UN-Habitat Country Programme Document 2008-2009 - Rwanda

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United Nations Human Settlements Programme

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COUNTRY PROGRAMME DOCUMENT2008 – 2009

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COUNTRY PROGRAMME DOCUMENT �008 – �009 3

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ExEcutivE dirEctor 4

MinistEr 5

situation analysis 6

national urban policy context 6

Focus area 1: Advocacy, monitoring and partnerships 7

Focus area 2: Participatory urban planning, management and governance 7

Focus area 3: Pro-poor land and housing 8

Focus area 4: Environmentally sound basic urban infrastructure and services 9

Focus area 5: Strengthened human settlements finance systems 10

urban sector capacity development needs 11

rEcEnt and ongoing work 12

un-HaBitat 12

Partners 13

stratEgy 14

national development goals and priorities 14

un-HaBitat’s proposed strategy for the sector 15

Programme objectives 15

identified sector priorities 16

iMPlEMEntation arrangEMEnts 17

key principles 17

information 17

PrograMME FraMEwork 18

results/resources by thematic component 18

required budget 23

acronyMs 24

ExEcutivE suMMary 28

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ExECUTivE DiRECTOR The UN-HABITAT Country Pro-gramme Documents (HCPDs) are tangible components of this Plan as well as a genuine endeviour from UN-HABITAT to better coordinate norma-tive and operational activities in a consultative and inclusive process involving UN-HABITAT’s in-country focal points, UN-HABITAT Programme Managers

(HPM’s), national governments, UN country teams, sister-UN agencies, development partners and all divi-sions of our Agency. The HCPDs are strategic tools meant to guide all UN-HABITAT activities over a two period. A major dimension of the HCPD is to advo-cate UN-HABITAT’s mandate and address the urban challenge facing the world’s developing countries.

The HCPD identify national urban development goals and priorities including shelter, urban govern-ance, access to basic services and credit. Important cross cutting issues such as the environment, gender, response to disasters, and vulnerability reduction are also addressed. The HCPDs focus on UN-HABITAT country programming. They serve as a work plan for HPMs and a reference tool for national and local actors involved in sustainable urban development. According to the MTSIP Action Plan adopted by the UN-HABITAT Committee of Permanent Rep-resentatives on 6 December �007, twenty HCPDs were completed during �008, including One-UN Pilot countries where UN-HABITAT is active.

In line with UN reform process, HCPDs seek to strengthen the role of the UN and to demonstrate our commitment. I wish to thank our HPMs for their inputs and dedication and for putting together these HCPDs under guidance of the Regional and Technical Cooperation Division and with support from all branches and programmes of the Agency.

Anna K. Tibaijuka

Executive Director, UN-HABITATs

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MiNiSTERAlthough Rwanda is among the least urbanized countries in Africa, it has one of the highest urbanization rates currently at 18.7 %. The Government of Rwanda foresees that 30 % of the Rwandan population will live in urban areas by �0�0.

This rapid urbaniza-tion occurs in a context

where 80% of the current urban population lack financial resources and live in slums without basic infrastructures. There is a lack of urban planning, financial resources, and efficient systems to fund real estate development; only a small proportion of urban population has access to the basic infrastructure.

The Government of Rwanda has prepared and adopted various documents together with tangible activities that aim at improving the living conditions of the local population through participatory means. The laws on decentralization, land management, urban environment as well as Rwanda urban develop-ment policy have been adopted within this context.

The Government of Rwanda is committed to addressing urban development challenges. The creation of the recent “National Urban Forum” was a result of one of the recommendations of the national conference on poverty reduction and good governance through sustainable urban develop-ment and housing in Rwanda. It is a clear sign of political will our government has shown in order to address the urban development challenges.

The UN-HABITAT Country Programme Document (HCPD) has taken into account governance, environ-ment, urban planning management and resettle-ment and protection. These thematic areas coincide with the urban development policy agenda and the priorities of the Government’s Vision �0�0.

The urban development issues in general, the housing shortages in particular have encouraged some development partners to collaborate with the Government of Rwanda to improve people’s living conditions through the implementation of various development projects and programmes.

