Rwanda Convention Bureau

ICR4WEE Conference

RCBWEB — 2024-07-24T16:11:49Z

The Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility has organised the ICR4WEE Conference on 5-6 June 2024. The event focused on creating better legal, institutional, and regulatory conditions for businesses to grow and operate, as well as to improve women's participation in policy-making processes.

Building on its successful activities and the dynamic networks it has established across African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states, the ICR Facility brought together ACP and European stakeholders, such as policymakers, business organisations, regulators and development partners to exchange learnings and ideas on making business environment reforms work for women in the ACP region and on how to create momentum for reforms.

Therefore, the topics to be discussed will include for example representation and agency of women in inclusive public-private dialogues, gender-sensitive industrial and investment policies, the impact of unpaid care work on women's economic choices and autonomy, access to finance for women entrepreneurs, gender-lens investing, gender-based violence in the workplace and a range of other themes.
The aims of this 2-day conference include:

learning from high-level speakers and experts from ACP public and private sector institutions on their engagement in WEE,
showcasing and exchanging successes, including relevant programmes that supported reforms for women-led businesses,
sharing the most recent research and findings on the relation between investment climate reforms and WEE, and
providing a space for practitioners to discuss experiences with peers.

For more information, visit the website below

View online : https://www.icr-facility.eu/event/i...

African Hub Agro - dealers Conference 2024

RCBWEB — 2024-07-24T16:07:56Z

The inaugural African Hub Agro-Dealer Development Conference (HADC) will take place
June 4-7, 2024 in Kigali, at the Kigali Marriott Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda.
The four-day event will feature three days of conferencing and a fourth day visiting the new Rwanda Fertilizer Company blending plant that is a partnership between OCP and the
government of Rwanda.
The central focus of the inaugural event will revolve around one of the key themes of the recently convened African Union African Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit, specifically increasing the flows of financing in the African fertilizer value chain.
AFAP intends to use the HADC platform to launch its African Trade Credit Guarantee Program (ATCGP) and to share with prospective suppliers, hub agro-dealers, and industry development partners the nuts and bolts of how the program will work, its aims and introduce the key stakeholders behind the initiative.
A second highlight of the event will be the adjudication of the 2nd annual Hub Agro-Dealer of the Year Award (HAYA) which will take place this year before a constituency of hub peers of
the nominees.

The event will also feature afternoon Master Classes on Days 2 and 3 to familiarize hub Agro-dealers with revenue enhancing technologies and innovations (in the areas of plant nutrition, agro-forestry, extension services provision, soil health, cooling as a service, mechanization as a service, solar irrigation and promoting trade of innovative products); an table exhibition for suppliers, technology providers, hub agro agro-dealers and development partners, community building breakfast meetings for women in inputs and youth in inputs and a match-making program through which product suppliers and hub agro-dealers can meet to establish new business partnerships.

For more information, visit the website below

View online : https://afap-partnership.org/conten...

Shelter Afrique 43RD AGM

RCBWEB — 2024-05-22T09:46:50Z

Theme: Sustainable Partnerships in the Affordable Housing Finance Value Chain

Shelter Afrique plays a crucial role in promoting collaborative partnerships for impact in the housing and built environment sector in Africa by convening stakeholders, providing technical assistance, sharing best practices, and advocating for policy change to enhance sustainable and inclusive housing development across the continent.
The symposium will catalyze enhanced collaboration and partnership in the housing and built environment sector in Africa. By bringing together diverse stakeholders, the event will facilitate dialogue, knowledge sharing, and action planning to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable and inclusive housing for all in the Region.

For more information, visit the website below

View online : https://www.agm.shelterafrique.org/

CIMPAD 13th International Conference

RCBWEB — 2024-04-22T10:40:11Z

The Consortium for International Management Policy and Development (CIMPAD) and East African University Rwanda (EAUR) as hosts in collaboration with University of Rwanda (UR) and Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA) as co-hosts are pleased to announce the 13th International conference that will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, 23-27, 2024.

As a nonpartisan, nonprofit association, CIMPAD convenes a biennial international conference in an African country to provide a forum for those in government, academia, private business and non-governmental organizations in achieving its mission: which is “To inspire and promote collaborative working relationships toward the advancement of knowledge in public administration, policy management and to enhance the capacity building for good governance and sustainable development in civil societies”

Attendees will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the vibrant local culture, experience the positivity of the region's history, and receive warm hospitality. We are confident that the conference will be enriching experiences that blend academia, culture, and reflection on significant historical milestones.

