Transport in Rwanda

Plans, data and other documents on transport in Rwanda

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Table of Contents

• National Vision, Strategy, Masterplan
• Other national and sectoral documents
• Climate and energy policies
• EU accession
• Trade Facilitation
• Digitalisation
• Gender and Equality
• Local Transport Plans
• Studies and research papers
• International cooperation projects and strategies
• Data

National Vision, Strategy, Masterplan

• Transport

  • National transport policy and strategy for Rwanda , 2021: https://www.mininfra.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Mininfra/Publications/Policies/Transport/NATIONAL_TRANSPORT_POLICY_AND_STRATEGY_APRIL_2021.pdf

• General

  • Rwanda Vision 2050 : https://www.minaloc.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Minaloc/Publications/Useful_Documents/English-Vision_2050_full_version_WEB_Final.pdf // abridged version: https://www.minecofin.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Minecofin/Publications/REPORTS/National_Development_Planning_and_Research/Vision_2050/English-Vision_2050_Abridged_version_WEB_Final.pdf
  • National Land Use and Development Master Plan 2020 - 2050 , 2020: https://www.environment.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=10551&token=ef94f9c2e05dfb6b5e43acfdaaefa0dfe0071380

Other national and sectoral documents

• Railways:

• Roads:

  • Strategic paper on electric mobility adaptation in Rwanda, 2021: https://www.mininfra.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Mininfra/Publications/Laws_Orders_and_Instructions/Transport/16062021_Strategic_Paper_for_e-mobility_adaptation_in_Rwanda-Final.pdf
  • Public transport policy and strategy for Rwanda, 2012: https://rura.rw/fileadmin/Documents/transport/laws%20and%20order/Public_Transport_Policy_and_strategy_for_Rwanda_02.pdf

• Inland waterways, ports:

• Aviation:

• Repositories of regulations:

  • MinInfra: https://www.mininfra.gov.rw/publications?tx_filelist_filelist%5B%40widget_0%5D%5BcurrentPage%5D=2&tx_filelist_filelist%5Baction%5D=list&tx_filelist_filelist%5Bcontroller%5D=File&tx_filelist_filelist%5Bpath%5D=%2Fuser_upload%2FMininfra%2FPublications%2FLaws_Orders_and_Instructions%2FTransport%2F&cHash=cd190b6accfb7e88a690e07d1c497a3e
  • RTDA: https://www.rtda.gov.rw/publication?tx_filelist_filelist%5Baction%5D=list&tx_filelist_filelist%5Bcontroller%5D=File&tx_filelist_filelist%5Bpath%5D=%2Fuser_upload%2FRTDA%2FPublication%2F4.Laws%2F&cHash=85e33e76d73ec409df671be2475bb002
  • RURA: https://rura.rw/index.php?id=179

Climate and energy policies

• Mitigation:

  • Updated Nationally Determined Contribution , 2020: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/Rwanda_Updated_NDC_May_2020.pdf
  • Biennial update report (BUR) . BUR 1. National inventory report, 2021: https://unfccc.int/documents/576196
  • Third national communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U.N.F.C.C.C), 2018: https://unfccc.int/documents/184307

• Adaptation

  • Updated Nationally Determined Contribution , 2020: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/Rwanda_Updated_NDC_May_2020.pdf
  • Rwanda’s Adaptation Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2021: https://unfccc.int/documents/500050

• Energy policy

  • National Downstream Petroleum Policy , 2020: https://www.minicom.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=25975&token=43d8c732cfabb2cab1d92de34c8bd672842267aa

EU accession and cooperation

Trade Facilitation

Digitalisation

Gender and Equality

Local Transport Plans

• Transport Plan Kigali Master Plan 2050 , 2020: https://bpmis.gov.rw/asset_uplds/kigali_master_plan/3_Kigali%20Master%20Plan_Transport%20PlanLowRes.pdf

Studies and research papers

• Towards Inclusive Intelligent Transportation in Africa - Initial Lessons from Rwanda, GIZ 2024: https://changing-transport.org/publications/towards-inclusive-intelligent-transportation-in-africa/
• Data Collection Survey on Development of Urban Transport System in Kigali City, JICA 2019: https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12345005_01.pdf
• Policies for Sustainable Accessibility and Mobility in Cities of Rwanda, SSATP 2018: https://www.ssatp.org/sites/ssatp/files/publication/SSATP_UTM_FinalReport_RWANDA.pdf
• Final Report on Transport Sector Strategic Plan for EDPRS2, 2013: https://www.mininfra.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Mininfra/Documents/Transport_Docs/Transport_Sector_Strategic_Plan___21_August_2013__2_.pdf
• Draft Final Transport Sector Strategic Plan for the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1), 2018: https://www.minecofin.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=15860&token=f9e925c3f88e6becf28573a3f6b5012a5290c477

International cooperation projects and strategies

• AfDB: Rwanda Transport Sector Review and Action Plan, 2013: https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/Rwanda_-_Transport_Sector_Review_and_Action_Plan.pdf

Data

• SLOCAT Transport, Climate and Sustainability Global Status Report: https://tcc-gsr.com/
• SLOCAT Transport and Knowledge Base (TraKB): https://tcc-gsr.com/3rd-edition-transport-knowledge-base-trakb/

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Contributors:

Compiled by / Contact:

• Armin Wagner: [email protected]
• Mateo Gomez Jattin:
• Francois Zirikana:
• (as of April 2024)