The Ministry of Infrastructure has contributed to the preparation and adoption of the UN HABITAT country program �008-�009, based on four areas (governance, water, sanitation and environment, urban planning and management, settlement development). It matches quite well with the national priorities mentioned in the Economic Development Poverty Reduction Strat-egy (EDPRS) and the sectoral priorities adopted by UNDAF sectoral and Common Operation Document (COD). It provides a new opportunity for collabora-tion between Rwanda and UN HABITAT in order to achieve the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).

I would like to express my deep appreciation of the efforts of the United Nations System in general and particularly the UN-HABITAT contributions which has contributed to the implementation of various projects and programs in the Ministry under my responsibility.

I would like to reiterate my commitment and that of the whole Government of Rwanda to do everything possible to improve the living conditions of Rwanda’s population.

Eng. Linda BIHIRE Minister of Infrastructure



URbAN NATiONAl POliCY CONTExTRwanda is one of the most densely populated and least urbanized countries in Africa. It is also among the African countries experiencing high urban population growth. Between 1991 and �00�, the urban population growth in Rwanda increased three times, shifting from 5.5% to 17%.

In Rwanda, urban development goes hand in hand with migration; urban development depends essentially on the contributions of rural popula-tions. The low urbanization rate and low urban development place Rwanda in the margin of the demographic transition trend which characterizes developing countries. However, this urbanization dynamic is neither well understood nor fully control-led. More than 80% of the urban population lives

in slums and the majority of households live under the poverty line. According to a long-term planning, Rwanda Vision �0�0, the urban population growth will reach 30% in �0�0 or five times in 30 years.

Historically speaking, urban development is a very recent phenomenon which was brought in Rwanda at the beginning of the �0th century when the colonizers arrived in Rwanda. Indeed, the absence of towns is partly due to scattered individual set-tlements and decentralized economic systems. Before the colonial period in Rwanda, peddlers moved from one hill to another selling their goods because there was no established places for trade.

Although the administration centers were created fifty years later during the colonial period, jobless people were not allowed to remain there. After independ-ence, the regimes which came to power opposed urban development under the pretext that priority ought to be given to the development of rural areas. To support this strategy, the following decisions were taken: (i) the creation of rural centers to keep the rural populations in one place; (ii) introduction of new administrative policies where citizens had to get a pass in order to move to town, (iii) citizens were obliged to get a residence permit and a permanent employ-ment card, (iv) regular raids to catch and send back jobless people in their respective rural communes.

During independence in 196�, Kigali’s population was 6,000 people. There were urban centers were province headquarters. A newly created province distribution map at the time had classified rural areas as towns. The urbanization rate increased three-fold between 196� and 197� (from 1 to 3%), it reached 5% in 1978 and approximately 9% just before 1994. With more than 17%, Rwanda remains the least urbanized country in Africa, behind Burundi.

Rwandan cities share the following common char-acteristics: they are highly dependant on agriculture, many host a high percentage of immigrants, they lack proper urban planning (lack of appropriate town plan-ning tools) and access to basic infrastructure and many of the cities’ inhabitants cannot afford to buy land

Although the towns were essentially public administra-tion headquarters, the population growth increased gradually between 1994 and �00� (during this period the urban population doubled). The current population growth is between 4 and 6% and this growth can be explained by the social and economic changes which occurred after the 1994 tragedy

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STATiSTiCAl OvERviEw

Urbanisation (2008)Total Population: 10 mUrban Population: 1.8 m (18.2%)

Annual growth rates (2005-2010)National: 2.7%Urban: 4.2%

Major cities (2008)Kigali: 860 000

Source: UN DESA

Slum indicatorsSlum to Urban Population: 71.6%

% urban population with access to:Urban Population with access to safe water: 60.8%

Urban Population with access to piped water: 55.4%

Urban Population with access to improved sanitation: 74.9%

Urban Population with sufficient living area: N/A

Urban Population with durable housing: 47.8%

Source: UN-HABITAT, 2005

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Focus arEa 1: ADvOCACY, MONiTORiNG AND PARTNERSHiPS

vUlNERAbiliTY REDUCTiON

Results of the Completed survey on Living Conditions households (EICV 1) carried out in �005 shows that 56.9% of the total population in �005 lived below the poverty line, corresponding to �50 RWF/day. The survey also reported that 13% of people living in Kigali city live below the poverty line compared to 41.5% of those living in other towns in the country. This number decreases when we consider the households living in the urban areas: 13% in the city of Kigali and 41.5% in the other towns of the country. The average volume of annual expenses for the households living in the urban area is equal to 35.000 RWF, less than 3.000 RWF/month, showing an increased level of poverty in the towns where the cost of living is high.

