Develop Rwandan Secondary Cities as Model Green Cities with Green Economic Opportunities

Kigali, 20 March 2014

Okju Jeong, Ph.D.

Rwanda Country Manager, Global Green Growth Institute

Vision

Mission

A world-class international organization dedicated to a

paradigm shift to Green Growth, a model of economic growth

that simultaneously achieves poverty reduction, job creation,

social inclusion as well as environmental sustainability and

resource security.

1. Provide and facilitate technical and financial support to

assist developing countries in their efforts to establish fact-

based, analytically sound green growth strategies that

are feasible and well-aligned to their national goals

2. Promote green growth through research in theory and

practice

3. Disseminate the results of our research and activity on

green growth globally for capacity-building and knowledge

sharing

Mission & Vision

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G20 Summit Los Cabos June 18th-19th

Official launch of GGGI as an

International Organization

Rio+20 June 20th-22nd

Rio, June 2012Mexico

June 2012

Seoul, Oct. 2012

Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Launch

Mexico Jan. 2012

The Creation of GGGI announced by President

Lee Myung-Bak at the UNFCCC COP-15

Copenhagen Dec. 2009 Seoul, June

2010

Milestones: Moving forward and Moving fast

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GGGI is launched at the East Asia Climate Forum

GGGI Rwanda Programme

Develop Rwandan Secondary Cities

as Model Green Cities with Green Economic Opportunities

Objective

- Support the Government of Rwanda to implement EDPRS 2 (2013-2018) in light of “Green Growth” paradigm, particularly in the area of urbanization and local green economy

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GGGI Rwanda Program

Develop Rwandan Secondary Cities

as Model Green Cities

with Green Economic Opportunities

Thematic

Areas

Economic Transformation for

Rapid Growth

Priority

Areas

1. Increasing the domestic

interconnectivity of the economy

through investments in hard and

soft infrastructure

2. Increasing the external connectivity

of the economy and boosting

exports

3. Transforming the private sector by

increasing investment in priority

sectors

4. Transform the economic geography

of Rwanda by facilitating and

managing urbanization and

promoting secondary cities as poles

of economic growth

5. Pursuing a ‘green economy’

approach to economic

transformation

EDPRS2

Economic Transformation

Priority 4: i) Integrated development

planning and management; ii) Develop

secondary cities as poles of growth

Priority 5: i) Promotion of Green

urbanization; ii) Green innovation in

industrial and private sector

Cross-Cutting Issue

Environment and climate change

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National Strategy for Green Growth and Climate Resilience

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Objective

- Support the implementation of the “National Strategy for Green Growth and Climate Resilience” launched in 2011, in the area of urbanization and local green economy

GGGI Approach

for Green Urbanization and Promotion of Green Secondary Cities with Green Economic

Opportunities

Fixed Goal of 35% Urbanisation Rate by 2020

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Which urbanization do we want to achieve? 35%: Quantitative Goal fixed. What about Qualitative Goal?

Quality of urbanization matters!

20302014

28%

35%

20%

More than 40% of

urban population in

Kigali

What for secondary

cities?

2020

Risk of the Urbanisation without Growth

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No country has ever reached middle income status without urbanization. Urbanization and growth do not always go together. An increase in the size of the urban population has not necessarily been associated with growth.

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Secondary Cities for more Efficient Use of National Resources

Rwanda needs an environmentally sustainable and economically attractive urbanization throughout the whole country

To avoid mono-centric structure : promote sustainable urban network throughout the country

• Connection to Kigali and Secondary Cities

• Local Service Provider for Rural Area

(Imidugudu)

• East African Hub

• National Growth Engine

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• National Urban Backbone

• Regional Growth Pole

• Specialized Industrial Base

Industry(manufacturing and service) makes a city. How to tap into economic opportunities of the country through green industry?

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■ Industrial Parks

Bugesera District: 200 hec.

Huye District: 50 hec.

Rusizi District: 50 hec.

Nyabihu District: 50 hec.

