Bpmis.gov.rw Website Review

Rwanda has been experiencing a tremendous development for the last two decades in all sectors. In attempts to respond to the exponential increase of housing demand, buildings and family dwellings are mashrooming all over the country. However, many constructions were not necessarily in proper compliance with regulations and standards in force in Rwanda. Threatened by the building collapses, land scarcity with one of the highest density in the world, the Government of Rwanda decided to control all constructions through permitting and inspection services to guarantee sustainable development of confortable and safe settlements on the national territory. Nonetheless, the former permitting procedures could cost a lot to applicants in terms of resources such as time, money, follow-up efforts, spent to get a building permit. Promptly Reacting on this issue, the Government decided to digitize permitting services so that citizens can access them wherever they are. Focusing on the construction sector in particular, the digitization was done through establishment of an online Building Permits Management Information System (BPMIS) equipped with features that facilitate applicants to access information, to closely follow-up applications and to be notified on the progress made on them as a result of the as*essment undertaken by the City of Kigali or District One Stop Centers. The project funds were provided by the UK Department for International Development (DfID). The system will integrate the current online system Construction Permit Management Information System (CPMIS) used by the City of Kigali to issue building permits, which will be scaled up to serve all District One Stop Centers. It will be reinforced with inspection and digitatized reporting features. The system deployment will start by Secondary Cities (Rubavu, Musanze, Muhanga, Rusizi, Huye and Nyagatare) and later on the remaining Districts will follow until the whole country gets covered.. THE MOST DISTURBING CHALLENGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE PROJECT ARE: