| Total cost $960,000
Partners
Ministry of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Ministry of Public Works
Municipality of Kigali
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
At the end of hostilities in Rwanda, UNCHS
(Habitat) and UNEP undertook a joint programme identification mission to
Rwanda in September 1994. That mission prepared the present umbrella
project, providing support to the Government in four 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 populations and returnees; and repair of war-damaged
houses and construction of houses in urban areas for displaced people and
returnees.
Activities
Because of the reduction in funds available
for execution of the umbrella project, activities were concentrated on
logistical support to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Social Integration
and the Kigali Municipality (first general cleansing operations), repair
of a car and lorry park damaged by the war, provision of petrol and spare
parts and rehabilitation of the former parliament building (Assemblée
Nationale de Transition) and a few key ministries in Kigali. In addition,
other proposals for improvement of public buildings resulted in the following
sub-projects executed under the umbrella project.
RWA/94/B10 - Emergency rehabilitation
of public buildings in Kigali and other urban centres; total cost $1,260,000.
This sub-project aims to further rehabilitate the heavily damaged Assemblée
Nationale de Transition in Kigali and public buildings in the prefectures
of Butare, Byumba, Gikongoro, Gitarama, Kibungo and Ruhengeri.
RWA/95/B22 - Urgent urban resettlement
programme; total cost $10,114,747. This sub-project aims to develop
sites, road and drainage systems and water and electricity supply for settlement
of displaced populations and returnees in Kigali and Butare. Kigali:
Gisozi (25 hectares), Gaculiro (150 hectares) and Kibagabaga (150 hectares);
Butare: Tumba-Rango (150 hectares), Rwabuye (200 hectares), and Sahera
(300 hectares).
RWA/95/XO1-Rehabilitation of Amahoro
Stadium, Kigali; total cost $100,000. This sub-project is funded
by the United Nations Mission to Rwanda (UNAMIR) funded and contributes
to normalization of living conditions in Rwanda.
RWA/95/B20-Rehabilitation and equipping
of communal buildings; total cost $3,600,000. This sub-project
aims to strengthen institutions at the communal level through country-wide
rehabilitation and equipping of communal offices and accommodation facilities
for community officials and bourgmestres.
Results
Under of the initial umbrella project,
major results have been achieved in the respective sub-projects.
Institutional support to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Social Integration
and Kigali Municipality has been provided throughout implementation of
the projects. The Assemblée Nationale de Transition has been
rehabilitated, and numerous communal and public buildings, such as the
Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry
of Rehabilitation and Social Integration, have been rehabilitated.
About 3676 serviced plots have been made available in Kigali and about
1600 plots in Butare for displaced persons and returnees. About 90
houses have been completed in Kigali, while 40 houses are under construction
in Butare. Cost-recovery mechanisms will be put in place to extend
the project. The Government of Rwanda, together with UN-Habitat,
has received $2,300,000 from the Government of Japan to provide services
for the sites of Gisosi and Kimironko.
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