This is an Act to make provisions concerning sexual offences and domestic violence, prevention and the protection of all persons from harm from domestic violence and other sexual violence.

The government hopes this policy will facilitate and hasten the attainment of its long-term vision of becoming a knowledge-driven economy by 2020. This particular phase seeks to focus on the development of services to improve their delivery to citizens.

This framework contains the fiscal policy objectives of the government of Rwanda for the three years under review in the economic context in which the budget will be presented. This is in line with the laws and stipulations on state finances and property and the national strategy for transformation.

The national policy on fertilizer aims to create an enabling environment to facilitate private sector-driven effective and competitive fertilizer initiatives. It is hoped that the initiative will be capable of driving the government goals and targets for increased crop productivity. This policy is borne out of the need to address Rwanda’s current depleted soil condition caused by erosion and over-cultivation. It intends to adhere to the fertilizer agreement and target enshrined in the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for an Agricultural Green Revolution.

The adult education policy of the government of Rwanda strives to bridge the generational gap in the education sector by providing citizens with the needed skills to improve their general living conditions. It is on this premise that the National Adult Education Strategic Plan has been developed to provide a detailed roadmap and framework for the effective implementation of the Adult Education Policy. “It has been designed as a tool for planning, coordination and monitoring to guide the Ministry of Education in implementing the Adult Education Policy. It defines the roles of its different partners for a harmonious development based on human resources and knowledge led/based economy as defined in Vision 2020”.

The government of Rwanda identifies the ESSP as an important achievement towards the development of the education sector. The ESSP contains priorities, targets and benchmarks to guide Rwanda’s education sector as it focuses on contributing towards poverty reduction and economic development. It is envisioned that this strategic plan will be subject to future reviews and reconstruction to aid its ultimate course of equitable universal access to education.

This framework contains the fiscal policy objectives of the government of Rwanda for the three years under review in the economic context in which the budget will be presented. This is in line with the laws and stipulations on state finances and property and the national strategy for transformation.

Consequent to the genocidal activities that shattered Rwanda in 1994, the government has been working vigorously to restart the entire system which broke down in the aftermath of the activities of 1994. The priority of the education policy is thus to key into national and international targets as enshrined in policy and strategic documents including the vision 2020, Universal Primary Education (UPE), Education for All (EFA), the EDPRS, and the ICT policy.

The strategies contained in this document echo the goals and objectives chiefly contained in Rwanda’s national industrial policy and national export strategy. These goals and objectives summarily strive to reduce Rwanda’s trade deficit. “The DMRS rests on three pillars of activities; horizontal activities, aimed at supporting local production for the domestic market across all sectors, policy measures, aimed at removing obstacles to production, and the foreseeing development of specific investment projects, where supply-side constraints or market opportunities are identified”.

This framework contains the fiscal policy objectives of the government of Rwanda for the three years under review in the economic context in which the budget will be presented. This is in line with the laws and stipulations on state finances and property and the country’s commitments as contained in the second EDPRS and vision 2020. This budget framework also highlights the government’s aim to bridge the fiscal gap and reduce reliance on external aid by improving revenue generation and prioritizing expenditures.

The government of Rwanda has among its goals, to achieve education for all and to improve health status for the population. The National School Health Strategic Plan contains strategies and frameworks necessary to achieve the above-mentioned goals. It identifies the roles schools can play in ensuring the safety and promotion of children’s health. It contains areas of specialization and issues that need to be addressed to facilitate the beneficial connection between education and the health condition of schoolchildren.

The consumer protection policy aspires to create an enabling environment for businesses and enterprises to thrive. Such an environment tends to foster competition with an accompanying increase in efficiency and economic growth for both consumers and producers. This policy seeks to not act as a vindictive exercise but to promote fair trade. This is in a bid to ensure consumers are not left at the mercy of a few firms and enterprises that take advantage of uncompetitive environments. These firms engage in activities such as price-fixing, collusive tendering, and speculative hoarding to the detriment of consumers.

This implementation plan highlights the resolve of the government to develop strategies to fast track the implementation of the nine-year basic education goal. The nine-year basic education goal aims to ensure all Rwandan children have equitable access to quality 6 years primary education and first 3 years of secondary education without paying any form of school fee. “This Concept Note recommends the use of three strategies; specialization of teachers, reduction of core courses and doubles shifting. This is to ensure reduced costs and time to complete the rollout of the Nine Years Basic Education in Rwanda”.

This framework contains the fiscal policy objectives of the government of Rwanda for the three years under review in the economic context in which the budget will be presented. This is in line with the laws and stipulations on state finances and property and the country’s commitments as contained in the second EDPRS and vision 2020. The budget framework highlights the government’s drive to bridge the fiscal gap and reduce reliance on external aid by improving revenue generation and rationalizing expenditures.

The government of Rwanda is pushing for the attainment of universal education in Rwanda. This strategy is developed to guide the implementation of the special needs and inclusive education policy. It works towards ensuring the aims, objectives, and targets set out in the policy document is attained. This aligns with the drive to ensure citizens with special needs are not left out of equitable access to quality education and active participation in all aspects of society. This strategic plan is also aligned with the ESSP 2018-2024 and the national strategy for transformation.

The strategy aims to address the challenges facing the dairy sector. These challenges include increasing cattle population, costs of production associated with producing and marketing milk, low consumer demand, and lack of policy direction to harmonize and coordinate private sector players in the sector.

This strategy marks the government of Rwanda’s Medium-term strategy for economic growth, poverty reduction, and human development. The strategy recognizes the long, and necessary path Rwanda has toured since the aftermath of the genocidal activities of 1994. It notes the relative stability it has attained since it started its recovery process. The EDPRS contains strategies and targets at consolidating achievements in human development. Floating of flagship program towards poverty reduction, good governance, and sustainable growth is also chiefly contained in this document.

Nutrition is a key element enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals of the UN. The events of the 90s left Rwandans in a poor nutritional situation. Various government interventions like the community based nutritional scheme have done little to alleviate the dire situation. Issues of maternal and child malnutrition are still rampant and consequently contributing significantly to the high morbidity and mortality rate in Rwanda. This policy highlights the government’s renewed vigour towards holistically tackling the issue of malnutrition through the enactment of effective guiding principles, strategies, and implementation guidelines for effective nutrition interventions.

This strategic document overviews Rwanda’s export sector, its challenges and inherent opportunities. It has a goal to improve export growth, create jobs and revenues, contribute significantly to the economy, and increase the general living standards of the populace. This strategy aims to prioritize sectors like tea, coffee, tourism and mining, as well as horticulture among others. It hopes to achieve its goal by rallying and organizing relevant stakeholders towards focusing on human capital development, business environment, finance, and infrastructure.

The government of Rwanda has a long-term vision to propel the economy into a middle-income one and significantly reduce poverty to less than 20% of its population. Prominent among other crucial visions of the government is the quest to increase the investment by the private and export sectors. This is to ensure the country earns more foreign earnings to improve its balance of payment position. This policy has a goal to achieve this by stimulating the public sector to fulfil its potential of creation of wealth and enabling an environment for the private sector to thrive.