Abstract:
Rwanda’s contribution to RSIF: Rwanda is a founding member of PASET, was among
the first countries to contribute to RSIF and it hosted
the 5th PASET Forum in Kigali in 2019. The Minister of
Education represents Rwanda in the PASET Governing
Council, and the Adviser sits in the PASET Executive
Board.
Rwanda’s initial US$2 million contribution has now
been fully exhausted. 80% of Rwanda’s contribution
directly supports training of Rwandan scholars and
is currently committed to enrolled students in the
RSIF PhD scholarship programme. The potential of
Rwanda’s innovative expansion due to this investment
is multiplied when leveraged by the funds through
matching support from various donors, including the
Government of Korea, international partner institutions
and others.
By being part of RSIF, Rwanda benefits from joint
resource mobilization with other countries and capacity
building for PhDs and research and innovation far into
the future. PASET aims to mobilise over USD 500 million
into the RSIF endowment fund, with an estimated 20%
to be allocated to research and innovation projects for
the benefit of citizens and institutions of participating
countries. Many African countries are interested to be
part of this.
