The Belgian development agency, BTC, mobilises its resources and its expertise to eliminate poverty in the world. BTC contributes to the efforts of the international community and works towards a society that provides present and future generations with sufficient resources to build a sustainable and fair world. BTC implements more than 300 cooperation projects and programmes in some 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

BTC is active in Rwanda since 2000. It implements projects as defined in the successive Indicative Cooperation Programmes (ICP). ICPs are negotiated between the Government of Rwanda and the Government of Belgium.

The BTC in Rwanda has grown over the years. Since the Joint Commission on Development Cooperation between Rwanda and Belgium in October 2006, a number of new projects and programs have been initiated in addition to scores of others that were already in operation.

Projects and programs as well as sector budget support provided by the BTC in Rwanda focus on four priority sectors: health, education, good governance and rural development taken in a broad sense.
In the Indicative Cooperation Program (ICP) 2007 – 2010, 9% of the budget was foreseen for multi-sector programs such as scholarships and traineeships, micro-projects, funds for studies and expertise, capacity development program and microfinance sector development.

For the capacity development part (budget of 5.000.000 euro), the BTC channeled its support in through PSCBS.

The general objective of the BTC-PSCBS “Support to Capacity Development” project is to contribute to the realization of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy in the framework of Rwanda's vision 2020. Its specific objective is to strengthen the capacity of public institutions and civil servants to improve service delivery in Rwanda.

Read more about the project on the "Support to Capacity Development project" page

Visit also the BTC website: www.btcctb.org