The EICV survey reported that unemployment hit �3% of the active population in Kigali city and 10% in the other cities in �005. The level of poverty ravaging towns is especially visible in the precarious districts where 90% of the urbanized populations reside.

1 Enquête Intégrale sur la Conditions de Vie des ménages (EICV)

The main reasons behind the social and economic exclusion of the urbanized in Rwanda are: low levels of education and professional training; an absence of economic and urban planning; insufficient invest-ments in infrastructure (investment budget, foreign donations, etc); and a lack of decentralized enti-ties (at the level of the administrative sectors).

Even though poverty is not yet eradicated in the cities of Rwanda, the urbanization of

Rwandan cities gradually increasing has already contributed to poverty reduction especially in creas-ing jobs offer through urban activities (ex. Housing activities occupying 7.5% of economic growth).

Focus arEa 2: PARTiCiPATORY URbAN PlANNiNG, MANAGEMENT AND GOvERNANCE

GOvERNANCE

Good governance is possible through decentraliza-tion to promote viable alternative to sustainable social economic development and boost national peace and reconciliation for Rwanda. Policies and institutions that support and promote autonomous and participatory governance have been established. This development

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greatly facilitated the devolution of administrative and financial powers to local administrative units closer to the communities. These administrative reforms largely initiated a process that eventually resulted into the formulation and successive adoption of the decen-tralization policy in �000. The decentralization policy under implementation has been enshrined in the laws and is at the heart of the nationwide democ-ratization process as well as the poverty reduction strategy. It is founded on the principles of participa-tion and empowerment of local governments to plan and execute their own developments programmes. However the major issue of this decentralization policy rises from projects planners when it comes to map out the size of towns where projects are to be implemented. This mapping issue is due to extension of existing towns to almost the whole District size.

URbAN PlANNiNG AND MANAGEMENT

Since the �006 administrative reforms, the wider rural areas have now been included as part of the urban areas either in Kigali City or other cities. In all the towns in Rwanda, except Kigali city, agriculture is the main economic activity (more than 50% of the working population). In Kigali, 15.5% of the working population work in the primary sector compared to 15.8% for the secondary and 68.7% for the tertiary sector (statistics records from National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). The majority of buildings are single storey houses, except in Kigali city where some buildings have up to four floors. There are very few areas where houses have been built according to the city plan requirements. Slums account for 70% to 80% of settlements. The Ministry of Infrastructure is in charge of urban planning and is in command of a sectional strategy document that outlines its principle intervention areas, especially those dealing with urban planning and settlement. This document articulates four main goals: (i) to ensure a rational management of the urban space, (ii) to ensure that the urban supply of land meets the urban demand (iii) to develop the building industry, (iv) and to provide quality public services. Planning documents are not realistic and a there is a big need for technical expertise in this domain. Political will, an abundant labour force and decentralized urban planning services constitute the major assets needed to improve the management of urban planning. However, the extreme lack of coordination and clarity amongst Ministries working in urban planning poses a major challenge for this sector.

Focus arEa 3: PRO-POOR lAND AND HOUSiNG

lAND REfORM iN RwANDA

The government of Rwanda places security of tenure, access to land and effective land man-agement as important factors to improving the agriculture sector and economy as a whole.

Land is governed by the follow-ing set of general principles:

Land is a common heritage of past, present and future generations;

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According to the constitutional principle of equal-ity for all citizens, all Rwandans enjoy the same rights of access to land without any discrimination: according to this principle equal access to land, land acquisition, inheritance and land control are guaranteed to all, including women and children.

Land tenure and land administration should guar-antee the security for the holder of a title deed, and should ensure optimum development of land: to achieve this, all Rwandans should accept the principle of registering all land property.

In line with city development, land expro-priation is rare. Citizens are given land by the state for economic activities. Returning refugees are given plots from National forest reserves and parks from the government.

