Background
	Mission
	Objectives
	Organisational Structure
	Contact Details

 

Background

For sometime  Rwanda has been in a situation whereby projects are conceived, initiated and approved in an uncoordinated manner. Resources borrowed, grants  received  or national funds budgeted for development are not having the desired impact. The situation got worse  since 1994 due to the emergency conditions and lack of human resources which may have been understandable in the circumstances.

The result has been a lack of coordination in the Public Investment Programme (PIP) projects which are ill conceived, not well prepared, not viable and  not conforming to the national priorities and sectoral implementation strategies. It has  led to poor management  of project resources during implementation; lack of transparency and accountability; lack of  flow of information for decision making; and no-utilisation of budget resources.

Lack of strategic coordination  and a structured national system to oversee the planning and management of projects has led to  a situation whereby:

Projects are donor driven. Multilateral  agencies and NGOs work directly on  their own  priorities  with line ministries  to initiate  and implement  projects often  without prior coordination with the Ministry of Finance and Economic planning.

The risk of unproductive  borrowing  and likelihood of downstream  unplanned and uncontrolled  recurrent expenditure  has been increased.

 The absence of a central coordination, weak  financial system, poor monitoring of projects may also have led to  problems  of transparency  in implementation  and probably corrupt practices  in procurement,  contact award and personnel management.

Project management has been further complicated by multiplicity of donor agencies, including  NGOs each having its own procedures  and directly deciding its own priorities.

The proliferation of project implementation units in different Ministries and agencies some of  which having no necessary capacity further  complicated the matter.

CEPEX  is an organ of the Government put in place in order to  eliminate the above weaknesses.  It is  expected to improve project and programme formulation and selection, monitoring, management, audit and evaluation, mobilisation of external resources and aid co-ordination.

 

Mission

The mission of CEPEX is to promote optimal allocation of resources and to ensure that they are utilised in most efficient way in order to attain envisaged development objectives. It will also accelerate the development through improving absorptive capacity at project level, and  promote accountability and transparency in implementation and management of projects in the country

 

Objectives

In order to fulfill its mission,  the CEPEX has the following objectives:

1. To promote a well functioning process of planning and efficient management of public investment programmes.
   
   

2. To provide assistance to sectoral ministries in the formulation of feasible  projects and programmes to ensure that they are coherent with the national and  sectoral development objectives.
   
   

3.  To improve investment portfolio performance by putting in place mechanisms for efficient and effective project monitoring, evaluation and auditing systems that will help the government and donors to monitor project implementation and to undertake appropriate corrective measures  to improve overall investment impact in the country.
   
   

4. To serve as a focal point of donor agencies, improve the mobilisation of  external resource and  effective aid  co-ordination, serve as depository of information regarding donor activity in various sectors. It will provide such agencies with all the information they need.

 

Organisational Structure

CEPEX is a semi-autonomous body based in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. It works as a secretariat to the Development Committee.

Executive Secretary

Mr. John Ruzibuka

Technical Department

Co-ordinates and facilitates the preparation of PIP within the MTEF framework, investment budget and project preparation and appraisal. It ensures that programmes and projects from line ministries and donors are coherent  with the national and sectoral objectives and resources are allocated according to national and sectoral development priorities.

Monitoring Department

Monitors  the progress of project implementation, assists in speeding up procurement and disbursement and portfolio performance in the country. It has desks that are charged with follow-up of projects on portfolio basis.

External Finance and Aid Co-ordination Department

Responsible for  mobilisation of external resources and  promotes effective aid co-ordination.

Project Audit and Evaluation Department

Promotes efficient resources utilisation and ensures accountability and  transparency in financial management at project level  by co-ordinating regular audit  and evaluation of projects.

 

Contact Details

Postal Address

CEPEX, BP 6019, Kigali, Rwanda

Telephone & Fax

Contact	Telephone	Fax
Executive Secretary	75436	71074
Head of Technical Department	75436	71074
Head of Monitoring Department	75436	71074
Head of Audit and Evaluation Department	70965	71074
Head of External Finance Department	70965	71074
Head of IT Department	75436	71074
Head of Administration and Finance	70978	71074