Bisa Octavien SAMALI
Executive Secretary and Senior Investment Advisor
Phone : +250-252-596132
Email: bisa.octavien@minecofin.gov.rw

I. OBJECTIVES
The Public Investment Secretariat is the National Organ in charge of ensuring the adequacy of national public investment policies, strategies, plans, programs, priorities, procedures, and the selection of projects , including the public-private partnership (PPP) projects , with the national short, medium and long term objectives of economic and social development.

II. ORGANS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Public Investment Secretariat is composed of the following Organs:

1. Public Investment Committee (PIC);
2. Technical Secretariat.

After consideration and approval by the Cabinet, the Minister having Finance in his attributions determines the institutions and their representatives in the Committee. The Minister having Finance in his attributions is the Chairperson of the Committee. The Permanent Secretary in the same Ministry is the Vice Chairperson.

Mandate of the Public Investment Committee (PIC).
The mandate of the Public Investment Committee shall be the following:

1. To guide and coordinate elaboration, continuous updating, and implementation of the National Public Investment Policy, strategies, programs, priorities, as well as public investment management rules, regulations, guidelines, procedures and instruments;
2. To guide the implementation of principles and key measures of the national public investment policy and to coordinate elaboration of public investment planning, programming and budgeting documents, and to approve, at its level, the same official documents and instruments as well as coordinate their implementation and periodic updating, and to monitor and advise on necessary assistance to be provided to relevant implementing units and agencies;
3. To issue:
   
   1. criteria for public investment appraisal and prioritization in the context of limited resources;
   2. guidelines for projects development and cost-benefit analysis; and
   3. project approval, programming and budgeting mechanism;
4. To ensure quality control and advise the relevant government authorities in identification of highest quality programs of priority public investment projects in various regions of the country;
5. To assess and approve the national public investment priorities and financing strategies;
6. To assess and approve proposals for medium or large scale public investments submitted to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning by various Government budget agencies for programming or budgeting purpose, in close coordination with CDF;
7. To advise the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on national policies affecting public investment;
8. To coordinate the preparation, integration and implementation of a public-private partnership "PPP" program, in close collaboration with other relevant government Organs and the private sector or civil society organizations.
   In this regard, the Public Investment Committee approves, at its level, proposals for national policies, program and procedures for public-private partnerships;
9. To adopt its internal regulations and action plans.

Structure of the Technical Secretariat
The Technical Secretariat serve as a technical support office for the Public Investment Committee. The Technical Secretariat is headed by an Executive Secretary; he plays the role of Senior Investment Adviser and coordinates and supervises the Secretariat's operations.
It is in addition composed of two units:

1. The Public Investment Technical Team,
2. The Public Private Partnership "PPP" Unit.

1. Education services, human resources and skills development, good governance, cultural change, reinstallation, social sector, social capital and institutions quality development;
2. ICT industry development and Infrastructure, and management information systems;
3. Agriculture and high value agribusiness.

Role of the Public Investment Technical Team
The Public Investment Technical Team shall carry out the following functions:

1. To coordinate preparation of action plans and work programs for the Committee;
2. To coordinate the production of all technical and working documents required by the Committee and to ensure quality control;
3. To provide information, analysis, strategic research and necessary advocacy to ensure that the Government plays the lead role in public investments identification and prioritisation, and that public investment programming is based on adequate strategic guidance, solid analytical work and reflects the national public investment policy;
4. To ensure coordinated implementation of the key public investment policy measures; to strengthen coordination of the whole capital budget process and strategic overview of the Public Investment Program and the "PPP" program;
5. To provide advice on institutional, legal or regulatory framework, economic and financial reforms and capacity building issues affecting public investment;
6. To enforce "PPP" institutional and legal framework, regulations and procedures;
7. To establish standards and criteria for project preparation, screening, ranking and selection;
8. To apply screening and selection criteria on large and medium scale projects ;
9. To coordinate and guide government negotiating teams for large public investment projects including "PPPs".

Structure of the Public Private Partnership "PPP" Unit
The public Private Partnership "PPP" Unit is primarily comprised of:

1. a "PPP" resource mobilization and negotiation specialist, he/she shall be the Unit Coordinator;
2. a senior financial analyst;
3. a legal and public procurement specialist.

1. to manage issues concerning joint ventures between the public and the private sectors, mobilisation of private financing of large public projects, negotiation of complex projects and Public-Private Partnership transactions; to develop detailed "PPP" and joint venture institutional and legal framework, regulations and guidelines,
2. To review "PPP" and joint venture proposals and to advise the Minister having finance in his attributions on the merits and the strategies of "PPP" procurement or joint venture;
3. To advise on resolving any obstacles to the wide use of "PPP" including legal, taxation, financial and other issues;
4. To serve as a centre of expertise and assist line ministries and districts in reaching financial close of "PPP" projects;
5. To manage the "PPP" and joint venture facility and study funds, as well as the "PPP" advisory funding at preparation and negotiation levels;
6. To ensure "PPP" general oversight and make sure that efficient contract monitoring systems are in place;
7. To prepare the draft internal regulations of the Committee and to help the Chairperson of the Committee in fulfilling his/her duties and ensure the organization of meetings;
8. To coordinate mobilization and implementation of the technical assistance needed by the Committee, especially high-caliber experts on a permanent or temporary basis;
9. To provide the necessary administrative and logistical support to the Committee.

Latest News from the Office

The Public Investment Policy have been adopted by the cabinet on February 10, 2009 The Prime Minister's order establishing the Public Investment Secretariat have been signed and published in official gazette on October 20, 2009

Published documents from the office

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