Comparative Policy Analysis for Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania

1.5 Self-Assessment of Co-operative Engagement into Policy Dialogue While the ILO Recommendation 193 tries to assess the effectiveness of co-op policy including the allowance of the operation of the Integrated Co-operative Model, we also need an assessment instrument for evaluating the constructive engagement in policy dialogue from the perspectives of the co-operative movement itself. [...] Second, the relationship between the government and the co-operative movement is that of partnership where in the first years, the government plays the role of promotion of the co-operative enterprise. [...] While discussing the possibilities of introducing the Integrated Co-operative Model in the context of the vertically built co-operative system, co-operative leaders had the following concerns: First, the vertically integrated model is still under test and members have yet to see the co-operative effect of the model. [...] The structure of the Rwanda co-operative movement identifies the cell with the agricultural marketing co-opera- tive, while the SACCOS are designated at the sector level and the union carrying out the mar- keting is at the district level. [...] (iii) The Condition of Members Allowing for the Success of the Integrated Co-operative Model in Uganda The co-operative policy 2011 for Uganda recognizes the low education of the mem- bership of co-operative societies.