ABOUT US
About the Ambassador
Belén Calvo Uyarra serves as Ambassador to Rwanda since September 2022
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Ms Belen Calvo Uyarra, Ambassador of the European Union to Rwanda
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MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Dear Visitor,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the website of the Delegation of the European Union to Rwanda. This website serves as the gateway to the European Union and to our activities in Rwanda. I encourage you to navigate through the depth and the breadth of our EU-Rwanda partnership!
The EU and Rwanda have a long-standing partnership at multilateral, regional and bilateral level. We cooperate to address today’s global challenges, from fighting COVID19 and climate change, to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to promoting peace and a rules based multilateral order. The EU-AU Joint vision for 2030, guides our renewed partnership among equals to build a common future.
Our partnership is based on shared values of democracy, governance and human rights; on joint interests and mutual respect; and on the ownership of Rwandans of the destiny of their country. The European Union and its Member States as #TeamEurope, support Rwanda transformation agenda and progress towards the Sustainable development goals. #Team Europe, in close partnership with EU private sector, is supporting Rwanda to prepare for the domestic manufacturing of vaccines. We are actively engaged on education, skills and decent jobs for the youth. We support a Green Deal for Inclusive Development. We support political governance and the daily path to reconciliation. We engage on economic governance to increase trade and investment. Our close partnership makes us stronger and reinforces our capacity to deliver change that improve lives.
For more information about our day to day work, you can follow us on our Facebook page @EUDelegationRWA, on Twitter @EUinRW and @BelenCalvoEU and on Instagram @euinrwanda
If you have questions and do not find answers online, you are welcomed to contact us at [email protected]
Once again, welcome to the European Union in Rwanda. Enjoy your visit!
Belen Calvo Uyarra
Ambassador of the European Union in Rwanda
GET TO KNOW THE AMBASSADOR
Belén Calvo Uyarra serves as Ambassador to Rwanda since September 2022. She is committed to further deepen and expand the already strong partnership between the EU and Rwanda, together with the excellent and dedicated team at the European Union Delegation.
Ambassador Belén Calvo Uyarra is a European Union public servant since 2001. She served in the European Commission – DG Development, before joining the EU External Action Service in the EU Delegations to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Liberia and South Africa. Between 2020 and 2022 she was detached to the Cabinet of the Spanish Ministers of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, as Senior advisor for Africa. She has worked over twenty years in Africa and with Africa and she is eager to continue learning on this journey.