The project started on the 1st of September 2007 and will last for three years. The first activities will be aerial photography for production of a base map for planning of the whole country and of large scale maps of about 30 urban settlements. The planning process will involve all agencies and organisations with demand on land use. The different demands on land use will be collected and analysed from existing material, satellite imagery and inventories of sector organisations. Based on these demands on land use, a vision will be elaborated and agreed with all stakeholders and with participation from the general public.

Priorities will be set based on criteria elaborated from the vision and a proposal for a strategic master land use plan elaborated and presented for review and final decisions. A National Centre for Land Management will be established within the Ministry for the continued physical master planning in the country.

The Swedesurvey Team Leader in Kigali is Christer Kjörneberg.