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Policies / Policies from 2010

Policies from 2010

Policies with publication year 2010.

National Forestry Policy

Ministry of Forestry and Mines

Rwanda2010Forestry And WildlifePolicy

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.

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National Policy and Strategy for Water Supply and Sanitation Services

Ministry of Infrastructure

Rwanda2010UtilitiesOther

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.

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Rwanda Irrigation Master Plan

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Rwanda2010Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

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.

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Order on Kanembwe Forest, as a Declassified Forest

Ministry of Forestry and Mines

Rwanda2010Forestry And WildlifeOther

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.

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Order on Aquaculture and Fisheries Products, Equipment, and Materials

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Rwanda2010Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

The ministerial order sets out the modalities for the importation, marketing, and distribution of aquaculture and fisheries products, equipment, and materials. The products classified by relevant authorities are; living fish, fish eggs, fresh, frozen, cooled, preserved fish or processed fish prepared by salting, smoking, drying, molluscs and shellfish. The equipment and materials under the scope of this order include all aquaculture and fishing inputs, including vessels, nets, bow nets, hooks, lamps, fish feeds, drugs, and other fishing inputs and fish productions.

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Order on Animal Slaughtering and Meat Inspection

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Rwanda2010Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

The ministerial order surrounds the modalities related to the slaughter of meat and the procedures for meat inspection in Rwanda. It details the declaration for a butcher, application for non-butchers to carry out butchering operations, slaughterhouse hygiene, meats subjected to inspection, and sale of contaminated meat, among other provisions.

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National Gender Policy

Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion

Rwanda2010National DevelopmentPolicy

Attaining an inclusive, united, democratic, and prosperous country is one of the long term visions of Rwanda. It thus becomes important to ensure the women in the country are empowered towards the promotion of their socio-economic wellbeing and effective and unhindered political participation. The national gender policy sets out as a multisectoral government policy, providing the overarching principles to be integrated into the policies and guidelines of all actors, decision-makers, and stakeholders in the country. It seeks to incorporate gender issues into the country's economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS), to ensure prompt attention is paid to the policy during implementation. The policy's overall objective is to promote gender equality across all sectors in Rwanda.

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MINISTERIAL ORDER No 001/11.30 OF 18/08/2010 APPOINTING THE VARIETY RELEASE COMMITTEE

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Rwanda2010Agriculture And Rural DevelopmentOther

The ministerial order establishes the variety release committee (VRC) as a committee responsible for advisory services to the minister of agriculture and animal resources on testing of varieties submitted for release, processing applications for variety release from variety owners, and releasing seed varieties for continued production of quality seeds, among other duties.

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