Rwanda Becomes First East African Nation To Join African Development Banks RASME Initiative

Rwanda employs tools to enhance project-related data collection in remote areas. It is the first country in East Africa to do so and the seventh country across the continent.

With the Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) initiative, bank staff, including task and sector managers, national and regional program managers, and government officials, use smartphones, tablets, laptops, and drones. , You can collect project information directly from the field. And satellites.

Data is collected in a variety of formats, including text, video, graphics, and even survey responses.

The initiative is African Development BankIT Department (CHIS), World BankGeographical Activation Initiative for Surveillance and Surveillance (GEMS), When KoBoToolbox FoundationA non-governmental organization affiliated with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative..

Rwanda’s approval was cemented at a special ceremony held on May 17, 2022 in the national capital, Kigali.

The ceremony was attended by government representatives, project implementation units, and several units and departments of the African Development Bank and the World Bank.

Welcome new initiatives, Gerald MugabeRASME, Deputy Director of External Treasury, Government of Rwanda, believes that RASME “helps enhance effectiveness by simplifying project implementation, especially in terms of project quality and monitoring.”

Francis KohoeThe IT coordinator of the World Bank’s East Africa Regional Office has identified the benefits of the tool within two application areas. The same is true when visiting projects in remote areas where accessibility is not possible, difficult, or restricted due to conflicts, lack of security, dangerous terrain, or logistics constraints. “

Aissa Sarr TourRwanda’s country manager at the African Development Bank praised the government for supporting the introduction of the tool. She encouraged participants to be fully involved with the World Bank’s implementation team so that the initiative could provide full effective monitoring and evaluation of the project.

The African Development Bank is now a national and regional office to enable bank stakeholders to more effectively prepare projects, track progress and assess the impact of projects on beneficiary communities. We are deploying RASME throughout.

RASME is currently being conducted in Gabon, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Mozambique.