The prime minister’s order determines the mission, functions, organizational structure, job profiles, salaries, and fringe benefits for employees of the ministry of information technology and communication. The ministry is charged with the development and coordination of national policies and programs of the ICT sector.

The Prime Minister’s order determines the functions and organization of the Rwanda special economic zones authority. The ministry of trade and industry is saddled with the responsibility of supervising the authority.

This brings to prominence the government’s resolve to address the gap between the demand and supply of labour in the country. It aims to explore strategies to improve the citizen’s relevant skills to ensure the demand for labour is met.

The ministerial order outlines the set of instructions guiding publications in the official gazette of modifications aimed at individual and standard telecommunications licenses.

The Presidential order determines the specific duties of the regulatory board in telecommunications matters. The duties include; monitoring and enforcement of obligations, licensing, declarations, accreditations, and handling of universal access.

“The order defines Universal access to telecommunications services as the widest possible access, on affordable terms and with minimum subsidy, to a public telephone service, by the general public in all parts of the Republic”. The order sets out the functioning of the universal access fund and highlights the contributions to be made to the fund by public operators

The importance of family as a tool for social cohesion and social order is prominently recognised by the government of Rwanda. The national policy is to serve as a framework for monitoring and implementing programs to protect and support families in Rwanda.

The early childhood development strategic plan is defined as “the processes by which children from pre-conception to six years grow and thrive physically, mentally, emotionally, morally and socially”. It is the all-round development of a child, to prepare them for the rigours of future life. The integrated strategic plan sets out the holistic roadmap and framework crucial to implementing the national early childhood development policy. It prioritises the disadvantaged and marginalised children.

Rwanda sets ambitious investment targets in its vision 2020 and economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS) national plans. Mobilization of savings targeted to drive the highlighted investments is the goal of the national savings mobilization strategy. It classifies voluntary savings, involuntary savings, and forced savings (increased consumer prices and reduction in real consumption). It also classifies short, medium, long term, foreign, domestic, private, public, institutional, and individual levels of savings.

This policy highlights the government’s resolve to coordinate all efforts and activities in the health sector. It enshrines government goals and targets for the sector as contained in the vision 2020, the EDPRS and the HSSP. It recognizes the need to change priority areas in line with the change in epidemiologic and socio-economic conditions of Rwandans. “It sets the health sector’s objectives, identifies the priority health interventions for meeting these objectives, outlines the role of each level in the health system, and provides guidelines for improved planning and evaluation of activities in the health sector.” It is the first point of call for all stakeholders in the health sector.

Prevention and mitigation of storms are regularly reviewed due to the ubiquitous nature of storms (heavy rains, winds, thunder, hailstones) in all districts of Rwanda. The contingency plan analyses past occurrences, as a tool to aid better preparedness levels and heightened response systems. It also seeks to further strengthen institutional forces and create a clear action plan for all stakeholders.

The national contingency for drought plans to contribute towards effective systems for drought detection, response, reporting, and cross-sector collaboration. It is in response to the recent occurrence of drought in the country and will serve as a mid and long term effort at managing future occurrences.

The plan acknowledges the complexities accompanying the influx of population in a country. It points to influxes influenced by wars, social conflicts, and the various forms of natural calamities. It serves as a guideline for effective management of population influx and its accompanying issues to ensure the safety of both the host communities and migrating population.

The contingency plan relates to the western part of Rwanda mostly and Rwanda generally. The western part sits close to a region prone to eruption from two active volcanoes. It notes the eruption of one of the volcanoes in 2002, which although did not elicit lava flow into Rwanda, led to the influx of people into Rwanda. The plan thus seeks to beef up Rwanda’s preparedness and response systems towards any future occurrence. It clearly spells out the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders if such need arises.

The contingency plan, like all other contingency plans, aims to minimise the loss of lives and properties, as well as effects on the environment, that could arise as a result of uncertainty and poor preparations. This plan on earthquake covers activities to be effected in the case of an earthquake occurrence, based on history and geological activities, especially in the rift valley region. It also makes provisions for the aftermath effects of earthquakes; aftershocks, landslides, and fire outbreaks.

Terrorist attacks and incidents have become rampant in the world. They include explosive attacks, hostage-taking, chemical and biological attacks, and other terrorist attacks. The plan arises as a result of the perceived risky position of Rwanda, in terms of its regional position, regional security, and political background. It thus highlights the structures and processes crucial to ensure heightened preparedness and responsiveness to terrorist-related attacks.

This serves as the implementation of the fire safety response measures. It assesses the fire risks and ensures prompt response to fire incidents as they arise. “The contingencies contained therein are consistent with the areas of
delivery of fire services that are recommended for review by Rwanda National Police (co-lead), Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Natural Resources, Rwanda Defence forces, Ministry of Health, Rwanda National Police (Fire and Rescue Brigade), Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority, and the ministry of local government.

The ministerial instructions relate to the management of refugees and refugee camps. The activities prohibited in refugee camps include; political activities, biased or sectarian gatherings, military-related activities, neglect of parental duties, all activities without prior authorization, use of false identification, ownership or possession of any weapon, unlawful riots, drug use and trafficking, and theft of all forms.

The 5-year strategic plan seeks to develop the arts industries sector as a tool to drive job creation and contribute to the socio-economic development of the country. The focus of the plan includes plastic arts and handcraft, publishing, cinema (visual arts), performing arts, music, design, cultural institutions, tourism, and language industries.

The government recognises the importance of cultural tourism, as an avenue to share with the rest of the world, the cultural heritage of Rwanda. Being a young sector, the strategic plan seeks to address several latent challenges; “insufficient research and documentation on cultural heritage, lack of infrastructures for exhibitions of cultural heritage and cultural expressions, insufficient infrastructures facilitating access to historical and cultural sites, lack of coordination in data management, fast deterioration of sites due to unfavourable climate and human activity, and insufficient managerial and administrative skills of professionals”.