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”.

The guidelines contained in this document serve as a guide for the safe and efficient disposal and decommission of obsolete and unserviceable health equipment. It underlines the need for new health equipment as changes evolve. It also emphasizes the need to ensure disposal and decommissioning is done safely (both to humans and the environment), economically, and efficiently, in line with best practices.

The strategic plan highlights the important role played by sports and culture in the transformation of Rwandan communities. It connects with the national sports and culture framework in pursuing a high performing sports and culture sector.

Sports play a crucial role in Rwanda, through interactions, and fostering of social cohesion. It acknowledges the interventions of government in sports infrastructure and points out the need to do more. It prioritises grassroots development to ensure the sports sector fulfils its maximum socioeconomic and cultural potential.

The national culture heritage policy sets out to preserve, nurtured and protected as it serves as the distinct character of the Rwandan people. It attests to the importance of the Rwandan culture as a pool to source homegrown solutions to the myriad of problems and challenges that serve as a barrier to attaining its vision of a middle-income country

The national policy on library services aims to ensure the improved provision of library facilities and services, to maximize the potential of the libraries in society. It pushes to, among other things: strengthen available resources, provide literacy and reading culture promotion programs, facilitate private sector participation in the development of library services, and effective preservation of the Rwandan intellectual and cultural heritage.

The strategic plan on the environment sub-sector is the 5-year push to highlight the necessary key priorities and resources crucial to achieving the objectives and targets for the environment contained in the vision 2020 and the economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS). It serves to institutionalise the strategy of the Environment and Natural Resources (ENRSSP). Its objectives are pollution control and management, effective service delivery and environmental governance, integration of environmental principles in the core national policies, protection from effects of climate change and fostering productive functioning of ecosystems.

“The general objective of the National youth policy is to promote the youth economic, social, cultural, intellectual and moral welfare. This is to create conditions that are favourable for their integration in all sectors of the society, as they become stakeholders of sustainable development”.

The policy rightly points out that the future development of a child and the quality of life heavily depends on good parenting, especially during the first months of life. The early childhood development policy thus seeks to provide a holistic framework to foster the integrated development of young children. The multi-sectoral approach pushes for healthy, well-nourished and safe Rwandan children capable of fulfilling their potentials.

The plan guides all actions channelled towards ameliorating the conditions of street children. It does not push for long term institutional care, as it seeks to promptly protect and reintegrate children into their families and/or communities, as well as prevent children from ending up on the streets. This relates to the rights of the child outlined in the 1989 International Convention ratified by Rwanda.

The adverse effects arising from the 1994 genocide, chronic poverty, and the threat of HIV threatens the fundamental right that ought to be enjoyed by various orphans and vulnerable children in Rwanda. The 4-year strategic plan works to integrate issues relating to orphans and vulnerable children into all national policies and implementation frameworks, to ensure children’s rights are realised today and in the future.

The 1994 genocidal activities against the Tutsis have destroyed the social fabrics of the Rwandan people, leaving children without the necessary family love and affection they need. Widows and orphans have also been forced to take on the role of household heads, usually played by parents and men. The government of Rwanda recognises the importance of family as a bedrock of sustainable development. The 4year strategic plan aims to continue promoting family as the basis of Rwanda society.

This procedural manual represents the effort of the government of Rwanda to holistically regulate the activities of the health sector. It works towards coordinating both the financial and technical aspects of the delivery of health sector activities. It covers all policies and strategies that align with the set goals of the health sector including vision 2020, the EDPRS, the HSSP, among others.

The government of Rwanda has placed a premium, and shown commitment towards gender equality and building an inclusive society. It has ensured the integration and mainstreaming of gender issues into all relevant national policies, guidelines, strategies, and interventions. However, the Rwandan culture limits the extent to which females mingle in society, thus limiting their access to mentorship opportunities to improve their chances in life. The national strategy, therefore, seeks to bridge this gap by providing a clear pathway for the conduct of mentorship programs for young women and girls.

The Rwanda national action plan builds on the implementation experiences of the previous action plan of 2009-2012. It is aligned with other national, regional, and international instruments, laws, and ratifications geared towards gender equality and women empowerment. Meaningful contribution of women in governance and all institutions is the objective of this plan.

The genocidal activities of 1994 had their toll on the citizens, especially women and girls. Gender-based violence threatens rights to education, health, wellbeing, legal, as well as economic rights. This strategic plan highlights the federal government’s resolve to address gender equality issues and general human rights, as its effect the socioeconomic development of the country.

This national plan for gender and family promotion leverages the experience garnered from the implementation of the first and second phases of the economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS). As the country transitions towards its new vision 2050, for attaining high-income status, the 6year strategic plan, being cross-cutting and multisectoral, seeks to facilitate the attainment of the national goals backed by a stable and harmonious family structure and gender-neutral and inclusive society. It pushes to achieve, among others: strengthened families, participation of women in governance, financial performance for women and girls, and effective management of child abuse and gender-based violence.

Gender-based violence in Rwanda is linked to several factors, including; cultural beliefs, traditions, and the genocidal activities of 1994. The policy addresses the misconception around the concept of gender applying to women alone, the issues of awareness creation, reporting system, as well as coordination and harmonisation efforts. The policy seeks to maximise the capacity to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, as a tool to socioeconomic development and promotion of human rights.

This represents the national policy for addressing issues related to orphans and other vulnerable children. It makes provisions for the trampling of the human rights of these groups of children. It generally aims to ensure children grow up in environments that help them blossom into their best forms.