The Municipal Planning Agency

Director Municipal Planning Agency

Zélia de Fátima da Silva Pereira

 Contacto:

77397851

DIPLOMA-MINISTERIAL-No-85-2023

Section XIX

Municipal Planning Agency

Article 56.^o.

Mission

The Municipal Planning Agency is a municipal service whose mission, under the guidance of the President of the Municipal Authority, is to ensure the provision of technical support in the areas of strategic planning and physical planning of the municipality.

Article 57.^o.

Tasks

The responsibilities of the Municipal Planning Agency are as follows:

a) Collect and study the information necessary to formulate the Municipal Development Plan;

b) Formulate the Municipal Development Plan, together with the agencies and services of the Local Administration, community organizations, and non-governmental organizations;

c) Collaborate with Local Administration agencies and services to collect, study, and formulate proposals for municipal level plans that they are responsible for presenting;

d) Collaborate with the Central State Administration to formulate proposals for municipal physical planning instruments;

e) Promote measures to harmonize and coordinate physical planning and land management instruments with municipal development plans;

f) Prepare the technical opinion of the Municipal Authority on the alignment of activities and priorities to be implemented, as set out in the Annual Action Plan, with the objectives, milestones, and goals set out in the Municipal Development Plan.

g) Prepare the technical opinion of the Municipal Authority on the adequacy of the proposed physical planning instrument with the current municipal development plan;

h) Promote the adoption by the Municipal Authority of the necessary measures to harmonize and coordinate annual action plans with the municipal development plan;

i) Prepare an annual technical report on the impact of public investment made in the municipality, through local development programs, on achieving the objectives established in the municipal development plan;

j) Prepare and submit to the President of the Municipal Authority an annual report on the progress of the implementation of the municipal development plan and physical planning instruments, and on their impact in achieving the objectives established in the municipal development plan;

k) Perform other tasks in the areas of strategic planning and physical planning that are considered necessary, that are given to them by the higher authorities, and that are not the responsibility of other bodies or services of the Municipal Authority.

Article 58.^O.

Departments

1. The Municipal Planning Agency shall consist of:

a) A Prospecting and Development Department, responsible for carrying out the acts and processing the administrative procedures necessary to carry out the tasks provided for in points a), b), c), d), e), and k) of previous article;

b) a Monitoring and Evaluation Department,

responsible for carrying out the acts and processing the administrative procedures necessary to carry out the tasks provided for in points f), g), h), i), j), and k) of the preceding article.

2. The departments provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be headed by the Heads of Departments, appointed according to the arrangement of posting, in accordance with the terms of Decree-Law No. 3/2016, of 16 March.

Table 27 : Workforce of the Municipal Planning Agency

Legend :

• Dir. – Director

• Dept. Head – Department Head

• Section Head – Section Head

• CS – Civil Servant

• PAA – Public Administration Agent

• Fixed-Term Casuals – Casual staff with a fixed-term contract

• C. – Casuals (short-term contract)