Gender equality is intertwined in every fabric of a country’s economy. It surfaces at every effort geared towards economic development. The plan notes that activities charged at sustainable development will have setbacks without addressing gender equality issues. The NAP-GE works towards being the tool for the promotion of gender equitable development. It works towards attaining both national and international gender equality targets, as enshrined in the MDGs and the Ethiopian constitution.

The framework highlights the tremendous achievements attained by the government of Ethiopia over the last decade, in areas of poverty reduction, access to education, healthcare, and other social services. It however points to challenges that still needs addressing, ranging from institutional stregthening, to addressing inequality in gender and income. The UN through this frameworks, seeks to render its resources, technical, financial, and global networks to complement national efforts, especially the growth and transformation plan II (GTP II) at addressing highlighted challenges.

The UN through this frameworks, seeks to render its resources, technical, financial, and global networks to complement national efforts, especially the growth and transformation plan (GTP II) at addressing challenges faced by the government of Ethiopia in its drive to attain its visions and goals.

The education and training policy and its implementation was prepared solely to ensure the populace understands the basic concept of the education and training policy, understand its premise, rationale, and all its practical applications.

A proclamation to amend the authentication and registration of documents proclamation of 2003, as a matter of necessity.

A Proclamation to provide for the utilization of urban land. It defines Urban land as all land within the boundaries of a town. The Proclamation shall not apply to land previously utilized for the construction of dwellings. It contains provisons for applications for persons who desire to hold urban lands in lease, duration of leases, transfer of mortgages, and termination of lease agreements, among others.

“The objective of this Proclamation is to protect human and animal health, biological diversity and in general, the environment , local communities and the country at large by preventing or at least managing down to levels of insignificance the adverse effects of modified organisms”. The Proclamation provides rules for the handling and use of Genetically Modified Organisms for the general protection of the environment

The Proclamation provides for the ratification of the International Convention in the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling, adopted by the International Maritime Organization. It authorizes the Ministry of Transport and Communications to undertake in cooperation with the concerned governmental organs all acts necessary for the implementation of the Convention.

A proclamation to amend the property mortgaged or pledged with banks proclamation of 1998

The national biodiversity strategy and action plan represents Ethiopia’s 5-year plan to attain the targets for the biodiversity sector. It was prepared to guide national efforts in the conservation, sustainable utilization and equitable benefit sharing in the country. It provides important information on the biodiversity resource base, its values, and ecosystem services. The action plan is the response to the environmental challenges being faced in the country as a result of natural and artificial conditions and activities. The action plan is a multi sectoral one, and seeks to ensure the sustainability and conservation of Ethiopia’s ecosystem and biodiversity as a tool for improved food security, poverty eradication, and general living condition of the populace.

The ministry of agriculture sets out to prioritising seed development and investment in improved varieties as a tool for driving increased yields, improved food security status, and subsequent improvement in livelihoods of farmers. The strategy recognises that along with other effective agronomic activities, farm management strategies, and national policies and interventions, the seed sector is capable of immensely contributing to increased crop production. The strategy seeks to make available seeds of improved varieties to men, women, and youths engaged in crop production, with ease in availability, accessibility, timeliness, price, as well as quantity and quality. The strategy has several underlying factors, ranging from effective development, release, and registration of high-quality seeds to maximising the potential of the informal sector.

The national adaptation plan builds on existing national plans like the growth and transformation plan (GTP II), and the climate resilient green economy (CRGE) in their strive to address climate change issues in the country. It seeks to increase the country’s resilience to climate change through building adaptive capacities. The adaptation plan focuses on sectors identified as most vulnerable; agriculture, forestry, health, transport, power, industry, water, and urban. Subsequently, 18 adaptation options and 5 strategic priorities were identified to address the vulnerabilities.

“The Water Sector Development Program (WSDP) has been prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources. The WSDP seeks to contribute to major socio-economic targets such as enhancing the access of the population to safe drinking water, improving food security through extending irrigation, and increasing the national production of electricity by constructing dams. The program is consistent with the National Water Management Policy and the National Water Strategy. The planning horizon of the WSDP is 15 years, divided into three 5-year periods of the short-term (2002-2006), medium-term (2007-2011), and long-term (2012-2016) in order to suit the existing practice of 5-year development plans of Regional and Federal institutions”.

The employment policy and strategy is strongly linked to the plan for accelerated and sustainable development to end poverty (PASDEP). The government prioritises employment creation as a panacea for poverty reduction and generation of income. The policy and strategy aims to complement current labor laws provisions and international ratifications in coordinating and harmonising all employment generation activities and efforts.

“The Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) is a nationwide sectoral document charged at laying out the adaptation initiatives, addressing both climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives that Ethiopia intends to undertake in order to limit its net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. The INDC is in line with the Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy (CRGE), integrated into the Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II)”.

The food security strategy (FSS) builds on the 1996 FSS that sought to understand the causes and effects of food insecurity in Ethiopia. The 2002 FSS subsequently aims to leverage on the lessons learnt over the years to further address food insecurity issues. The overall objective is to ensure food security at household levels. It places priority on pastoral areas, environmental rehabilitation, introduction of high value crops, capacity building, and institutional strengthening.

This serves as a national document designed for the agriculture sector, comprising ministries of agriculture and natural resources, livestock and fisheries, environment forest development and climate change, and their affiliations. The strategy is designed to be a 5-year strategic plan. It pushes to bridge the gap of the current insensitive nature of the country’s agricultural sector, and its impact on the nutritional status of the populace; It goes ahead to highlight the specific gaps identified to be addressed. It hopes to achieve its set objectives by integrating nutrition into the policies, strategies and programmes of the 3 ministries in the agricultural sector; providing guidance, and coordinating activities charged at attaining set goals. Its key principles include; Community participation and ownership, special consideration to women, youth and children, need and evidence based program planning and implementation, and innovative and indigenous knowledge based.

“The National Policy on Natural Resources and the Environment is an overall comprehensive cross-sectoral and sectoral policy framework developed by the Transitional Government to guide natural resources and environment sustainable development, use and management. The overall policy goal is to improve and enhance the health and quality of life of all Ethiopians and to promote sustainable social and economic development through the sound management and use of natural, human-made and cultural resources and the environment as a whole so as to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

The working strategy sets out towards improving the maize value chain, as the product represents Ethiopia’s leading cereal in terms of production, and highlights its importance to the country’s food security status and economic development. The strategy works towards harmonising all the components of the maize sector along the value chain. It highlights the core components of the value chain; research and technology development; access to inputs; on-
farm production; post-harvest processing and storage; and trade, marketing and demand sinks. The overall mission of the strategy is to; “Build capacity among, provide comprehensive advisory support to, and technically backstop key stakeholders along the value chain in order to significantly improve the productivity and competitiveness of the maize industry”.

This Climate Resilience Strategy focuses on the agriculture and forestry sectors due to their importance to national income and livelihoods. Focus on agriculture appears logical, and particularly crucial, as it is a sector that is climate dependent, and therefore vulnerable to the future impacts of climate change. “This Climate Resilience Strategy has three objectives; To identify the impact of current weather variability and projected future climate change on Ethiopia; To identify ways to build climate resilience and reduce the impact of current weather variability and future climate change, and estimate their cost; To map the steps necessary to finance and implement efforts to build climate resilience”.