*4.1. What Land Information do Rwandan Stakeholders Need?*

The results of the needs assessment revealed that land information needs were not merely about data, but also other enabling requirements such as access, functionality and tool types. Tables 6 and 7 show the outcomes of workshops with government and non-government stakeholders, and how final decisions around land information needs were prioritised. The column, 'relative importance' reflects the proportion of votes awarded to a specific need, while 'popularity' reflects the proportion of participants who voted for that need.


**Table 6.** Land information needs as identified by government stakeholders.

**Table 7.** Land information needs identified by non-government stakeholders.


## 4.1.1. Government Stakeholders' Needs

Spatial data with a high accuracy (although this was not quantified by participants) related to land tenure and other land information was a priority for both national and sub-national government stakeholders, attracting almost 20 and 30 percent of the total votes respectively. At both national and sub-national levels, the emphasis was less on land tenure information and more on other types of land information such as utilities, existing developments and land use, climatic and topographic data. Additionally, there was an emphasis on capacity needs (usability and accessibility), indicated in needs such as integration of land parcel other types of land information (e.g., utilities and administrative boundaries), the desire to transition to open source systems and have greater transparency around data custodianship and access rights, and implementation of the District Land Use Plan (DLUP) and masterplan.
