On 19 December 2022, 17 HR personnel from different ministries and government agencies have started training in Professional Human Resource International (PHRi) which is a globally recognized course now being delivered at RMI, Murambi Campus. 

This training is being offered by Rwanda Management Institute in partnership with Worldwide E-Learning Campus (WEC), a professional Campus with great experience in training Human Resources worldwide. 

In his welcoming remarks, on behalf of RMI Director General, Mr. NSHIMYUMUREMYI Vincent de Paul, the Principal Senior Training Coordinator welcomed the participants and wished them a very successful training. “This training is very important in your daily work to higher up your profession and benchmark to international standards. More efforts and dedication are therefore required to get this certification.”, he urged them.

Dr. Innocent Rusagara, the CEO Worldwide E-Learning Campus (WEC), said that HR profession needs to be upgraded in Rwanda. This training certification is going to equip you with high standard professional skills that would benefit both yourselves as individuals and your respective institutions", he said.

Dr. Robert Kinanga, a lead trainer of the course, emphasized that People who are in Human Resource field lack international certifications. He said that those who are certified appeared to have local and regional certification.

“What we are providing today, is a Professional Human Resource International (PHRi) that is recognized globally”, he said. “We have started this kind of training to improve our HR skills to raise them from the local and regional level and put them at the international level so that they will be able to compete at international level”, he emphasized. 

Rwanda has put in place, the National Capacity Development Policy, Strategy and Implementation Plan approved by Cabinet in 2016 which provides the framework and act as the main reference for guiding capacity development interventions in Rwanda and this training program for civil servants is one of the measures to comply with the NST1 program established by the government.

RMI being a Public Capacity Development Institution and Training Center has different training programs for which it provides; Management Career Centered Courses, Certified Professional Courses, and Tailor-Made Courses to respond to specific skills gaps identified in individual institutions and Executive and Leadership Courses for high-profile leaders and managers.