Our Rwanda office

During a visit to Kigali by the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Franz Fayot, Luxembourg Cooperation expressed its intention to renew cooperation between Luxembourg and Rwanda at the end of 2021. Cooperation between the two countries has already existed in the past. The first development project was implemented in 1989, in the health sector. At the time, the other sectors targeted by Luxembourg's intervention were rural development and education and vocational training. Luxembourg Cooperation programme finalised the withdrawal of its bilateral cooperation with Rwanda at the end of 2013, after 25 years of presence in the country.  

Since 2022, Luxembourg Cooperation activities have focused on the following three sectors: technical and vocational training, the environment and sustainable development, and inclusive and innovative finance.  

The LuxDev country office was set up in September 2022 in Kigali, to be fully operational in 2023. The office currently has 19 staff members who are in contact with the relevant Rwandan institutions as well as the main technical and financial partners. The office also assists the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in the identification process, in order to develop the bilateral portfolio and propose development actions based on national priorities, as well as monitoring actions already underway.