The national integrated child rights policy serves as the coordinated and harmonised policy of the government relating to all activities covering children’s rights. It is backed by the need to improve the rights of children to health, education, and protection, as a consequence of the 1994 genocide against the tutsis. It is guided by 7 principles; every child matters, children are priority, children deserve the best, children can, and should participate, exploitation and abuse of children should not be tolerated, government should be accountable, and coordination of all actions.

The importance of family as a tool for social cohesion and social order is prominently recognised by the government of Rwanda. The national policy is to serve as a framework for monitoring and implementing programs to protect and support families in Rwanda.

The early childhood development strategic plan is defined as ““the processes by which children from pre conception to six years grow and thrive physically, mentally, emotionally, morally and socially”. It is the all round development of a child, to prepar them for the rigors of future life. The integrated strategic plan sets out the holistic roadmap and frmaework crucial to implementing the national early childhood development policy. It prioritises the disadvantaged and marginalised children.

Rwanda sets ambitious investment targets in its vision 2020 and economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS) national plans. Mobilization of savings, targeted to drive the highlighted investments is the goal of the national savings mobilization strategy. It classifies voluntary savings, involuntary savings, and forced savings (increased consumer prices and reduction in real consumption). It also classifies short, medium, long term, foreign, domestic, private, public, institutional, and individual levels of savings.

The El Nino 2015 Preparedness Plan represents all efforts at effective preparation and response plan for disasters associated with the El Nino effect. It emphasizes the readiness of the Government, communities and other different stakeholders for Disaster Risk Management activities. This plan presents the institutional roles, responsibilities, authorities and key processes crucial to mounting a coordinated, coherent and consistent management of El Nino 2015 related issues.

The policy notes the various efforts charged at uplifting environmental conditions over the years. It however also notes the continued deterioration of the environment as a result of high population density, erosion, deforestation, various pollution forms, and the lack of a coordinated framework (political, legal, and institutional) arising from the unrest of 1994. This policy seeks to bridge the gap by providing principles and objectives to guide activities towards making the environment safer.

The youth sector strategic plan is anchored to the objectives and guidelines of the vision 2020, the EDPRS, the MDGs, and the seven year government programme. It pushes to attain a youth population that is Healthy Apt/Attitude Patriotic Productive Innovative (HAPPi). It sets out to address the seven major challenges affecting the youth sector; employable skills and umemployment, negative mindset and attitude, access to finance, ICT facilities, health services and facilities, sports and recreation, and youth delinquency.

The forest sector in Rwanda is crucial, owing to its strategic position in provision of livelihood and on the general development of the country. The national forest policy ranks highest among the strategic interventions aimed at improving the forest sector. It seeks to complement efforts and strategies contained in the5 year forest sector strategic plan, and the nine year national forest management plan. It plays an active role in stregthening forest institutions, and supporting Rwanda’s goal to achieve a green economy.

The policy highlights the resolve of the government to strengthen the water resources management sub-sector. This is based on the strategic nature of water resources as the most important of the natural resources in Rwanda. ‘‘To manage and develop the water resources of Rwanda in an integrated and sustainable manner, so as to secure and provide water of adequate quantity and quality for all social and economic needs of the present and future generations with the full participation of all stakeholders in decisions affecting water resources management’’ is the overall objective of the policy.

The goal of the 5year strategic plan is to equitably harness Rwanda’s water resources, as a precursor to achieving its environmental commitments, as enshrined in national policies like the vision 2020 and the EDPRS. The challenge to be tackled by the strategic plan is the need to meet demand for water in the face of dwindling quantity and quality.

The government of Rwanda has prioritised agricultural transformation and rural development in its framework for the implementation of its vision 2020 and poverty reduction strategic plan. The plan defines ten strategic axes to drive its principles and framework, they include among others; diversification of sources of income and rural development, intensification of crop, animal, and aquatic production, effective linkage to markets, favorable investment environment, redefinition of the role of the ministry of agriculture and animal resources, and promotion of gender approach.

The action plan represents the push to implement the convention on biological diversity (CBD) objectives. The plan recognises the uniqueness of the biodiversity components present in Rwanda, and the need to ensure its sustainable development for the benefits of the people and the nation. The strategy consists of 19 national targets, all towards stemming the loss of biodiversity and improvement of their economic benefits

The investment plan acknowledges the importance of agriculture to Rwanda. The sector employs the bulk of the country’s population, and contributes significantly to the country’s GDP and total export revenues. The plan seeks to embark on target investments, with the aim of stimulating increased agricultural production. This is to ensure the target of 9% sustained growth rate of agriculture, as enshrined in the vision 2020, is attained. The plan’s overall objective is to contribute to sustained food and nutritional security, increase rural household income, and contribute to securing national growth.

This serves as a coordinating and coherent strategy for addressing key issues as it relates to Rwanda’s biodiversity. The policy is developed to serve as the implementation framework for attaining the environmental targets and objectives contained in the economic development and poverty reduction strategy (EDPRS), and the vision 2020.

The plan for economic development and poverty reduction has as one of its core backings, improved health of the population. The national food and nutrition strategic plan thus seeks to implement the revised national food and nutrition policy. It focuses on the resolve to tackle the prevalence of stunting among children under the age of two, as well as the push to adequately address food security among vulnerable households.

The effect of animal and plant diseases range from threats to food security, food safety, national economies, biodiversity and the rural environment. The plan assesses the state of knowledge about the impact of these diseases and how they’re managed. It explores a multisectoral approach towards understanding disasters related to plant and animal diseases. Specifically, the plan leverages on past cases of plant and animal diseases to develop new insights at tackling new cases.

The National Forestry Strategic Plan is coherent with other national and sectoral programs and strategies; the constitution of Rwanda, the
GoR flagship programs of Vision 2020 and the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), the Environment and Natural Resources Sector Strategic Plan (ENRSSP), the National Forestry Policy and other sectoral policies. Its objectives also aligns with other forest related documents in seeking to improve the position of the forestry sector as one of the pillars of the economy and ecological balance, as well as maximising the accruable benefits from the sector.

The 5 years strategic plan pushes to ensure the judicious and productive use of the environment and natural resources present in Rwanda. This is on the basis of the deteriorating condition of the quantity and quality of these resource. The effective goal is to support the equitable and sustained national development and poverty reduction.

The policy represents government’s commitment towards protecting children and fighting child labor. This is in line with the endorsement by the government of Rwanda of the International Labour Convention of 1973 concerning the Minimum Age for admission to Employment; and the International Labour Convention of 1999 concerning Worst Forms of Child Labour. The government thus intends to eliminate all forms of chid labour, and create enabling environment to address child labour underlying issues.

The national tree reproductive materials strategy aims to drive supply of genetically adapted tree reproductive materials. This is in a bid to boost sustainable production and establishment of forest plantations that can contribute towards the push for a green economy in Rwanda. It prioritises two strategic goals; goal 1 deals with production, promotion, processing, storage systems, and quality control of tree reproductive materials, while goal 2 pushes to leverage on research to ensure long-term sustainability.