卢旺达议会批准世行1700万欧元贷款：推进数字身份证与政府数据中心建设
据Taarifa和Biometric Update报道，卢旺达议会已批准世界银行国际开发协会（IDA）提供的1700万欧元（约1900万美元、约240亿卢旺达法郎）贷款，用于支持卢旺达数字加速项目（RDAP）。财政与经济规划部10月8日宣布了这一批准；贷款协议于今年7月11日在基加利签署。
这笔资金将用于智能数字身份系统、政府数据中心（Data Hub），以及网络安全和数据保护机制。国家财政国务部长戈弗雷·卡贝拉对议员们表示，这笔追加资金将填补资金缺口：2024年，卢旺达政府经与世界银行协商，曾将约2000万美元的IDA资金转用于其他事项。卡贝拉说："我们的重点仍是确保资金投向能够强化机构、改善服务交付并支持包容性经济转型的优先事项。"
卡贝拉表示，数字身份证推广和民事登记与生命统计系统数字化两部分的完成度分别达到76%和89%。国家身份管理局10月4日表示，全国生物特征登记已覆盖所有地区，约1370万人完成登记。
Rwanda Parliament Ratifies €17 Million IDA Loan for Digital ID, Data Hub and Cybersecurity
数字加速项目由世界银行和亚洲基础设施投资银行共同出资：2021年IDA承诺出资1亿美元，亚投行提供同等金额。项目完成期限已延长至2028年6月。据Ecofin报道，卢旺达迄今已推出或改进了258项数字公共服务。Rwanda's Parliament has ratified €17 million (about $19 million, or roughly Rwf24 billion) in financing from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) to support the Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project (RDAP), according to Taarifa and Biometric Update. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning announced the ratification on October 8; the loan agreement was signed in Kigali on July 11.
The financing will support a smart digital identity system, a government Data Hub, and cybersecurity and data-protection mechanisms. Minister of State for National Treasury Godfrey Kabera told lawmakers the additional funds would fill a financing gap caused by an earlier reduction in project funding: in 2024, the government repurposed about $20 million from IDA funding to support other operations, under an agreement with the World Bank. "Our focus remains on ensuring that financing is directed towards priorities that strengthen institutions, improve service delivery and support inclusive economic transformation," Kabera said.
Kabera said the digital ID rollout and the digitization of the civil registration and vital statistics system are 76 percent and 89 percent complete, respectively. On October 4, the National Identification Agency said nationwide biometric enrollment had covered all districts, with about 13.7 million individuals enrolled.
RDAP is cofinanced by the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; in 2021, IDA committed $100 million and the AIIB provided an equivalent amount. The project completion deadline has been extended to June 2028. According to Ecofin, Rwanda has already introduced or improved 258 digital public services.
图片来源：图：位于基加利基米胡拉的卢旺达议会大厦。摄影：Emmanuelkwizera，CC BY-SA 4.0 授权，来源：Wikimedia Commons
