This external evaluation was conducted towards the end of 2010 upon the completion of two SFCG projects in Rwanda, Using Communications and Dialogue to Facilitate the Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies, funded by the European Commission, and Promoting Collaborative Land Conflict Transformation in Contemporary Rwandan Society, funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Though separate, the two projects complimented each other as both dealt with similar and inter-related issues in Rwanda, namely poverty and land issues. The EC project sought to stimulate citizen interest and engagement around issues of youth entrepreneurship, decentralization and land reforms as key elements of poverty in Rwanda by providing information that met the needs of rural, especially youth, populations. The USAID project, on the other hand, sought to foster effective conflict resolution and reconciliation at the community level in support of the implementation of the National Land Policy and Land Law by the Government of Rwanda. The evaluation found the project well conceived and effective in creating change at the community level, and recommended such work continue and indeed, be expanded.
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