The National Forestry Strategic Plan is coherent with other national and sectoral programs and strategies; the constitution of Rwanda, the
GoR flagship programs of Vision 2020 and the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), the Environment and Natural Resources Sector Strategic Plan (ENRSSP), the National Forestry Policy and other sectoral policies. Its objectives also align with other forest-related documents in seeking to improve the position of the forestry sector as one of the pillars of the economy and ecological balance, as well as maximising the accruable benefits from the sector.

The 5 years strategic plan pushes to ensure the judicious and productive use of the environment and natural resources present in Rwanda. This is based on the deteriorating condition of the quantity and quality of this resource. The effective goal is to support equitable and sustained national development and poverty reduction.

The policy represents the government’s commitment to protecting children and fighting child labour. This is in line with the endorsement by the government of Rwanda of the International Labour Convention of 1973 concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment; and the International Labour Convention of 1999 concerning Worst Forms of Child Labour. The government thus intends to eliminate all forms of child labour, and create enabling environment to address child labour’s underlying issues.

The national tree reproductive materials strategy aims to drive the supply of genetically adapted tree reproductive materials. This is in a bid to boost sustainable production and the establishment of forest plantations that can contribute towards the push for a green economy in Rwanda. It prioritises two strategic goals; goal 1 deals with production, promotion, processing, storage systems, and quality control of tree reproductive materials, while goal 2 pushes to leverage on research to ensure long-term sustainability.

The National Water Resources Master Plan of Rwanda (NWRPM) is the framework for the implementation of objectives and statements of the National Policy for Water Resources Management. The general objective of the Master Plan is to ensure sustainable water resources development, utilization and management in Rwanda. serving as a blueprint for sustainable water, land and resources development, it aims to maximize economic and social benefits accruable from water resources, and further promote the safety of the environment.

The strategy notes that despite the efforts and interventions of the government, a significant proportion of the population still lives in abject poverty, or are vulnerable to poverty. The strategy sets out interventions across 2 main spheres: regular and predicable cash transfer to support people living in, and vulnerable to poverty; and ensuring unhindered and unconditional access to basic public services such as education and health.

The contingency plan draws on historical facts and experiences of floods and landslides in coming up with scenario managers and assumptions to combat such issues as they may arise. The plan prioritises places and regions especially prone to floods and landslides. Its overall objective is to ensure a timely and coordinated response to floods and landslides disasters, in a bid to minimise their effects on citizens, properties, and the environment.

The ministerial order addresses hygiene issues, as it relates to beekeeping and the use of toxic substances. It expressly makes provisions for beekeeper hygiene, hygiene of beehives and equipment, use of toxic substances in beekeeping and contamination prevention, and measures to be taken in response to perceived or confirmed bee diseases.

The order withdraws from classified status, the Kanembwe Forest of two hundred and eleven hectares, seventy-seven acres, and eighty-six centiares situated in the Western Province, Rubavu District, Rubavu Sector.

The law defines the mission, organization, and functions of the national youth council in Rwanda. Youths in Rwanda are classified based on age, between sixteen, and thirty years. The council has a distinct legal personality and enjoys financial and administrative autonomy. The council is to be supervised by the ministry of youth in Rwanda.

The ICT4RAg was developed to integrate the use of information and communications technology for improved agricultural efficiency. The strategy realizes the existence of ICT platforms, and the need to create a clear direction to coordinate these platforms and other future ones. It seeks to ensure ICT’s contribution to sustainable agriculture is maximized and complement other crucial government strategies and policies.

The plan expressly addresses the management activities to be carried out by stakeholders when handling disaster situations. Prominent disasters faced in Rwanda include; droughts, fire, floods, earthquakes, landslides, heavy rain with strong winds, lightning and thunderstorms, traffic accidents, diseases and epidemics.

The government of Rwanda, in its quest for sustainable production of food, cash, export, and industrial crops developed the 10year irrigation master plan to maximally utilise surface and underground water resources available for the full promotion of irrigation in the country. The plan seeks to address the need for irrigation, arising as a result of the uneven distribution of rainfall and water resources in the country. Phase one of the plan successfully identifies national potential irrigation areas, while phase two seeks to validate the findings of phase one and explore the detailed design aspect of the individual irrigation scheme.

Rwanda has an ambitious goal of 100% water service coverage in the country as enshrined in its vision 2020. The multi-sectoral policy and strategy are charged at exploring approaches to achieving the targets set in other national and international policies like vision 2020, the MDGs, and the economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS). It also serves as an update to the water supply and sanitation policy of 2004.

The contingency plan charts the course of action to be taken as part of efforts to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from droughts. The National Contingency Plan for Drought is a multi-sectoral plan to maximally reduce drought impacts via institutional coordination, enhance monitoring and early warning capabilities, water shortage impact assessments, and preparedness, response, and recovery programs. The plan identifies an integrated, regional approach to addressing drought and drought action levels.

The strategies contained in this document are charged towards mainstreaming climate resilience and low carbon development into the national plans of Rwanda; the vision 2020, and the economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS). It has a 2050 vision to achieve development in the country with low carbon emission and independence from oil for power generation.

The economic development and poverty reduction strategy of Rwanda represents the implementation framework towards achieving the key targets and objectives enshrined in the vision 2020, MDGs, and the seven-year government of Rwanda programme.

The country’s commitment to engaging in the international process of developing a climate change agreement. Five guiding pillars drive the implementation of the strategy: “Institutional Arrangements; Finance; Capacity Building and Knowledge Management; Technology, Innovation and Infrastructure; and Integrated Planning and Data Management”.

The policy acknowledges the important role played by forest resources in the livelihood of Rwandans. This reliance has led to the degradation of these resources over the years. It also points at recent benefits being enjoyed by the forestry sector as a result of political goodwill geared at developing the sector. This policy thus seeks to guide activities towards making the sector flourish further for sustainable benefits to all segments of the society. It prioritises driving active private sector participation.

A series of guidelines on selected high-risk clinical conditions in some speciality areas. It is targeted at professional healthcare managers to serve as a resource for delivering standardized health care at all levels across the country.