Joint Action Development Forum-JADF
The Joint Action Development Forum (JADF) is a multi-stakeholder platform comprised of representatives from the public sector, private sector and civil society. It was put in place to facilitate and promote full participation of citizens in the decentralized and participatory governance and improve service provision processes.
RGB is mandated to and coordinate and follow up the Joint Action Development Forum activities.
JADF members come from institutions and organisations operating at District level including public, private, local and international NGOs, Faith-based organisations and other development partners.
JADF serves as a non-hierarchical discussion platform in which every member has equal role to play: representing their constituency, provide open, complete and transparent information about their development activities and results, discuss progress made in the District towards sustainable and inclusive local development, learn and eventually improve. Thus, JADF meetings are a key platform facilitating the implementation of effective decentralization by providing a forum for service provision and development planning accountability.
JADF builds on the traditional values of solidarity and mutual support towards a common agenda of ensuring the social welfare of people. JADF applies the traditional practice that any activity or pressing duty that could not have been handled without the help of the community could be assisted upon.
Traditional practices used to engage people individually in the past are replicated today at institution level by JADF after combining them with modern participatory concepts, such as: creating a space for inclusive dialogue, synergy and accountability, establishing a shared agenda of development in the District and determining outcomes to be monitored and peer-reviewed.
The mission of JADF is " to ensure a sustainable socio-economic development and improved service delivery for Rwandan communities through active participation, dialogue, and accountability by sharing information, effective coordination of stakeholders’ interventions in decentralized entities".
The vision of JADF is to have active Rwandan communities participating in sustainable and inclusive development driven by mutual accountability".
RGB as the coordinating organ has the following responsibilities:
1° To ensure that JADF Action plans in Districts are harmonized with JADF national strategic plan;
2° To collect and analyse reports submitted to RGB by Districts JADF
3° To prepare the JADF Stakeholder Consultative Meeting at National level;
4° To prepare National JADF Steering Committee meetings;