Focus arEa 4: ENviRONMENTAllY SOUND bASiC URbAN iNfRASTRUCTURE AND SERviCES

bASiC SERviCES

The informal urban settlements on the outskirts of towns are the most neglected and do not have access to appropriate basic services. The main problems found in informal urban settlements in Rwanda relate to access to basic services, prob-lems with the rainwater drainage system and the waste water management system. The poor-est people cannot afford to buy basic services like water, electricity, education or health. The supply of clean water is poor and street fountains are few, far away, and hampered by frequent disconnections.

The research carried out in �005 (EICV �005) on the living conditions of the Rwandan population shows that 13% of people living in Kigali city live below the poverty line compared to 41.5% in other towns in the country. In Rwanda, urban poverty is characterized essentially by the following four aspects: (i) depend-ence on a monetized and informal economy unlike the peasants who earn their living from what they cultivate, (ii) a higher unemployment rate among poor people living in towns (�3% in Kigali, 10 % in the remaining towns and 5% in rural areas, (iii) "unhealthy" living conditions in slums: Nearly all the poor people living in Rwandan towns, particularly in Rwanda city, slums lack basic socio-economic services such as water and sanitation, decent housing etc.

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SHElTER AND bASiC SERviCES

In Rwanda, the war and the 1994 genocide destroyed many houses, the socio-economic infrastructure, and contributed to the displacement of people within and outside the country. The resettlement of internally displaced citizens, the sudden return of 1959 and 1973 former refugees in 1994, and the massive return of the refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Tanzania, as well as the Rwandan returnees from Tanzania created a situation where thousands of households remained homeless.

Table 2: ShelTer delivery in Kigali before 1994

N° Housing Provider Number of houses

1 Rwandan government 406

� Caisse Hypothécaire du Rwanda �18

3 Rwanda Social Security Fund 100

4 Rwanda Insurance Company 56

5 Rwanda Development Bank 16

6 Electrogaz 4�

7 Rwanda National Bank 73

8 Rwanda Commercial Bank 15

total 926Source ; Rwanda Housing Bank

N° Housing Provider Number of houses

1 UN HABITAT building site 100

� TRI STAR 150

3 Rwanda Housing Bank 85

4 TRA ESTATE �50

5 Rwanda Social Security Fund 300

6 GOBOKA 150

7 URWEGO 35

8 Project Zone Pilote 11�

9 PAUL Project 56

10 Project Diaspora 54

11 Batsinda Project �50

total 1542

Table 3: ShelTer delivery in Kigali, 1994 To now



To address this situation, the Government of Rwanda built more than �65,000 houses in grouped settle-ments (Imidugudu) between 1995 and �001. Despite these efforts, the needs have never been met: cur-rently, there are about 19�,000� homeless households living under precarious conditions. More than 100.000 houses are urgently needed to protect the recent returnees from Tanzania. In Kigali only 10% of annual shelter needs had been satisfied between �001 and �003, between 80% and 90% live in slums where 90% of houses are not built with long-lasting building materials. In order to solve shelter shortage problems in Kigali, many activities have been undertaken.

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Focus arEa 5: STRENGTHENED HUMAN SETTlEMENTS fiNANCE SYSTEMSThe government has set up mechanism of assist-ing citizens to access to shelter. This mechanism was put in place through Housing Bank of Rwanda. However citizens are still facing problems in getting loans from this bank because loans are delivered upon presentation guarantee and vulnerable groups can not easily afford these conditions. Besides that the applicable rate is too high 14% which is relatively same as that of Commercial Banks.


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Urban SecTor caPaciTy develoPMenT needS

waTer, SaniTaTion and environMenT

Developed management tools in water, sanitation and the environment for the poor and vulnerable in Kigali

Increased information exchange at the regional level in water, sanitation and environment

Public awareness campaign on gender, social and economic aspect of water and sanitation

Improved sanitation for the city of Kigali

Establish water demand and environmental management strategies

Asses environmental impacts of reparation water and sanitation

Promote water values based education and sanitation

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Strengthened financial management for local government

Improved key competencies for local government

Training of youth and local officials in leadership and policy development

Implementation of administrative reforms

Recruitment of qualified staff

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reSeTTleMenT and Social ProTecTion

Train national and local authorities in resettlement management

Implement land use planning measures in all 19 villages in Eastern Rwanda

Ensure social protection for all the citizens, especially the poor and most vulnerable ones

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Urban Planning and ManageMenT

Promote urbanization strategies to attract public sector investment in urban development

Improved taxing practices on city plots

Put in place strong financial and institutional systems of management to meet the needs of the community

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stratEgy

Rwanda was one of the countries chosen to adopt the “ONE UN” pilot initiative. The “One UN” system enables United Nations agencies to col-laborate closely and work together to achieve the four “Joint Actions”: one programme, one budget, one resident coordinator and one office. A common communication strategy has been formulated to realize these goals and objectives..

