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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

These regulations are the establishment of the Ethiopian Agricultural Business Corporation including the purpose, functions, and management of the Corporation.

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

The proclamation spells out the objectives, organization, and the powers of duties of the authority, among others.

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.

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

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.

As a matter of necessity, and under Article 55( I) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the mining operations proclamation of 2010 is amended.

The Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is established as an autonomous government organization having its juridical personality. The Commissioner of the National water resources commission shall be the supervising authority of the Authority. It has a sole and clear objective to provide water supply and sewerage services throughout Ethiopia.

The Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research is established as an autonomous body of the Federal Government having its own juridical personality. The Institute shall be accountable to the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization. The institute shall be responsible for the conservation, research, development, and sustainable utilization of the country’s biodiversity. The proclamation details the powers and duties of the institute, the organization structure, and books of account, amount others.

The 2003 proclamation to provide for the ratification of the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was adopted at the Thirty-first Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the 3rd of November, 2001, and signed by Ethiopia.

The petroleum operations proclamation is under Article 5(6) of the Redefinition of Powers and Responsibilities of the provisional Military Administrative Council and the Council of Minister’s proclamation of 1977. The proclamation governs all petroleum operations carried out by contractors within the territory of Ethiopia, and all agreements entered into before the effective date of this proclamation.