RWANDA NATURAL RESOURCES AUTHORITY Department of Lands and Mapping National Land Use and Development Master Plan Presentation to National Forum on Sustainable Urbanisation in Support of EDPRS 2 Eng. Didier G. SAGASHYA DDG RNRA/DLM 20 th March 2014
OUTLINE Land use in National Land Policy National Land Use Planning Process Methodology The National Land Use and Development Master Plan Implementation of the National master plan Draft District Land Use Plans Secondary cities Land Administration Information System Overall Land Strategy in Rwanda
1600000 Population POPULATION 12000000 Land Area LAND AREA 1400000 1200000 10000000 1000000 8000000 000' 800000 600000 400000 SqKm 6000000 4000000 200000 2000000 0 China Rwanda Sweden 0 China Rwanda Sweden Population Density Person/SqKm 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 2009 Figures 0 China Rwanda Sweden
Guiding principles for the preparation of the National Land Use Master Plan Vision 2020 National Land Policy 2004 Organic Land Law 2005 EDPRS I Sectoral policies and major development programme Land scarcity and high population density
Land use Planning in National Land Policy Control of spatial growth to ensure rational urban Development Urban Master planning Densification of parcels (Small parcels) Vertical development Adequate infrastructure provision Demarcation of urban areas to limit urban sprawl Provision of green areas Re-organisation of human settlement in rural areas imidugudu Demarcation of agricultural land and land consolidation Improvement of protected areas and their management
Land Use Planning in New Land Law - 2013 Security of tenure through leasing art 5 Right to Freehold for developed land Art 6 Category of land art 9-16 Individual land State land (public and private) Land use according to planning art 19 Land allocation and leasing art 16 Land registration obligatory Art 20 Land transfer art 21 and 22 Land Rights and obligations Art 34-44 Prescription (ubuzime) art 45-49 Penalties (repossession and requisition) art 50-63 Note: 23 secondary legislations implementing the new law have to be updated
Preparation of the national land use plan (2007 to 2010) Multi-disciplinary Steering Committee 20 people Aerial Photo 96% and Satellite Image 4% Inventory of existing data and situation Specific in-depth studies Baseline studies, need assessment, risk and suitability analysis Scenarios Wide consultations National Land Use and Development Master Plan
National Land Use and Development Master Plan approved by Cabinet on 19 th January 2011 Land use planning and development Law passed gazetted in July 2012 The Plan is translation of VISION 2020 onto a Map of Rwanda (spatially)
The land use plan with other planning instruments Vision 2020 Revision EDPRS Revision Revision STUDA Adoption Revision Revision 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 IDDP Revision Revision UDP Distr.Centre Adoption Implementation AAP Adoption Implementation
PLANNING LEGALISATION LAND NATION UDP USE PLANS NLUDMP URBAN DDP DDP AAP IN RWANDA DISTRICT DLUP BUILDING PERMIT BUILDING CONTROL
VISION 2020 EDPRS II Vision 2020 (1998-1999) Ambition to become a middle income country by 2020 Service led economy Nationally owned and driven agenda PRSP (2002 2006) Recovery from post conflict situation Major gains in social sectors e.g. health and education Poverty reduced by 3% points (60% to 57%) EDPRS 1 (2008 2012) preparation for take off High poverty reduction (12% points) Reduced inequality High growth (average 8.2%) Back on track to achieve MDGs in health, education EDPRS 2 (2013 2018) Rapid growth targeted 11.5% Fast poverty reduction (15% points) to less than 30% Close trade balance with rapid growth of exports (28%) Increased private sector investment 23
EDPRS II Prioritization The EDPRS II has a strong focus on Integrated Approach to Land Use and Human Settlements (Priority Area 1). One of the Outputs recognizes the importance of a District Land Use Plan (DLUP) as Land and settlement planning and management at the district or sector level will determine the success of resettlement ; which will need A framework for coordinated land use planning through District Land Use Plans to be implemented ; so that The regulatory framework for land use planning will be monitored and enforced.
District Land Use Plans
Draft District Land Use Plans
Secondary Cities and Green Cities An initiative that has been proven to be a successful instrument for de-concentration is an innovative way to place ministries and departments/institutions not in capital cities. Today all ministries and linked departments are found in Kigali City. A distribution of these authorities around the country into selected District Centres, which meets up with a profile eluding the respective sector interest, will sparkle development around the country and at the same time put less pressure to Kigali City.
Land Administration Information System 10.3million parcels demarcated country wide 8.7million parcels titles 6.3million titles collected by owners Land Administration system in place LAIS linked to all bank through e-mrs for mortgages
CLEAR INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK With High Political will STRONG LEGAL FRAMEWORK SYSTEMATIC LAND TENURE REGULARISATION LAND ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEM (LAIS) NATIONAL and DISTRICT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLANS NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA PORTFOLIO (Orthophoto and Base Map) MORDEN GEODETIC REFERENCE NETWORK (CORS) We can argue that Rwanda is the most prepared nation in Africa to meet future challenges regarding land administration and management! KNOWING WHO OWNS WHAT AND WHAT TO DO WHERE
WB Doing Business Report 2014 General ranking: Rwanda is number 32 Registering Property Worldwide ranking: Rwanda is number 8 after Georgia (1), New Zealand (2), Belarus (3), United Arab Emirate (4), Armenia (5), Lithuania (6) and Danemark (7) Africa ranking: Rwanda is number 1
For more information: www.rnra.rw Twitter: @Lands_Rwanda Email: didier.sagashya@rnra.rw Thank you for your attention!! Murakoze cyane!