General Objective:
The primary goal of this conference is to convene a diverse group of entrepreneurs, policymakers, government officials, NGOs, and stakeholders from across the globe to explore the challenges and opportunities in the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Rwanda and Africa and lessons learned from other ecosystems. The conference will focus on promoting entrepreneurship as a powerful driver of economic growth and development, with special emphasis on empowering youth and women entrepreneurs.

For more information, visit the website below

View online : https://cimpad.org/13th-internation...

6th International Conference on Resilience (Resilio)

RCBWEB — 2024-02-21T10:34:30Z

The congress themes encompass a wide range of subjects, including the impact of resilience in the face of genocide, wars, ecological/natural disasters, pandemics, chronic adversity, and more. The congress is organized by the International Association for the Promotion and Dissemination of Research on Resilience (Resilio) with support from the Division of Mental Health at the Ministry of Health of Rwanda and the University of Rwanda in Kigali.

Objectives:

Share Experiences, Reflections, and Strategies: Share experiences, reflections, and strategies for enhancing the resilience of populations affected by mass violence worldwide around Resilio members but especially within the Rwandan context and the broader East African Community.

Explore Cultural Resilience: Explore cultural resilience practices and approaches from diverse cultural contexts, with a focus on their applicability to the local contexts across the global.

Collect Global Insights: Gather examples of practices and approaches from around the world, including international, the East African Community and the Great Lakes region, that positively influence the development of resilience strategies.

Participants

The international congress is open to researchers, practitioners and academicians
interested in the field of trauma and resilience. Participants will be University students, researchers, community researchers, practitioners, policymakers and others from
Rwanda and the global community. Over 800 participants are expected to attend the
event.

For more information, visit the website below

View online : https://resilience2023.rw/icr-2024/...

ICANN80 Policy Forum

RCBWEB — 2024-01-24T14:13:52Z

ICANN holds three Public Meetings each calendar year in different regions of the world to enable people from around the globe to participate in-person or online. ICANN Public Meetings are a central part of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model, and provide a venue for progressing policy work, conducting outreach, exchanging best practices, negotiating business deals, and interacting with members of the ICANN community, Board, and organization.

Usually comprised of more than 100 different sessions, these meetings are an important opportunity for individuals and representatives from ICANN's various stakeholder groups to introduce and discuss issues related to the ICANN policy development process. Participants may attend either in-person or remotely. Meetings are open to everyone, and registration is free.

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

For more information, visit the website below

View online : https://www.icann.org/

19th Kigali International Peace Marathon

RCBWEB — 2024-01-23T14:45:01Z

The event is run in accordance with the World Athletics (W.A) technical rules 240 in Section VII on road races of 2020 in force from 1stNovember 2020, and the world athletics Rule 260.28 which are in harmony with theones of Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) and these of Rwanda Athletics Federation. The KIPM circuit complieswith detailed international criteria in order to be considered eligible in the top lists, marathons that provide Entry standards, World Rankings and World Records.

The Kigali International Peace Marathon 2022 was awarded a World Athletics Label after the positive assessment done by World Athletics on the previous editions' organizations and how it's organization meet detailed criteria and requirements specifically the respect of competition technical rules, the anti-doping rules, medical guidelines, timing system and results production.

To participate, the following are the requirements:

In KIPM Participants of Full and Half Marathon must be over 22Years of age and must be checked before by the medical team,
Participants in the Run for Peace under the age of 18 must be accompanied at all times by a responsible adult;
Participants must be in good health and physically prepared to take on the challenge of the race for which they are entered,
Participants are required to wear an official marathon race number on the front of their jersey to participate in the Kigali International Peace Marathon;
No individual vehicles, motorbikes or Bicycles are allowed on the course;
Pet Animals, whether on lead or not are not allowed on the course;
Personal trainers, mentors or coaches will not be allowed on the course unless they are entered in the event and wearing an official Marathon Race Number;
No person shall under any circumstances run beside an athlete while he/she is taking refreshment or water, an athlete who collects refreshment from a place other than the refreshment stations renders him/herself liable to disqualification by the referees;
Competitors are obliged to follow the instruction of steward, race officials or Rwanda traffic police at all times;
Participants must start at the official start line and complete the full officially measured course;
Participants must start the event at the officially sanctioned start time only

Fore registration and more information, visit the website below

View online : https://kigalimarathon.org/