Profile
1. Vision and Mission
The EPRN Consult Co. Ltd is a subsidiary company of the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) Rwanda, a non-governmental organization (NGO). The EPRN Consult Co Ltd was officially registered at Rwanda Development Board (Registration Company code No.107900371 and Serial No.440788) in October 2018 with the aim of undertaking commissioned research and capacity building consultancies as business for profit. The EPRN Consult Co. Ltd draws human resource experts from the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) which is a membership- based NGO registered with the Rwanda Governance Board (Registration No 240/RGB/NGO/2017) that was established in 2008.
• Vision : “To become an international leader in economic policy research and analysis”.
• Mission : “To contribute to the evidence based economic policy making by providing high quality research, building capacity and creating networking opportunities”.
2. Services
Key services of the EPRN Consult Co. Ltd are categorized into the following pillars : (a) research and consultancies, (b) prepare and deliver professional trainings, (c) research mentorship and publication support, (c) networking (we are a pool of experts in various areas) ; and (d) organize networking events.
3. Networks
EPRN is a network of experts in socio-economic fields. Members are mostly individual researchers and analysts ; and institutions.
EPRN has working relationships with Universities like University of Rwanda, University of Kigali, Mount Kenya University, Kiel University in Germany, etc. ; Government institutions like the Ministry of Economic Planning and Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, National Bank of Rwanda, the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda, Rwanda Management Institute, etc. ; International Institutions like the Regional Network of Agricultural Research Policy Institutes (ReNAPRI), the Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, etc. to research on policy issues, conduct capacity building activities and organise policy debates.
4. Quality assurance system
EPRN has a research and consultancy quality committee that provides guidance and framework for research and consultancy services. The committee oversees efficient and effective delivery of assignment to clients. To ensure that quality services are delivered to clients, EPRN applies the standard operating procedures and internal controls checks on processes and outputs of the consultants.
5. Recent research and consultancy work by EPRN
EPRN has built a strong reputation in research, projects’ evaluation (baseline, mid-terms and end-line), capacity building consultancies, policy analysis and advocacy, organization of networking events, etc.
EPRN draws its combined experience from its strong pool of experts of up to 1,600 experts/affiliated members in various professional fields, having conducted various assignments both within EPRN and individually. Some of the key institutions served by EPRN in the recent past are summarized in the table below :
5.1. EPRN Experience related to Research and Policy analysis
5.2. EPRN Experience related to Capacity building services
5.3. Policy Dialogues
In addition, EPRN partnered with the following institutors to organize Research Conferences and Policy Dialogues :
• 2021 and 2022 : Partnered with the World Bank (Rwanda office) to organize a dissemination sessions of findings from Rwanda Economic Outlook Reports
• 2019, 2020 : Partnered with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to organize policy dialogue sessions around African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
• 2019, 2021, 2022 : Partnered with UNCTAD in organizing Research Conference discussions around topics related to enhancing productive capacitie4s of Rwanda
• 2015-2023 : We partnered with GIZ Rwanda to organize research conferences and policy dialogues around various topics : Employment promotion, Tourism promotion, Manufacturing, Etc.
• 2015-2023 : We partnered with various Government Institutions in organizing policy dialogues around Visons 2020, NST1, Visons 2050, regional integration, Tourism promotion, Etc. : MIFOTRA, RDB, MNICOM, MINECOFIN, BNR, etc.
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