Rwanda Cooperative Agency - Kigali - Rwanda

Implementing Government policy in matters relating to cooperative organizations;
Registering cooperative organizations and assigning to them legal personality;
Regulating and supervising cooperative organizations including the national cooperative unions, federations and confederations;
Setting standards and formulate professional ethics for prudent management of cooperative organizations;
Supervising of implementation of laws and instructions governing cooperatives;
Promoting the cooperative organizations sector;
Assisting cooperative organizations in their capacity building through training and seminars of its members and managers;
Promoting business entrepreneurship in the cooperative organizations sector;
Encouraging the cooperative movement to take advantage of investment opportunities at national, regional and international levels;
Carrying out research and studies on cooperative organizations matters and ensuring their publication;
Advising the Government on elaborating the national policies and strategies in relation with cooperative organizations;
Ensuring the application of laws governing cooperative organizations and other laws that cooperative organizations are requested to observe;
Developing good relations and collaborating with other agencies carrying out similar missions at both regional and international levels.