Bilateral collaboration with Rwanda

ISP has been assigned by Sida as the coordinating entity for the Swedish activities in the bilateral program with University of Rwanda (UR) since 1 July 2019.

The program phase is for five years, i.e. until 30 June 2024.

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Upcoming events:

• May 22-24, 2023: Annual Planning Meeting in Uppsala at Hotel Scandic Uplandia, Adress: Dragarbrunnsgatan, 32, 753 20 Uppsala, Sweden. Agenda of the meeting

Past events:

• 25-29 May 2020 - Annual Planning Meeting Online
• 18-19 March 2020 - TLM meeting Sweden
• 20 September 2019 - Start-up meeting Sweden

Documents regarding the bilateral agreement with Rwanda:

Planning documents:
Budget guidelines
Planning template 2020-2021
Sweden Program Planner
Budget template Planning year 2

Financial Reporting:
Reporting Template Swedish institutions Updated 200826
Financial reporting and Audit presentation 200514

Contract Enclosures:
Enclosure 1 University of Rwanda and Sweden Research Partnership 2019-2024 Sida contribution No 11277 - Annex E
Enclosure 2 - Sida’s general conditions applicable to Grants from Sida to Swedish Governmental Authorities - Annex A
Enclosure 3 -  Sida´s Standard Terms of Reference for Annual Audit of Project/Programme support“ - Annex I Updated April 2023
Enclosure 4 UR-Sweden Programme’s Supplementary guidelines - Annex G
Enclosure 5 List of Swedish collaborating Universities - Annex F

Collaborating Swedish institutions:

• Chalmers University of Technology (CTH)
• Jönköping University (JU)
• Karlstad University (KaU)
• Karolinska Institutet (KI)
• Linköping University (LiU)
• Lund University (LU)
• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• Stockholm University (SU)
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
• Södertörn University (SH)
• Umeå University (UmU)
• University of Borås (UB)
• University of Gothenburg (GU)
• Uppsala University (UU)

• Örebro University (OrU)

Project 1: Integrated agricultural production systems: an obliged path towards one-health, sustainable agriculture and healthy food production

• Team leader UR: Dr. Guillaume Nyagatare guillaumenyagatare@gmail.com
• Team leader SLU: Dr. Abraham Joel abraham.joel@slu.se

Swedish partner university: SLU

Project 6: Engendering rural transformation for sustainable development

• Team leader UR: Prof. Alfred R. Bizoza alfredbiz23@gmail.com
• Team leader SLU: Assoc. Prof. Linley Chiwona-Karltun linley.chiwona.karltun@slu.se

Swedish partner university: SLU

Project 8a: Institutional capacity building for relevant management and economics research of high quality towards sustainable socio-economic transformation of Rwanda

• Team leader UR: Prof. Rama B. Rao ramarwanda@gmail.com
• Team leader JU: Prof. Daniel Pittino Daniel.Pittino@ju.se

Swedish partner universities: JU, KaU and UmU

Project 8b: Institutional capacity building for relevant management and economics research of high quality towards sustainable socio-economic transformation of Rwanda

• Team leader UR: Dr. Johnson Bosco Rukundo rukujohn@yahoo.com
• Team leader GU: Dr. Yonas Alem yonas.alem@economics.gu.se

Swedish partner university: GU

Project 9: Strengthening capacity for sustainable bioenergy, waste management and air pollution control in Rwanda

• Team leader UR: Dr. Kabera Telesphore kaberacriss@gmail.com
• Team leader UmU: Dr. Christoffer Boman christoffer.boman@umu.se

Swedish partner universities: KTH, SLU and UmU

Project 11: Enhancing water resources and environmental management (E-WREM) for sustainable livelihood in Rwanda

• Team leader UR: Prof. Umaru Garba Wali ugarbawali@gmail.com
• Team leader LU: Prof. Magnus Larson magnus.larson@tvrl.lth.se

Swedish partner universities: LU and KTH

Project 19: Strengthening Research Capacity and Research Training Partnership in Peace, Conflict and Security

• Team leader UR: Dr. Peter J. Mugume pmugume@ur.ac.rw
• Team leader GU: Dr. Gunilla Blomqvist Sköldberg gunilla.blomqvist@globalstudies.gu.se

Swedish partner university: GU

Project 20: Towards sustainable social development: Strengthening social work education, research and practice in Rwanda

• Team leader UR: Dr. Hahirwa Joseph  jhahirwa@ur.ac.rw
• Team leader GU: Prof. Lena Andersson lena.andersson@socwork.gu.se

Swedish partner university: GU

Project 29: Strengthening Research Capacity and Expertise in Digital Health

• Team leader UR: Dr. Louis Sibomana lewis.sis@gmail.com
• Team leader SU: Prof. Uno Fors uno@dsv.su.se

Swedish partner university: SU

Project 31: Infectious Diseases

• Team leader UR: Dr. Kayitare Egide egide.kayitare@gmail.com
• Team leader GU: Dr. Sofia Birgersson sofia.birgersson@gu.se

Swedish partner universities: GU, KI and UmU

Project 35: Research Capacity Development in Sustainable Energy

• Team leader UR: Dr. Charles Kabiri c.kabiri@ur.ac.rw
• Team leader Chalmers: Prof. Sverker Molander Sverker.Molander@chalmers.se

Swedish partner universities: Chalmers, GU and JU

Project 40: Strengthening Research Capacity in Mathematics, Statistics and Their Applications

• Team leader UR: Dr. Froduald Minani fminani@ur.ac.rw
• Team leader LiU: Prof. Martin Singull martin.singull@liu.se

Swedish partner universities: LiU, KTH and SU

Project 41: Undernutrition an interdisciplinary programme focusing on children and their mothers

• Team leader UR: Prof. Aline Umubyeyi aumubyey@nursph.org
• Team leader GU: Prof. Gunilla Krantz gunilla.krantz@socmed.gu.se

Swedish partner universities: LU, SLU, SH and UmU

Project 44: Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship for increased relevance of University of Rwanda to the country

• Team leader UR: Dr. Emile Bienvenu ebienvenu3@gmail.com
• Team leader SH: Dr. Tomas Kjellqvist tomas.kjellqvist@sh.se

Swedish partner universities: SH, JU and LU

Project 45: Research management support to strengthen the UR strategic and operational research capacities

• Team leader UR:
• Team leader LU: Prof. Bo Göransson bo.goransson@fek.lu.se

Swedish partner universities: LU, KI and OrU

Project 48: University of Rwanda ICT Infrastructure and Business Solutions

• Team leader UR: Chief Information Officer UR cio@ur.ac.rw
• Deputy team leader UR: Mr. Daton Eric Ngilinshuti e.ngilinshuti@ur.ac.rw
• Team leader SU: Prof. Uno Fors uno@dsv.su.se

Swedish partner university: SU

Project 49: Research support to Rwanda through the University of Rwanda library services - “Library research support”

• Team leader UR: Dr. Robinah Kalemeera Namuleme namulemerobinah@gmail.com
• Team leader UB: Ms. Veronica Trépagny veronica.trepagny@hb.se

Swedish partner universities: UB, SLU and UU