In this globalization arena, RURA realized that it cannot achieve its objectives without building effective partnerships with regional and international organizations. Much of them have so far contributed to its performance by supporting a good number of capacity building initiatives.

By 2013 RURA has witnessed viable relationship and partnership with the following Regional and international organs; International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), Powering Progress Project, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Korea Communication Commission (KCC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR), Australian Development Scholarship (ADS), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), African Telecommunications Union (ATU), East Africa Community (EAC), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Centre Régional pour l'Eau Potable et l'Assainissement (CREPA), Workforce Development Authority (WDA), Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF), Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (RCIP), World Bank through WSP/Africa, United States Telecommunication Training Institute (USTTI), Korean Information Society Agency (KISA), Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), Universal Postal Union(UPU) and International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA).

In addition, the Authority belongs to a number of regional and international organizations and these include ITU, CTO, EREA, RAERESA, EACO and EAC Air Transport Facilitation Committee, ESAWAS and it has since established a working relation with sister regulators like UCC, EWURA, TCRA, CCK, ERC, ERA, etc