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Partner: Governments: Governments of Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands and Rwanda
Local authorities: City of Kigali and Six Prefectures
International Organizations: UNDP, UN-HABITAT |
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Cost: US$10,546,237 |
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In September 1994, at the end of the hostilities in Rwanda, UN-HABITAT and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) undertook a joint programme identification mission. The mission prepared an umbrella project to support government reconstruction of infrastructure and buildings destroyed during the genocide and to contribute to peace-building. Because funds available for the execution of the umbrella project were reduced, activities concentrated on logistical support to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Social Integration and the Municipality of Kigali. The support included general cleansing operations, followed by the repair of a car and lorry park damaged by the war, the provision of petrol and spare parts and the rehabilitation of the former parliament building (Assemblee Nationale de Transition) and some key ministries in Kigali. In addition, other proposals for the improvement of public buildings and the production of serviced plots for returnees resulted in two sub-projects, RWA/95/B20 and RWA/95/B22, being carried out under the umbrella project. The overall objectives of the project were to provide support to the Government in the following areas: - Institutional support to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Social Integration and the Kigali Municipality
- Rehabilitation of public buildings in Kigali and other urban centres
- Site development in Kigali and other urban centres for the resettlement of displaced people and returnees
- Repair of war-damaged houses and construction of houses in urban areas for displaced people and returnees.
- Logistical support to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Social Integration and the Kigali Municipality (general cleaning operations, repair of vehicles damaged by the war, provision of petrol and spare parts for garbage collection vehicles).
- Rehabilitation of the badly-damaged former parliament building (Assemblee Nationale de Transition) and the Amahoro Stadium, Kigali.
- Strengthening of institutions at the community level through country-wide rehabilitation and equipping of offices and accommodation facilities for community officials and mayors.
- Rehabilitation of the former (Assemblee Nationale de Transition) and some key ministries in Kigali.
- Development of sites, roads, drainage systems, water and electricity supply, and construction of houses for the settlement of displaced people and returnees in Kigali and Butare.
- Feasibility studies for the development of new sites in Kigali and Butare: Gisozi (25 hectares), Gaculiro (150 hectares) and Kibagabaga (150 hectares); Butare: Tumba-Rango (150 hectares), Rwabuye (200 hectares), and Sahera (300 hectares).
- Strengthening the capacity and developing human resources at the Ministry of Housing and the Municipality of Kigali through institutional reforms and the training of staff and setting-up a replication mechanism using revolving funds.
- Advisory services to the Ministry of Lands on new land and property rights legislation.
The programme assisted in the cleaning of the city of Kigali. - The National Assembly and other ministerial buildings were rehabilitated, thereby contributing to the functioning of the administration.
- 110 communal buildings country-wide were rehabilitated and equipped, contributing to the functioning of local institutions and to peace-building;
- 5,260 serviced plots were developed (road and drainage systems and water and electricity supply) and 130 houses were constructed for the resettlement of displaced people and returnees in Kigali and Butare.
- Feasibility studies were carried out for new resettlement sites in Kigali and Butare: Gisozi (25 hectares), Gaculiro (150 hectares) and Kibagabaga (150 hectares); Butare: Tumba-Rango (150 hectares), Rwabuye (200 hectares), and Sahera (300 hectares).
- Capacity-building and human resources development at the Ministry of Housing and the Municipality of Kigali were strengthened through institutional reforms and the training of staff
- A cost recovery mechanism was set up.
- A new Land and Property Act was adopted by the National Assembly.
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