Chapter 1 :INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. CONTEXT AND PURPOSE ........................................................................................................ 4 1.1.1 Context ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1.2 Puporse ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2: OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT .............................................................................................. 6 2.1. DISTRICT PROFILE ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.1. Geographical Location ................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.2 Topography .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.1.3. Climate ........................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.4. Hydrography ............................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.5. Fauna and Flora ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.6. Demography ................................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Overview of District Achievment during DDP implementation ....................................................... 14 2.1. Key District potentialities ................................................................................................................ 19 2.3.1 Mines and Quarry Potential ....................................................................................................... 21 2.3.2 Tourism ...................................................................................................................................... 22 2.3.3 Top 5 SME Product Clusters ..................................................................................................... 22 SWOT Analysis of Rulindo District ................................................................................................ 22 2.4.3. Stakeholders analysis in Rulindo District ................................................................................. 29 Chapter 3: ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY ...... 30 3.1. METHODOLOGY FOR DDS ELABORATION IN RULINDO ................................................... 30 3.1.1 Citizen’s participation (Needs assessment) ................................................................................ 30 3.1.2. Stekeholder’s participation ....................................................................................................... 30 3.1.3. Validation of Citizen’s needs through Councillor’s organs ...................................................... 30 3.1.3. Literature Review (Desk Review) ............................................................................................. 32 3.1.4. Interview ................................................................................................................................... 33 3.1.5. Focus Group Discussions .......................................................................................................... 33 3.1.6.Review meetings and Consultations .......................................................................................... 34 3.1.7. Data collection, Verification and Validation ............................................................................ 34 3.1.8 Data collection techniques......................................................................................................... 35 3.1.9. Strategy elaborated by the District ................................................................................................ 35 3.2 Alignment with national policy framework ...................................................................................... 35 3.2.2. NST1 Alignment with DDS ...................................................................................................... 36 3.2.3. DDS and Decentralization Policy ............................................................................................. 38 3.2.4 DDS Alignment to the strategic Sectors .................................................................................... 39 3.2.5 Alignment with Cross cutting areas ........................................................................................... 44 Chapter 4: THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Vision ................................................................................................................................................ 45 4.2 Mission .............................................................................................................................................. 45 Core Value of Rulindo District ................................................................................................................. 45 Chapter 5: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ....................... 116 5.1. Sequencing of Interventions...................................................................................................... 116 5.2. DDS Implementation Strategy ....................................................................................................... 116 5.2.1 Roles and responsibilities of partners and stakeholders in the district ..................................... 116 5.2.2 Institutional responsibility........................................................................................................ 117 5.3 Mechanisms for coordination and information sharing .................................................................. 119 5.4 Assumptions, Risks and Risks Management ................................................................................... 119 Chapter 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION................................................................................... 121 Chapter 7: COST AND FINANCING OF THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ................ 122 CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES (CCIs): ........................................................................................................ 176 ANNEXES: ............................................................................................................................................... 179 ii List of Tables Table 1: Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................... v Table 2: Distribution (%) of population, by sex and province (EICV4, EICV3) ......................................... 9 Table 3: Distribution of population in Rulindo District per sector ............................................................. 10 Table 4: Socio-economic status .................................................................................................................. 11 Table 5: Overall Population Breakdowns ................................................................................................... 12 Table 6: Population (%) identified as poor and extremely poor by district, 2013/14 ................................. 13 Table 7: DDP evaluation in some sectors between 2013-2016 (DDP 2013-2018) ..................................... 14 Table 8: Data of local potentialities ............................................................................................................ 19 Table 9: Analysis of strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in Rulindo ................................................. 25 Table 10: Strategic objectives of NST1 ...................................................................................................... 36 Table 11: Sector priority areas and outcomes for District Development Strategy alignment ................... 39 Table 12: LOGICAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................ 46 Table 13: Assumptions, Risks and Risks Management ............................................................................ 120 Table 14: COST AND FINANCING OF THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.................. 123 Table 15: NST - 1 Report of Expenditure by Outcome output and Pillar ................................................ 133 Table 16: NST - 1 Report of Funding Sources ......................................................................................... 173 Table 17: NST - 1 Report of Implementing Agencies .............................................................................. 173 Table 18: Challenges and Strategies to be undertaken .............................................................................
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