The NSPS represents the government’s vision for an inclusive society with sustainable mechanisms for combatting exclusion, poverty, and vulnerabilities. It moves to drive the attainment of its goals by leveraging the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Social Grants scheme that will provide target groups with a reliable and cost-effective cash transfer to support their basic human needs.

The act establishes the National Disaster Management Organization with the function to manage disaster areas and emergencies, as well as rehabilitation of persons affected. It is also responsible for developing disaster management plans to effectively mitigate consequences of disasters.

The policy aspires to serve as a guide to the pharmaceutical sector in Ghana. It targets critical areas, among which include: legislation and regulatory control, local manufacture, herbal medicines, drug procurement and supply management, quality assurance, and monitoring and evaluation.

The 20-year development master plan pushes to: drive cooperation, coordination, coherence and synergy in forestry-related issues at all levels; promote good governance through accountability and transparency; modernize forest enterprises as a means of job creation for the rural and urban poor; promote timber plantation development; ensure biodiversity conservation and ecotourism development; and pursue sustainable financing of forestry sector activities.

The Act makes provisions for the settlement of disputes via arbitration, mediation and customary arbitration. The act also establishes an Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre. The Act applies to matters other than those that relate to the national or public interest, the environment, the enforcement and interpretation of the Constitution, or any other matter that by law cannot be settled by an alternative dispute resolution method.

The regulations center around water drilling licences, application procedures, fees, duration, and prohibitions. It also addresses intricacies of well construction, as well as offences and miscellaneous matters.

The National Climate Change Policy is to provide direction to stakeholders and coordinate all climate change interventions and activities in Ghana. Its ultimate goal is to ensure a climate resilient and climate compatible economy while achieving sustainable development through equitable low carbon economic growth for Ghana, on the path to attaining the status of a full-fledged middle-income country. The objectives of the policy are effective adaptation and social development and mitigation, while the thematic areas upon which they are premised are: energy and infrastructure, natural resources management, agriculture and food security, and disaster preparedness and response.

The NAP details 8 courses of action to combat illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Ghana. They are all state responsibilities, flag state responsibilities, coastal state measures, port state measures, market-related measures, research, regional fisheries management organizations, and special requirements of developing countries.

The Regulations implement provisions of the Fisheries Act of 2002. It stipulates that there shall be the development of a Fishery Management Plan with specific objectives and durations to guide and regulate fishing activities. Provisions are also made for fishing licences, compliance measures, monitoring mechanisms, and fishing equipment, among others.

The policy represents the first ever comprehensive policy document on wildfire in Ghana. The policy focuses on the need to check environmental degradation from wildfires and the destruction of biodiversity. The policy pushes to ensure effective prevention and control of wildfires, raise awareness levels, and ensure coordination of stakeholders.

The GPRS serves as the comprehensive government document highlighting policies, strategies, programmes, projects, interventions, and plans towards growth and poverty reduction in Ghana for 3 years. It seeks to facilitate stimulated growth of the economy, wealth creation for Ghanaians, and development of an inclusive society through sound economic management for accelerated growth, sustainable livelihoods, human development and the provision of basic services, support of the vulnerable and excluded, good governance and increased capacity of the public sector, and active participation of the private sector as the main driver of growth.

The act amends the Fisheries Act of 2002 in relation to more effective management and prevention of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The Directive of the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development directs owners, operators and masters of industrial trawlers to comply with the closed seasons as declared by the Ministry and the Fisheries Commission based on the Fisheries Management Plan 2015-2019. The closed season shall be for all industrial trawlers for the periods specified. Penalties for violations are prescribed.

This strategic plan provides the framework for promoting and working towards the achievement of client-focused, safe, and quality clinical care. It includes strategies drawn up to improve general healthcare quality along the lines of healthcare resources provision, improved personnel development, and effective efforts towards quality assurance.

The vision of the Government of Ghana regarding the water sector is for “all people living in Ghana have access to adequate, safe, affordable and reliable water service, practice safe sanitation and hygiene and that water resources are sustainably managed”. The IWRM plan is to serve as a framework (institutional, legal) for the implementation of the policy goals and objectives contained in the National Water Policy.

The act provides for protection against forms of unfair competition. The act details and addresses infringements relating to causing confusion with respect to another person’s enterprise or its activities, damaging another person’s goodwill or reputation, misleading the general public, discrediting another person’s enterprise, and unfair competition in respect of secret information, national and international obligations.

The Decree harmonises all scattered laws related to conveyancing of modifications to enhance simplicity in transactions related to land (buying, selling, leasing), with the ultimate aim of facilitating cheap, modern, reliable, and speedy processes.

The Act provides for the registration of locality marks and the felling of trees for export. It clearly states that a person shall not cut or fell a growing tree for export in log form or for conversion in a mill unless that person has first registered a property mark at the office of the Executive Director, Forests Division of the Forestry Commission, endorsed for the locality in which that person proposes to cut or fell.

To further drive the health sector towards the attainment of the MDGs, the Medium-Term Development Plan identifies key priorities of the government with regards to accelerating program implementation towards attaining equitable universal health coverage. Its objectives include improved effectiveness and efficiency of the health system, pro-poor sustainable financing towards bridging healthcare and nutritional services gap, improved health services (including unhindered access) for maternal, neonatal, children, and adolescents, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and improvement of institutional care for mental health issues.

The Act provides for the establishment and specification of functions of the Energy Commission. The commission has a broad objective of regulating and managing energy resource utilisation in Ghana. Among others, its other specific functions include policy recommendation, indigenous energy resources development, advisory services to the minister in charge, the sole charge of licensing for energy transmission and distribution, and establishment of standards of performance for the energy sector.