All UN Agencies will ensure that core resources and vertical funds are fully aligned with UNDAF.

This program matches fully with the national pri-orities developed in Vision �0�0 and the Economic Development Poverty reduction Strategy (EDPRS). The joint planning and programming of the United Nations are reinforced by the common follow-up and reporting system, coordinated by a set of adopted themes closely connected with pooled resources. A governance and evaluation system will allow the United Nations agencies to work together throughout the implementation period.

NATiONAl DEvElOPMENT GOAlS AND PRiORiTiESVision �0�0 (�004-�0�0) of the Government intends to transform Rwanda into a country where the natural resources are managed rationally, land is protected against erosion and degradation, and a new sanitation system will be introduced to ease the transmission of disease. From now until �010, each town will have regularly updated urban master plans and specific land management plans. The country will develop basic infrastructure in urban centers and in other development poles, ena-bling the decongestion of agricultural zones.

The Economic Development Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS �008-�01�) acknowledges that urbanization is a development engine and gives it priority because it will enable the creation of creates jobs and boost all the social and economic activities.


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The United National Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) is a common strategic frame-work at the UN country level. The UNDAF pro-vides a collective, coherent and integrated United Nations response to national needs and priorities as outlined in Government’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy and Vision �0�0.

The main aspects of the land use policy are land tenure, land management, a land registry, a better understanding of land transactions, urban manage-ment and the improvement of the living conditions for the poor in urban settlement. The aims of the National Habitat Policy is to ensure a rational manage-ment of urban areas and to keep the balance between the demand and the supply of land for building pur-poses is concerned in the urban areas for development purposes. Implementation of these objectives encoun-ters major difficulties such as the lack of a land man-agement plan; outdated town planning tools (land management plans of all the towns were produced in 1983/85 except for Kibuye (Karongi) and Cyangugu (Rusizi) which were updated in �003 and �005 respec-tively. The Kigali land management plan is under the updating process); unclear laws; a lack of human and financial resources at the central and local levels. The decentralization policy adopted in �000 subdivides Rwanda in 5 decentralized entities, (Kigali and 4 provinces) subdivided in 30 districts, 416 sectors, �188 cells and 15155 villages called ` imidugudu. These are powerful structures which sensitize and mobilize local people’s efforts. This structure brings a new under-standing to the town concept which was not well defined in the traditional rural areas in Rwanda. This process will be slow but results should be achieved by �010 when administrative constraints are lifted, accountability and transparency are enforced and once there is greater authority delegated to the local level. To ensure a sustainable and decentralized manage-ment of decentralized entities, the Government has adopted the performance evaluation tools for the local authorities and the city performance contract.

UN-HAbiTAT PROPOSED STRATEGY fOR THE SECTOR The interventions of UN/HABITAT in Rwanda are aligned with the sector priorities of the Government of Rwanda. In collaboration with other agencies which are ‘ONE UN’ members there are more opportunities. These interventions should be carried out taking into account UNDAF so as to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). The following domains will be taken into consideration: governance, water, sanitation and the environment, urban planning and management and social protection.

PROGRAMME ObjECTivESThe main objective of the UN-HABITAT Country Pro-gramme as defined in UNDAF is to support Govern-ment efforts in strengthening urban governance through empowerment and capacity building of local communities, access to basic services (water, sanitation, etc.), sustainable management of urban environment (protect natural resources, appropriate land management) and resettlement and reintegra-tion of returnees from neighboring countries.



idenTified SecTor PrioriTieS

waTer, SaniTaTion and environMenT

Improving water and sanitation facilities for the poor

Protection and management of the environment and natural resources. Access to clean water and appropriate sanitation systems for all

Assistance to districts for the management of wastes and contaminants

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Urban Planning, ManageMenT

Support for implementation of sustainable urban planning and shelter delivery of secondary cities.

