News • February 24, 2020
10th Session of the World Urban Forum : Cities of Opportunities
Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10),is the first major UN event in 2020 marking the start of the Sustainable Development Goals Decade of Action. Meaning world leaders called for a decade of action to deliver the SDGs by 2030 and announced more than 100 ‘accelerated actions’—voluntary undertakings to speed up progress. Abu Dhabi, […]
News • December 23, 2019
First Technical Consultation meeting on the development of Urban Neighborhood Planning & Design Guidebook
18th December in Kigali , Rwanda the Ministry of Infrastructure and GGGI Rwanda held the first Technical Consultation meeting on the development of Urban Neighborhood Planning & Design Guide book with officials from the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) ;Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) ;Ministry of Environment (MoE) ; Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority (RLMUA) ; […]
News • December 23, 2019
Infrastructure Gender Mainstreaming Strategy Review Workshop
In Musanze District, Rwanda from 9-12 December a group of sector experts gathered for the Infrastructure Gender Mainstreaming Strategy Review Workshop. The workshop was organized by GGGI Rwanda in collaboration with Ministry of Infrastructure. In attendance there were participants from Musanze District Executive, Vice Mayor of Musanze, Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA), Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) […]
News • December 6, 2019
Capacity Building for officials commences on the Rwanda Green Building Minimum Compliance System and Templates
5 December 2019, Kigali, Rwanda: GGGI with partner Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) initiated the capacity building program to the government officials on the approved Rwanda Green Building Minimum Compliance System and the recently developed excel-based green building minimum compliance templates. The capacity building is in line with the implementation of the Green Building Minimum Compliance […]
News • December 5, 2019
New Times Opinion Piece : Public spaces and public art, New York City and Kigali
KIGALI – Architects, urban designers, artists and allies in Kigali recently hosted Justin Garrett Moore, Executive Director of New York Public Design Commission [IG1], and discussed public spaces and public art with him. Moore shared that art and culture are key drivers of New York City’s economy as good design of public spaces and quality of […]
News • August 23, 2019
GGGI and RHA give insight on Rwanda’s Green Building Initiatives with experts from 10 countries in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda – On 16th August 2019, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) with Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) jointly shared Rwanda’s Green Building Minimum Compliance System at the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) Africa Regional Network Webinar focusing on green growth initiatives in the building and construction sector of Rwanda. The webinar was organized by the ICLEI […]
News • July 22, 2019
Ministry of Infrastructure and GGGI invite key stakeholders to discuss Public Space agenda in Rwanda
The Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) in collaboration with GGGI hosted Thematic Sector Working Group Meeting on Public Spaces. Sector Working Groups are set as a mechanism in Rwanda to prepare yearly forward looking Joint Sector Review that monitors activities within the sector. As an introduction to the urbanization sector in Rwanda , the first Thematic […]
News • July 8, 2019
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness and preparatory support to implement Green City Development Projects in Rwanda’s Secondary Cities
11th July, at the Kigali Convention Center, the GCF readiness project closure workshop was held to communicate the knowledge acquired, and share lessons learnt from implementing the GCF readiness project and highlight the way forward ,with a dialogue to receive input from the participants. The workshop organized in collaboration with Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), […]