6th December 2021 - Sebeya Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for Integrated Water Resources Management Programme (IWRM Programme) has taken place in Kigali.

Under this programme, implemented by the Government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) and funded by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the implementation of participatory community-based approaches is piloted in Sebeya catchment.

The PSC oversees the project implementation through bi-annual meetings to review progress and provide high-level guidance and is the lead governance body for the implementation of IWRM Programme.

It is comprised of senior officials from various government and private institutions, with RWB acting as executing agency and Technical Assistance (TA) led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and chaired by the Permanent Secretary of Minister in Charge of Cabinet Affairs (MINICAAF) in Prime Minister’s Office (PRIMATURE), while co-chaired by the First Secretary of Water and Environment from Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) in Kigali.

The overall objectives of this PSC meeting include:

• Review programme performance and progress;
• Approve annual program reports;
• Approve programme work plans (overall and annual);
• Ensure that the programme is in alignment with national priorities;
• Ensure the use of programme experiences to influence and strengthen the overall policy environment in Rwanda;
• Provide support in communicating programme results and outcomes to partners;
• Provide support and guidance in the implementation of the project as required.

The target of the programme is to contribute to improving landscape restoration & management for sustainable socio- economic and climate-resilient development through:

• Reduced land degradation, river sedimentation, and flooding;
• Improved incomes and resilience from the sustainable use of landscape resources;
• Operational landscape governance and management institutions and evidence-based guidelines on the landscape approach (through knowledge management).

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