The national cyber security authority is established with financial and administrative autonomy. The authority is to be supervised by the office of the president of the Republic. “The mission of authority is to build skills and capacities in cyber security. This is to ensure the national integrity and security of the country is protected, in order to achieve economic and social development”.

The rights, obligations, organization, and functioning of the media in Rwanda is defined by this law. The law states that the media, contents, and conducts shall be regulated by both the media themselves, and the national utilities statutory regulator.

The digital talent policy pushes to increase the quality and quantity of digital skills across all levels in Rwanda. It aims to fulfill the objectives and targets for the number of digital skills in ICT available in Rwanda, as expressed in the economic reduction and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS). It targets all levels of citizens, from primary schools, people in the workforce, secondary schools, higher institutions, experts, innovators, and entrepreneurs in the ICT field. The framework of the policy sets out to; provide digital literacy for all, build a digitally expert workforce, set up an IT elite corps, as well as coordinate all digital literacy interventions.

Whereas the informations technology and communications sector serves as an important pillar towards driving the goals and aspirations of the government, the sector also poses a number of threats arising from their usage; cyber-crime, cyber espionage, Hacktivism, Cyber Terrorism, Cyber Warfare, etc. These threats are rampant, dynamic, sophisticated in nature, and equally difficult to handle. The national policy thus seeks to ensure the Rwandan cyber space is as protected and resilient as possible. It establishes a framework for cyber security governance and coordination.

Prevention and mitigation of storms are regularly reviewed due to the ubiquitous nature of storms (heavy rains, winds, thunder, hailstones) in all districts of Rwanda. The contingency plan analyses past occurences, as a tool to aid better praparedness levels and heightened response systems. It also seeks to further strengthen institutional forces and create a clear action plan for all stakeholders.

The national contingency for drought plans to contribute towards effective systems for drought detection, response, reporting, and cross sector collaboration. It is in response to the recent occurrence of drought in the country, and will serve as a mid and long term efforts at managing future occurrences.

The plan acknowledges the complexities accompanying the influx of population in a country. It points to influxes influenced by wars, social conflicts, and the various forms of natural calamities. It serves as a guideline for effective management of population influx and its accompanied issues to ensure the safety of both the host communities and migrating population.

The contingency plan relates to the western part of Rwanda mostly and Rwanda generally. The western part sits close to a region prone to eruption from two active volcanoes. It notes the eruption of one of the volacanoes in 2002, which although did not elicit lava flow into Rwanda, led to the influx of people into Rwanda. The plan thus seeks to beef up Rwanda’s preparedness and response systems towards any future occurrence. It clearly spells out the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders if such need arises.

The contingency plan, like all other contingency plans aims to minimise the loss of lives and properties, as well as effects on the environment, that could arise as a result of uncertaintly and poor preparations. This plan on earthquake covers activities to be effected in the case of an earthquake occurrence, based on history and geological activities, especially in the rift valley region. It also makes provisions for the aftermath effects of earthquakes; aftershocks, landslides, and fire outbreaks.

Terrorist attacks and incidents have become rampant in the world. They include explosive attacks, hostage taking, chemical and biological attacks, and other terrorist attacks. The plan arises as a result of the perceived risky position of Rwanda, in terms of its regional position, regional security, and political background. It thus highlights the structures and processes crucial to ensure heightened preparedness and responsiveness to terrorist related attacks.

This serves as the implementation of the fire safety response measures. It assesses the fire risks and ensures prompt response to fire incidents as they arise. “The contingencies contained therein are consistent with the areas of
delivery of fire services that are recommended for review by Rwanda National Police (co-lead), Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Natural Resources, Rwanda Defense forces, Ministry of Health, Rwanda National Police (Fire and Rescue Brigade), Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority, and the ministry of local government.

The ministerial instructions relates to the management of refugees and refugee camps. The activities prohibited in refugee camps include; political activities, biased or sectarian gatherings, military related activities, neglect of parental duties, all activities without prior authorization, use of false identification, ownership or possession of any weapon, unlawful riots, drug use and trafficking, and theft of all forms. It is clearly stated that all persons who commit crimes will be prosecuted in full compliance with the laws of Rwanda.

The 5 year strategic plan seeks to develop the arts industries sector as a tool to drive job creation and contribute to the socio economic development of the country. The focus of the plan include; plastic arts and handcraft, publishing, cinema (visual arts), performing arts, music, design, cultural institutions, tourism, and language industries.

The government recognises the importance of cultural touris, as an avenue to share with the rest of the world, the cultural heritage of Rwanda. Being a young sector, the strategic plan seeks to addresses a number of latent challenges; “insufficient research and documentation on cultural heritage, lack of infrastructures for exhibitions of cultural heritage and cultural expressions, insufficient infrastructures facilitating access to historical and cultural sites, lack of coordination in data management, fast deterioration of sites due to unfavourable climate and human activity, and insufficient managerial and administrative skills of professionals”.

The strategic plan highlights the important role played by sports and culture on the transformation of Rwandan communities. It connects with the national sports and culture framework in pursuing a highly performing sports and culture sector.

Sports play crucial role in Rwanda, through interactions, and fostering of social cohesion. It acknowledges the interventions of government in sports infrastructure, and points at the need to do more. It prioritises grassroots development to ensure the sport sector fulfills its maximum socioeconomic and cultural potentials.

The national culture heritage policy sets out to preserve, nurtured and protected as it serves as the distinct character of the Rwandan people. It attests to the importance of the Rwandan culture as a pool to source homegrown solutions to the myriad of problems and challenges that serve as barrier to attaining its vision of a middle income country

The national policy on library services aims to ensure improved provision of library facilities and services, to maximize the potential of the libraries in the society. It pushes to, among other things; strengthen available resources, provide literacy and reading culture promotion programs, facilitate private sector participation in the development of library services, and effective preservation of the Rwandan intellectual and cultural heritage.

“The Policy provides the framework for the management of
public records in the Republic of Rwanda. In its quest to provide transparency and accountability to all stakeholders, it sets out to ensure that all activities and decisions of the Government of Rwanda are fully and accurately documented and managed in accordance with the life cycle principles of records creation, maintenance, use and disposal. It additionally aims to promote the accessibility and sharing of information within and across government and to enhance performance of business activities and service delivery by all government agencies”.

The academy is established with full legal personality, and financial and administrative autonomy. Its objectives include; safeguarding Rwandan culture and language, analyse Rwandan language and culture, promote the use of Kinyarwanda in Rwanda and abroad, and determination of mechanisms to protect and preserve the culture, heritage, art, and literature in Rwanda.