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governance

Support local government to deliver efficient services

Fair and efficient services to all citizens, focus on participative approach and job creation

Facilitate setting up and strengthening of youth councils at city level

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iDENTifiED SECTOR PRiORiTiES

The identified priorities for the 2008 – 2009 rwanda hcPd are below by domain of intervention as specified in the Undaf:

reSeTTleMenT and Social ProTecTion

Research and assessment related to land and property rights issues focused on returning refugees

Fight against transmittable and infant diseases through sensitization, mobilization, counseling, prevention, medical treatment and support

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iMPlEMEntation arrangEMEnts

KEY PRiNCiPlESThe management strategies shared with the govern-ment will match with UNDAF intervention strategies.

Given the role played by the Government in ushering in appropriate reforms in the country through the Min-ister of Finance and Economic Planning (MFEP), the MFEP will chair the piloting committee of the United Nations joint programme and will be involved in the management through participation in:

A national piloting committee whose mandate is to provide strategic guidelines and decision mak-ing on resource allocation;

A local committee in charge of assessing the proj-ect (Local Programme Advisory Committee -LPAC), adopting annual plans, supervising the strategic implementation of annual plans, conducting performance evaluation and follow ups, settling disputes and facilitating coordination between partners and other national and international stakeholders involved in this domain.

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Under the supervision of the Habitat Programme Manager within UN-HABITAT Rwanda, a management body chaired by a national coordinator will be put in place.

Also the HPM will be supported by a Water and Sani-tation specialist and an Urban planning specialist.

iNfORMATiONAs a member of ‘ONE UN’, UN-HABITAT will follow the common communication strategy which will be imple-mented through five action plans including media communication, graphic representation, publication and ordinary communication tools such as the United Nations Website in Rwanda.

Moreover, the meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences will be organised in order to facilitate a discussion with our partners about UN-HABITAT pro-grammes in Rwanda.



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ADB: African Development Bank

COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CSR: Caisse Sociale du Rwanda

DR Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo

EAC: East African Community

EDPRS: Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy

EAST. PROV: Eastern Province

GoR: Government of Rwanda

IDA: International Development Agency

M: Million

MDGs: Millennium Development Goals

MIGEPROF: Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion

MINAGRI: Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

MINALOC: Ministry of Local Government, Good Governance, Community Development and Social Affairs

MINECOFIN: Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

MINEDUC: Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Research

MINICOM: Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives

MININFRA: Ministry of Infrastructure

MINITERE: Ministry of Lands, Environment, Forestry, Water, and Mines

MINISANTE: Ministère de la Santé (Ministry of Health)

NBI: Nile Basin Initiative

NDF: Nordic Development Fund

NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NG: National Goal

NGOs: Non Governmental Organizations

REMA : Rwanda Environment Management Authority

RoR: Republic of Rwanda

RURA: Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Regulatory Agency)

UN: United Nations

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

UNHABITAT: United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund


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WB: World Bank

WEST. PROV: Western Province

WHO: World Health Organization

NISR: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

BHR: Housing Bank of Rwanda

EICV: Enquete Intégrale sur la Conditions de Vie des ménages

GOBOKA: Local housing community initiative

URWEGO: Local housing community initiative

TRI STAR: Local construction company

URUNANI: Local construction company

Real contractor: Real State Promoter

DN International: Real State Promoter

IBUKA: Association of Genocide Survivor

FARG: Victims of Genocide Funds

STIPPAG: Real State Promoter



The Habitat Country Programme Document for Rwanda outlines the main objectives and priorities for UN-HABITAT. In collaboration with the Govern-ment and other UN Agencies, the overall aim of this HCPD is to promote the Habitat Agenda. UN-HABITAT plays an active role in urban development and urban policy. Through partnerships with the Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ministry of Youth, UN-HABITAT has assisted to identify key urban issues and areas of support to improve the urban situation in Rwanda. Based on comparative advantages set up by the ONE UN as delivery, four sectors have been prioritized by UN-HABITAT using the EDPRS (Economic Develop-ment Poverty reduction Strategy) policy: Governance, health, environment, sustainable growth and social protection to address urban development challenges.

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