Rwanda Programme Inclusive Decisions At Local Level (IDEAL) IDEAL Rwanda works with Rwanda’s Secondary City Districts. It aims to support these districts in dealing effectively with the challenges brought by rapid urbanisation in an inclusive way, responding to the needs of citizens. The Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities is an important partner in implementing the project, disseminating lessons learned and lobby and advocacy. Over the past 20 years, reforms in Rwanda aimed at improving the livelihoods of its population while ensuring peace and security. Challenges of job creation, providing opportunities, social protection for all and inequalities in economic participation remain. Furthermore, development is impeded by high population density, constrained private sector development, gaps in the regulatory framework and limited coordination capacity and service delivery at different administrative levels.

Building on the LGCP Rwanda project, VNG International aims to continue its support to local governments in the 'secondary city' districts which are to play a key role in enabling employment generation and managing fast urban growth in their districts.  IDEAL Rwanda aims to continue its support to these districts towards inclusive socio-economic development and service delivery to citizens with focus on women’s equal access and full participation in decision making. 

The Dutch city of Eindhoven, and its model Brainport of working together with knowledge instutions and the private sector, will act as a partner for the support to the targeted districts in terms of technical assistance and international exchange. Lessons learned will be disseminated through RALGA and support will be given to RALGA to feed these into lobby and advocacy activities. Lastly, RALGA will play an active role in making local government policies and services more gender sensitive. The IDEAL Rwanda programme will work towards achieving the following outputs:
* Output 1.1: Secondary city district technical and political staff’s capacities to develop, implement and monitor pro-poor urban development plans are developed.
* Output 1.2: Secondary city district technical and political staff’s capacities to develop and implement responsive LED policies that advance the distinct economic ambitions of the district are strengthened.
* Output 1.3: Secondary city district technical and political staff’s capacities to develop and implement sound local social welfare strategies are improved.
* Output 2.1: Rwanda’s Secondary City Districts have mechanisms in place to exchange with local private sector institutions, local education institutions and other local stakeholders on local development.
* Output 2.2: Through local mechanisms, Rwanda’s Secondary City Districts consult local private sector institutions, local education institutions and other local stakeholders to shape policies on local development.
* Output 2.3: Influential women and men from different levels of the secondary city districts’ institutions are strengthened to enable them to serve as local role models and agents of change within local decision-making processes.
* Output 3.1: RALGA’s capacities to implement, monitor and regularly update its advocacy strategy and conduct an evidence-based lobby towards the central government and the international community are improved.
* Output 3.2: RALGA’s capacities to mainstream gender in their own policies and services and those of its members and to facilitate women’s equal access to and full participation in decision making are improved. The impact of the overall IDEAL programme is: The stronger social contract between local governments and citizens has enhanced local governments' capacity to cope with fragility risks.

The outcomes of the IDEAL Rwanda programme are:
* Outcome 1: Secondary City Districts in Rwanda are more effective and responsive in managing the urbanisation.
* Outcome 2: Local decision-making processes of Rwandan secondary city districts on urbanisation are more inclusive and participatory.
* Outcome 3: RALGA represents all local governments in Rwanda and lobbies and advocates on behalf of them to make national frameworks more responsive to the needs of its members. This programme targets the Secondary City Districts of Muhanga, Huye, Rusizi, Rubavu, Musanze and Nyagatare. In addition, it supports the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities in lobby and advocacy and mainstreaming gender.