In 2004 as a response to the global trend in delivering external aid more efficiently and effectively to achieve poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, the Government of Rwanda, the development partners and the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator embarked on a joint support to strengthened aid coordination in the country.
The Government established an External Finance Unit (EFU) within the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) responsible for the aid management and coordination. Meanwhile, five donors – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), the Netherlands, Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA) and Swiss Agency for Development and Coorperation (SDC) contributed to a Basket Fund of USD 2.7 million, managed by UNDP and the setting up of an Aid Coordination Unit (ACU) under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator.
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