Rwanda

Since 1959 Rwanda has known periodic ethnic violence against parts of the population that resulted in the 1994 Genocide. The country for a long time did not experience democratic elections. With almost no support from the International Community during the Genocide, Rwandans were able to stop this and installed a transitional Government called the Government of the National Unity that governed the country from 1994 to 2003.

For a long time since independence there were no democratic elections in the country.
In a referendum in May 2003, Rwandans adopted a constitution to replace the transitional arrangements put in place inthe aftermath of the 1994 genocide. The Senate and the Presidency were all held in 2003. The Chamber of Deputies’ elections were organized in 2008. Presidential elections will be in 2010 and Senate elections in 2011.

Increase People’s participation in democratic processes and Develop Capacity of the THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF FREE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS

The restructuring of Government institutions (rightsizing, redeployment and accompanying measures for retrenched staff) is carried out ;
The human resource development and capacity building policy is elaborated and approved;
Jobs description/classification and new grading system designed;
A new salary policy and scale is designed;
Performance evaluation tools and systems developed and approved;
ICT development (computerized pay system, registration etc) policy designed