The primary purpose of this document is to establish a set of procedures that can assist the river basins organisations to become financially sustainable. It further provides well balanced information on strategic options and procedures available to river basin organisations.

The overall objective of this strategy is to promote reforms and continuous modernization of the SADC countries customs administrations.

The overall objective of the SADC resource mobilization Strategy is to ensure that there is a clear, systematic, predictable and well co-ordinated approach to soliciting, acquiring, and utilization, management, reporting, monitoring, and evaluating assistance from International Cooperating Partners and for expanding the resource base to ensure sustainable resource availability for implementation of the SADC programs in support of regional integration and Millennium Development Goals for the region. It outlines how the Secretariat will organize the processes of prioritizing, planning, selecting projects, monitoring, broadening the resource channels as well as coordinating with Member States and International Cooperating Partners (ICPs) for mobilizing and effectively utilizing resources.

This policy is formulated following the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) targets to which all SADC Member States are formally committed. . Therefore the SADC Regional Water Policy guides SADC to achieve the MDG and WSSD water-related targets of increasing access to water and sanitation, reduction of poverty, increasing food security and improving environmental sustainability, which all has a significant impact on water resources management at national and regional level. These targets are going to be achieved, through integrated development of key sectors including agriculture, infrastructure (including transport, and water resources), human resources, economic and corporate governance, and regional integration.

The Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan is a strategic framework document, which will guide the implementation of efficient, seamless and cost‐effective regional/trans‐boundary infrastructure networks in an integrated manner in all the sectors (water, energy, transport, tourism, meteorology and telecommunication), which constitute SADC’s Regional Infrastructure Development Programme. Its primary objective is to define the minimum, but ultimate regional/trans‐boundary infrastructure development requirements and conditions to facilitate the implementation and realization of the SADC agenda that includes key objectives of poverty eradication, food security and economic development.

The document contains laws that establish Rwanda Standard Board abbreviated as “RSB”, National Industrial Research and Development Agency, Rwanda Management Institute. They also determine their missions, organizations and functionings.

This order ratifies the protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of trade marks adopted in Madrid, Spain in 1989.

This document is divided into two sections for laws and orders. The first section, which is the law, establishes the National Standards Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority abbreviated as “NICA”. It also determines its mission, organization and functioning. The section B include presidential orders appointing the members of the Board of Directors of National Bank of Rwanda, the members of the Board of Directors of Broadband Service – Corporation Ltd, Rwanda Government Representative in Board of Directors of SONARWA, among other.

This law repeals Law No 41/2002 of 31/12/2002 establishing special tax on imported sugar.

The ECOWAS meditation guidelines were designed to strengthen cooperation in the areas of conflict prevention and to promote close cooperation between member states in the areas of preventive diplomacy and peace-keeping.

The core strategic objective of the ECOWAS integrated maritime strategy is to strengthen maritime governance and safety. The principles, mandate, integrated approach and other strategic objectives are outlined in this document.

This protocol builds on the principle of equality of member states in the participation and even distribution of benefits from the proceeds of regional cooperation. It has an overarching objective to set up an efficient system linking the member states for collation and exchange of information on education and training needs of the region.

In order to achieve the overall aim of ensuring cooperation and interdependency of the ECOWAS members state, this treaty was designed to make provisions for general undertakings by member states, institutions of the community and their functions, appointments of staffs and their duties and finally, cooperation in key economic sectors.

The rules of procedure documents the sessions of west African police chiefs committee, the agenda, conduct, resolutions and voting procedures.

The constitution was signed by all police chiefs of the ECOWAS member states in 2008. The aims, organisation, right of membership of the establishment are outlined in this document.

The ECOWAS counter-terrorism strategy was designed on three pillars to battle terrorism in the west African countries. The pillars include the need for the member states to prevent, pursue and reconstruct by protecting the right of the victims and developing national counter-terrorism strategies by ECOWAS member states.

The policy framework was designed in alignment with the ECOWAS vision 2020 of ensuring the creation of a space where people can move freely, ply their business and live in peace under the rule of law and good governance. Hence, the framework has the primary objective to eliminate threats to individual group rights, property and the protection of institution and values of democratic governance.

The document which was signed to reaffirm commitment to the revised ECOWAS treaty identifies the principal causes of terrorism in west Africa, the guiding principles and objectives to enhance coordination among member states in the fields of intelligence, law enforcement, investigation and the prosecution of terrorist crimes.

The SADC financial regulations were developed for the purpose of securing sound and sustainable management of the financial affairs of SADC by establishing standards to ensure transparency in the management of SADC finances.

The gender mainstreaming strategy was developed to address the gender gap and problems to close any manifestation of inequality in the open and distance learning that results from inadequate capacity for gender mainstreaming. The framework therefore not only outlines the gender issues and challenges in the open and distance learning, but also the strategy to subdue the challenges.