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            Voices of TI-RW’s Partners






                                             Hon. Anastase Murekezi,                                                                                                            Prof. Anastase Shyaka,
                                             Rwanda Ombudsman, Office of the Ombudsman                                                                                          CEO of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB)




                                                   orruption is a symptomatic        We are grateful to Transparency                                                                wanda Governance Board (RGB)       TI-RW plays a pivotal role in the
                                                   sign of poor service delivery.    International Rwanda’s efforts as Civil                                                        is mandated, among other,          development of the civil society
                                             CFighting against corruption            Society Organization.                                                                     Rto foster good governance              landscape. It produces the Civil
                                             can’t be successful with only the                                                                                                  including accountability, transparency,   Society Barometer, which portrays the
                                             Government efforts. Non-State actors,   TI-RW plays an important role when                                                         citizen participation, quality service   state of CSOs in Rwanda and the key
                                             but also citizens play a crucial role in   it comes to providing evidence on                                                       delivery, the rule of law and to       dynamics within the CSOs sphere and
                                             the fight against corruption.           corruption and promoting good                                                              conduct citizen centered researches.   suggests strategies geared towards
                                                                                     governance in Rwanda. We are                                                               Transparency International Rwanda      empowering CSOs in order to enable
                                             The Office of The Ombudsman in          convinced that citizens engagement                                                         is one of RGB’s valuable partners.     them play their role in the societal
                                             Rwanda looks back on almost 10          towards this transformal process is                                                        TI-RW has been very instrumental in    transformation.
                                             years of partnership with Transparency   essential. We are looking forward                                                         promoting accountability, advocating
                                             International Rwanda, which has been    to our joint efforts towards zero                                                          for citizens and in fostering a citizen   RGB values the cooperation with
                                             formalized through a Memorandum of      tolerance to corruption in Rwanda.                                                         centered fight against corruption,     TI-RW.  I commend TI-RW for great
                                             Understanding in 2009.                                                                                                             particularly in the last 10 years.     achievements and my very best wishes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       for grater delivery as I look forward to
                                                                                                                                                                                TI-RW reflects the attributes of a     the fostering of our partnership.
                                                                                                                                                                                vibrant civil society organization: the
                                                                                                                                                                                capacity to generate evidence for
                                                                                                                                                                                stakeholders engagements, a strong
                                                                                                                                                                                commitment for constructive dialogue
                                                                                                                                                                                with public and private institutions
                                                                                                                                                                                as well as an outstanding strive to
                                                                                                                                                                                citizens and community service.





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