Who We Are
The Center for Development Policy (CDP) is a Pan-African, non-profit, and non-partisan think tank headquartered in Rwanda and registered with the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB).
CDP contributes to Africa’s development through policy analysis, capacity strengthening, and consulting services that are responsive to the real needs of African citizens.
CDP prioritises indigenous, evidence-based development solutions and promotes empirically tested, locally driven interventions.
We work with public institutions, civil society, academia, and development partners to generate insights, strengthen organisational capabilities, and build a critical mass of African policy experts.
Through strategic research, tailored training, and collaboration, CDP advances inclusive development across the continent.
- CDP Vision
- CDP Mission
Why choose us?
CDP is non-profit
The CDP is non-profit and no-partisan organization that seeks to contribute to the development of African countries by impacting development policies and programs through evidence-based policy development, implementation and evaluation. This is done through organizational capacity strengthening and provision of a critical mass of competent local expertise that are able influence evidence-based policy decisions;
Prioritizing the Local Needs
The CDP prioritizes the local needs and provides innovative demand-driven pathways to strengthening the capabilities of partners as we influence evidence-based policy decisions;
Bridge local capacity gaps through brain gain approach.
CDP seeks to bridge local capacity gaps through brain gain approach. We offer a flexible and innovative approach geared to attracting talents from Diaspora and other international experts to contribute to development back home through short-term assignments based on mutual interests. This is done through technical assistance, training, policy research, virtual learning, sharing knowledge and international best-practices and networking. CDP offers technical support to the national and international organizations on how to tap diaspora talents and resources. And attracts and manages international expertise for the interests of our local partners;
Promoting importance of evidence-based policy analysis
CDP promotes importance of evidence-based policy analysis and impact evaluation to our partners. We do that through collaborative policy research, sharing of knowledge and best-practices in areas of development programs.
Promoting local endogenous innovations
We seek to promote local endogenous innovations that affect development by working with local partners; by studying, documenting and sharing their best-practices;
OUR TEAM
General Assembly
The General Assembly is the Supreme body of CDP. It is composed of founding members. Founder members are the signatories to the constitution of CDP. The General Assembly is the supreme body of the organization. It is composed of all effective members. It owns and oversees the growth and development of CDP. The organ sets the organization’s direction and oversees the decisions and operations of the Board of directors.
They are committed to actively participating in all the activities of the organization. They attend all the meetings of the General Assembly with the right to vote and have to give contributions decided by the General Assembly. It has full powers and makes all decisions regarding the policies and priorities of the CDP. The General Assembly provides and protects the vision and values of CDP.