[{"bbox": [247, 103, 573, 132], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.4. Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [67, 143, 1158, 794], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2-3</td><td>Limited involvement of private sector, farmers and CSOs in sector dialogue</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Advocacy, involvement of farmers' organisations and policy dialogue.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>NDC targets straddling different public services</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Promoting strong inter-Ministerial coordination on adaptation targets in rural areas</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Vulnerability to climate events</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Promoting climate adaptation and resilience measures</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Higher EU environmental and food safety standards limiting market opportunities</td><td>M</td><td>M</td><td>Technical and financial support in the transition towards sustainable food systems</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Extended delays to launch and finalise Kigali Wholesale market works</td><td>M</td><td>H</td><td>Mobilisation of TA support to implementing partners by EU/ENABEL and RVO.</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [77, 793, 1150, 1007], "category": "Text", "text": "**Lessons Learnt:** The Strategic Evaluations Section of the Unit INTPA.D.4 carried-out the external Evaluation of EU Budget Support to Rwanda (2011-2018) in 2020. Evaluators concluded that in general, EU budget support inputs were appropriate and relevant in the political, economic and social context of Rwanda and were appropriately adjusted to changing Government of Rwanda priorities. In particular for the agricultural sector, budget support funds appear to have supported the government's agricultural modernisation policies, leading to higher production of some priority crops. However the contribution of budget support to improving capacities for planning, implementation and monitoring at national level is limited to a few institutions or programmes that were able to use technical assistance or other complementary measures."}, {"bbox": [77, 1030, 1150, 1087], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will ensure effective implementation of the sector related recommendations (R) put forward by the evaluators and accepted by EU services:"}, {"bbox": [77, 1110, 1150, 1272], "category": "Text", "text": "R-3 'In future budget support operations, it would be desirable to re-establish a macro-economic dialogue between the Government of Rwanda, the EU, other concerned donors and the IMF': 'The EU Delegation will actively engage into a substantial macro-economic dialogue with the Government of Rwanda notably in the framework of the annual retreat where all development partners are convened to a multi-day dialogue with the authorities, and in the framework of the Development Partners Coordination Group (DPCG) where the Ministry of Finance presents the government budget framework paper. The IMF and the World Bank are both permanents members of these groups'."}, {"bbox": [77, 1296, 1150, 1351], "category": "Text", "text": "R-4: Enhanced coordination at technical level between the Ministry of Finance, MINAGRI and MoE will be encouraged with this action: and the TA mobilised will facilitate communication and exchanges."}, {"bbox": [77, 1375, 1150, 1537], "category": "Text", "text": "R-4 'the EU should continue, and increase, support to private sector, civil society and farmers' organisations, to strengthen them and promote their participation in Sector and Technical Working groups': the EU is already seen in Rwandan context as a key actor in the promotion of inclusive agricultural policies. Sector dialogue includes and will continue to include key non state actors mentioned in the recommendation. Value chain development will include farmers and agri SMEs in decision making -processes and performance indicators will tackle reinforcement of extension services to include a gender-sensitive approach."}, {"bbox": [77, 1561, 1150, 1643], "category": "Text", "text": "R-5 'The Government should dedicate more attention and resources to improve information management and use of data': The first Monitoring & Evaluation system for the agri-sector was designed with EU support and its implementation at the local level will be supported by this action."}, {"bbox": [1039, 1662, 1157, 1687], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 30"}]