Planning
Metropolitan Planning Co-Ordinating UnitThe new Local Government Act 1993 (Act 462) section 46(3) established for each Assembly a District Planning Coordinating Unit (DPCU). The DPCU or the Metropolitan Planning Coordinating Unit (MPCU) is to serve as a Secretariat to the Metropolitan Planning Authority and to advise on planning, programming, monitoring, evaluation and coordination of development plans, policies, programmes and projects within the Metropolis.
The functions of the MPCU are as follows:
* Collection and preliminary analysis of data
* Preliminary rationalization and harmonization of
development policies
* Implementation of strategies and programmes and the
preparation of projects documentation
* Identification of bankable projects
* assessment of the economic viability of projects and
provision of guidance for their implementation
* Direction and management of the integrated development
planning process and the coordination of the
implementation policies, programmes and projects by
sectoral departments
* Assist in the preparation of a comprehensive, integrated,
perspective plans (medium -term plans, annual
action plans) the development budget
* and the identification of subject areas for technical
details of the plan targets
* Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of plans of
various sector agencies and ensuring the achievement of
plan targets as well as Co-ordination of donor funded
development projects.
