Vision

Empowered decentralized administrative entities for effective implementation of community development agenda of the country free from poverty

Mission

Promote community development through resource mobilization and management, coordinated planning, capacity building of decentralized entities for ensuring sustainable growth and wellbeing for all Rwandans.

Responsibilities

As per the Presidential Order N° 071/01 of 09/12/2022 Governing the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency, LODA has the following responsibilities:

• to serve as an intermediary between local administrative entities with legal personality and partners especially those involved in financing development activities in those entities;
• to put in place mechanisms of distributing support in local administrative entities with legal personality;

• to monitor the use of funds allocated by LODA to development activities in the local administrative entities with legal personality;
• to develop strategies for creation of high intensive labour projects and assistance to those unable to perform such jobs and who are approved by decentralised entities;
• to contribute to sensitising the population and building their capacities in analysing and solving their problems;
• to contribute to sensitising the population to participate in development activities meant for them;
• to contribute to sensitising the population to the culture of saving and using the services of banks and micro-finance institutions;
• to build capacities of local administrative entities with legal personality within the scope of LODA responsibilities;
• to coordinate Government’s development activities in local administrative entities with legal personality;
• to mobilise and collect funds;
• to perform any other responsibility, which is not contrary to its mission, as may be assigned to it by law or by competent organs.