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National Strategy for Child Survival in Ethiopia

Ethiopia, Ministry of Health

This national strategy addresses the need to meet the MDG 2015 goal of reducing child mortality, specifically, under-five child mortality by two thirds. It analyses and attempts to check the various underlying conditions that account for the major proportion of child mortality. These conditions include inadequate birth spacing, poverty, and inadequate maternal education.

Ethiopia 2005 Health

Commercial Registration and Business Licensing Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia

The provisions of this Proclamation relating to business licenses shall apply to any person engaged in any commercial activity other than those specified under Article 30 sub-article (1) of this Proclamation. The objectives of this proclamation include; strengthening the situations where the trade sector can be supportive of the economic development of the country, and protecting the trade sector from detrimental and unfair activities by appropriately organizing the systems of commercial registration and business licensing.

Ethiopia 2010 Trade, Industry and Investment

Mining Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Mines, Ethiopia

The transitional government of Ethiopia recognizes the need to facilitate private sector participation in the capital formation, technology acquisition, and marketing of minerals. This is to drive the contribution of the sector to economic development, and the benefit of the populace. The Proclamation applies to and governs the conduct of all mining operations and related activities within the territory of Ethiopia. It details mining rights, pre-development rights, discovery, and development rights, among other key frontiers.

Ethiopia 1993 Mining

Forest Development, Conservation, and Utilization Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Ethiopia

The proclamation applies nationwide. It contains detailed information on rights and incentives of private, and community forest developers, obligations, rights of association, as well as a clear distinction about the classifications of state forest. It is issued in recognition of the crucial role played by forests in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.

Ethiopia 2018 Forestry and Wildlife

Public-Private Partnership Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia

A proclamation to provide for the public-private partnership. It focuses on ensuring the availability of legal frameworks to back efficient exploration of the partnership per the relevant article(s) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Ethiopia 2018 Finance

Tourism Commission Establishment Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Tourism, Ethiopia

The proclamation establishes the tourism commission as an autonomous federal government public institution, accountable to the council of ministers. The commission has the sole objective of promoting and developing tourism in the country.

Ethiopia 1995 Culture and Tourism

State of southern Nations, Nationalities and peoples land administration and use proclamation

Ethiopia, House of Federation

The Proclamation defines the right to acquire, free of charge, rural land by peasants, pastoralists and semi-pastoralists engaged in agriculture; it also makes provisions for the equal rights of women concerning land and provides for the protection of such rights. It avails rural youths, who wish to engage in agriculture the right to get and use rural land which is possessed by the community or government. The Proclamation also defines the special rights of other disadvantaged persons.

Ethiopia 2007 National Development

Environmental Pollution Control Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Environmental Protection Authority, Ethiopia

This proclamation issues directives and detailed guidelines on crucial aspects of pollution control, including; management of hazardous waste, chemical, and radioactive materials, control of pollution, management of municipal waste, environmental standards, and environmental inspectors.

Ethiopia 2002 Environment and Climate Change

Privatization of Public Enterprises Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ethiopian Privatization Agency, Ethiopia

The Privatization of public enterprises proclamation highlights the following objectives: to generate revenue required for financing development activities undertaken by the Government; to change the role and participation of the Government in the economy to enable it to exert more effort on activities requiring its attention; and to promote the Country’s economic development through encouraging the expansion of the private sector.

Ethiopia 1998 Finance

Urban Lands Lease Holding Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Urban Development and Construction, Ethiopia

This Proclamation applies to all urban centres within Ethiopia concerning urban land. The Proclamation details the fundamental principles of lease and specifies that no person may acquire urban land other than the lease holding system provided under this Proclamation. The Proclamation sets out the tender and allotment procedures, administration of urban land lease holdings, as well as powers and duties.

Ethiopia 2011 Infrastructure and Construction

Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research Establishment (Amendment) Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, Ethiopia

The objective of the Institute is to ensure the appropriate conservation and utilization of the country’s biodiversity. The proclamation amends the institute of biodiversity conservation and research establishment proclamation of 1998 as an issue of necessity. It alters the form of several articles and sections, repeals some, and adds other suitable articles.

Ethiopia 2004 Agriculture and Rural Development

Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Cooperatives Commission, Ethiopia

The cooperative societies proclamation of 1998 is amended in the form of articles and sub-articles deletion.

Ethiopia 2004 National Development

Rural Electrification Fund Establishment Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia

The Rural Electrification Fund is established as a permanent financial source under a Special Bank Account to be opened by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. The objectives of the fund are: to provide loan and technical services for Rural Electrification Projects carried out by private operators, cooperatives and local communities, and to encourage the utilization of electricity for production and social welfare purposes in rural areas.

Ethiopia 2003 Finance

Industrial Parks Regulation

Ethiopia, Ministry of Trade and Industry

These are sets of regulations aimed at guiding the establishment, and management of industrial parks as well as related policy matters.

Ethiopia 2017 Trade, Industry and Investment

Revised Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment Proclamation

Council of Ministers/Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission., Ethiopia

The government of Ethiopia recognises the negative impact corruption could have in hindering the social, economic, and political development of the country. It, therefore, deems it necessary to fortify the anti-corruption commission to ensure effectiveness in the discharge of its duties. The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is thus established as an independent Federal Government body. The Commission shall be accountable to the Prime
Minister, and notwithstanding the provisions of article 3 sub-article 2 of this proclamation, shall not be subject to any form of interference. The commission is charged with creating awareness about corruption in the country, and exposing, investigating and prosecuting corruption offences and impropriety.

Ethiopia 2005 Democracy and Governance