National Development Planning

The State Minister of National Development Planning / Head of the National Development Planning Board has issued Regulation No. 5 of 2009 on the Guidelines for Compiling Departmental and Institutional Strategic Plans for the 2010 – 2014 period. The guidelines basically set out the manner in which the strategic plan is to be compiled and the scope of the strategic plan. The guidelines themselves are attached to the regulation.

The premise of the regulation is that the guidelines will assist in ensuring that there is consistency between the relevant departmental and institutional strategic plans and the National Medium Term Development Plan. All of the initial strategic plans are to be submitted by 15 October 2009.

The State Minister of National Development Planning / Head of the National Development Planning Board will then use these strategic plans as a basis of achieving consistency with the medium term plan.