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Law N° 48/2013 of 28/06/2013 Establishing Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA) and Determining its Mission, Organisation and Functioning.

Country/Territory
Rwanda
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Cooperative/producer organization Basic legislation Gender
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Law establishes the Rwanda Cooperative Agency(RCA) as a legal person with administrative and financial autonomy. The RCA’s mission includes implementing Government policy in matters relating to cooperative organizations; to register cooperative organizations and grant them legal personality; to regulate and supervise cooperative organizations including the national cooperative unions, federations and confederation; to set standards and formulate professional ethics for prudent management of cooperative organizations; to promote and assist cooperative organizations in their capacity building through training and seminars of its members and managers; to promote business entrepreneurship in the cooperative organizations sector; to encourage the cooperative movement to take advantage of investment opportunities at national, regional and international levels; to carry out research and studies on cooperative organizations and ensure their publication; to advise the Government on the elaboration of national policies and strategies in relation with cooperative organizations; to ensure the compliance of laws and regulations governing cooperative organizations and other laws that cooperative organizations are requested to conform to; and to develop relations and collaboration with other regional or international agencies in charge of cooperative organizations. The Law also provides for the composition, organization and setup of the RCA; it is to be managed by the Board of Directors and the General Directorate. Essentially, this Law repealed the Law n° 16/2008 of 11/06/2008 establishing Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA).

Full text
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Implemented by

Instructions N. 08/52 of 01/10/2018/ Regulating Interventions of Stakeholders/Partners in the Development of the Cooperative Sector.

Legislation | Rwanda | 2018

Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Public private partnership (PPP)

Source: FAO, FAOLEX