Minister of State for the Environment
Rwanda
Dr. Claudine Uwera is currently the Minister of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Environment. From April 6, 2018 to August 22, 2023, Dr. Uwera was the Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN).
Before joining the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Uwera was the National Coordinator of the “Rwanda Natural Capital Accounting Program” (NCA). Rwanda was one of the World Bank’s pilot countries for “Natural Capital Accounting program". NCA is an important tool aiming to broaden the measuring of economic progress (GDP) by incorporating national capital wealth, environmental degradation cost and assets into the System of National Accounts (SNA).
Dr. Claudine Uwera is an Environmental Economist. She did her PhD studies in Sweden where she gained a high experience by working closely with the environmental economists’ team of the University of Gothenburg, from 2008 and 2013. Dr. Uwera has been teaching at the University of Rwanda, in the School of Economics, since 2003 and she is still providing support.
Dr. Uwera has substantial experience working on Strategic Planning with focus on Green Economy and environmental economics issues in Africa and especially in Rwanda.