Kigali’s Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) in Nyandungu sector, Gasabo

4 Provincial Industrial Parks (Bugesera ,Huye, Nyabihu, RusiziDistrict)

Green Urbanisation with Green Economy(Green Industrialisation)

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Green CitiesGreen Urban &

Spatial Planning

Green Economy

- Local Green Economy(industry)

- Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Urban Planning

- Green Infrastructure (& technology)

- Coordinated City Governance

Green Urbanization for Green Economic Transformation

Integrated approach for “Green Urbanization” even beyond 2020 and 35%

GGGI Rwanda Programme

Work Activities

Proposed Work Activities

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Diagnosis

Goal Setting

& Gap

Assessing

Policy Options

Prioritization

to Achieve

Goals

Capacity

Enhancement

Component I : Who are the Selected Secondary Cities Component II: What Looks like a “Green City” fitting into Rwandan Secondary City Context Component III: Who Will Do What to Make Secondary Cities Green Cities Component IV: Capacity Enhancement & Sharing

Work Activities

What do we have in terms of urbanization and Green economy

What Rwandan Green Secondary Cities looks

like?

Who Will do WHAT to Make Secondary Cities as Model Green Cities

Enhance capacity of relevant staff at all government levels

Work Activities

4 Components

Comp. I Comp. II

Comp. III Comp. IV

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Work Activities

Component I Conduct preliminary analysis (diagnosis at national and local level)

Analyze national and local economy structure from the perspective of green growth; assess green growth potential and opportunities

o “District Potentialities Assessment for the Integrated and Self Centered Local Economic Development”

Review the existing local development plans to ensure an integrated planning and development management at national and district levels, as well as the inter-linkage of spatial and economic visions

Review existing government priorities, development partner programs and private investment

Review and assess key technologies related to sustainability in cities and carry out a high level qualitative assessment of their potential in the Rwandan context

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Work Activities

Develop a “Green City” framework fitting into Rwandan secondary city

context

Review and assess international and African experiences on sustainable urban planning and economic growth pole

Component II

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Work Activities

Develop a “Green City” framework fitting into Rwandan secondary cities

Review and assess international and African experiences on sustainable urban planning and economic growth pole

Component II

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Work Activities

Develop a “Green City” framework for Rwandan secondary cities

Develop a Comprehensive “Green City“ Framework and Guideline based on four sectors :

- Local Green Economy(industry)

- Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Urban Planning

- Green Infrastructure (& technology)

- City Governance

Identify and suggest sectoral policy measures at national and district level, which will be fed into an integrated national roadmap

Component II

Local Green Economy

(Industry)

Green Infrastructure

Climate Resilient and Low Carbon

Urban Planning

Integrated Urban

governance

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Work Activities

Develop a national roadmap (action plan) to develop six

secondary cities as model green cities with green economy

Prioritize suggested sector policies and translate them into an integrated roadmap(action plan) at national/district level

Vision & Goals of Green Secondary Development

Prioritized Sectoral Action Items

o Infrastructure Provision (Energy, Water, Transport, Urban Planning & Housing)

o Promotion of Private Industry Investmento Promotion of Green Technologyo Environmental Sustainability

Implementation

o Institutional and Regulatory Arrangement o Governanceo Alignment with EDPRS, Budget Planning

o M&E

Component III

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MusanzeTourismAgro processingBuilding materials

RusiziIndustrial parkAgro-processingBuilding materials

RubavuTourismAgro-processingMinerals processing

NyagatareLivestock & Dairy Agro-processingIndustrial parkBuilding materials

HuyeTertiary educationAgro processingIndustrial parkPharmaceuticals

KigaliServices Hub (ICT, Financial & Logistics) Leather

Muhanga

Work Activities

Enhance capacity of relevant staff at all government levels

- national and local

Strengthen the performance of government employees managing urban development through periodic consultation meetings/workshops

Support of the operation of One Stop Centers

Component IV

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Chance for Rwanda!

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Urbanization is inevitable, necessaryfor achieving high growth and high income, and will be

accelerated in Rwanda

Actions affecting land-use and spatial development are among the most critical in achieving low-carbon growth.

Once cities grow and define their urban form, it is almost impossible to retrofit them as the built environment is

largely irreversible and very costly to modify.

“Rwanda is still a low urbanized country and has a unique opportunity to set the standards for sustainable urban

development that most African countries fail to do at the moment. The next ten years will be crucial if Rwanda will be a

success story in this respect or join the others that have flopped” (Rwanda Land Use and Development

Master Plan)

Murakoze!

Okju Jeong, Ph.D.

Rwanda Country Manager

Global Green Growth Institute

ok.jeong@gggi.org

07 86 68 46 78