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MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

MAY 2012

NATIONAL URBAN POLICY FRAMEWORK

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

MAY 2012

NATIONAL URBAN POLICY FRAMEWORK

Foreword

This is the first time in the history of Ghana that a comprehensive urban policy has been formulated to promote a sustainable, spatially integrated and orderly development of urban settlements with adequate housing and services, efficient institutions, sound living and working environment for all people to support rapid socio-economic development of Ghana.

The most spectacular change in Ghana over the last few decades has been the dramatic demographic shift from rural areas to the cities. For instance, with well over 70% rural at independence, the country is now over 50% urbanized. As cities and towns in Ghana have confronted this demographic explosion, urban management has become all the more challenging amid the current trend toward decentralization. With little experience in urban management, local governments have often been unable to develop strategies and plans to mobilise the resources they need to deal with urban growth.

Successive government interventions and response to urbanization and urban growth have been piece-meal and fragmented in character, and at best been largely pursued within the framework of a number of development plans. In the absence of clearly defined policy direction on urban development, past government interventions in the urban sector have largely been project-based and not comprehensive enough. The response has been limited, and hence, the increasing challenges confronting the Ghanaian urban sector. To forestall this trend, the Ministry in-conjunction with key stakeholders has formulated this policy to guide the country's urban development programmes and projects.

It is instructive to note that with the advent of His Excellency, the late President Mills's government in relation to its “Better Ghana Agenda” under the auspices of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA) the policy formulation process was initiated in 2009 and adopted the participatory approach. The process of consultations and reviews carried out over a period of 2 years, confirmed the importance and benefits of urbanization to people, civil society groups, private sector, national and local governments, traditional authorities, development partners among others in the sustainable development of Ghana.

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Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgementAcronyms /AbbreviationsDefinition of TerminologiesPrologueFigure

1.0 BACKGROUND1.1 Introduction1.2 Policy Formulation Process1.3 The Urban Situation: Problems/Challenges 2.0 THE POLICY FRAMEWORK2.1 Guiding Principles2.2 The Vision and Goal2.3 Objectives of Policy

3.0 POLICY INITIATIVES FOR ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES 3.1 Facilitating Balanced Redistribution of Urban Population 3.2 Promoting a Spatially Integrated Urban Centres3.3 Promoting Urban Economic Development3.4 Improving Environmental Quality of Urban Life3.5 Ensuring Effective Planning and Management of Urban

Growth & Sprawl, Especially of the Primate Cities and Other Large Urban Centres.

3.6 Ensuring Efficient Urban Infrastructure & Service Delivery3.7 Improving Access to Adequate & Affordable Low Cost Housing3.8 Promoting Urban Safety & Security3.9 Strengthening Urban Governance 3.10 Promoting Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation3.11 Strengthening Applied Research In Urban and Regional

Development3.12 Expanding Sources of Funding for Urban Development And Strengthening Urban Financial Management 3.13 Cross-Cutting Initiatives

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Foreword

This is the first time in the history of Ghana that a comprehensive urban policy has been formulated to promote a sustainable, spatially integrated and orderly development of urban settlements with adequate housing and services, efficient institutions, sound living and working environment for all people to support rapid socio-economic development of Ghana.

The most spectacular change in Ghana over the last few decades has been the dramatic demographic shift from rural areas to the cities. For instance, with well over 70% rural at independence, the country is now over 50% urbanized. As cities and towns in Ghana have confronted this demographic explosion, urban management has become all the more challenging amid the current trend toward decentralization. With little experience in urban management, local governments have often been unable to develop strategies and plans to mobilise the resources they need to deal with urban growth.

Successive government interventions and response to urbanization and urban growth have been piece-meal and fragmented in character, and at best been largely pursued within the framework of a number of development plans. In the absence of clearly defined policy direction on urban development, past government interventions in the urban sector have largely been project-based and not comprehensive enough. The response has been limited, and hence, the increasing challenges confronting the Ghanaian urban sector. To forestall this trend, the Ministry in-conjunction with key stakeholders has formulated this policy to guide the country's urban development programmes and projects.

It is instructive to note that with the advent of His Excellency, the late President Mills's government in relation to its “Better Ghana Agenda” under the auspices of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA) the policy formulation process was initiated in 2009 and adopted the participatory approach. The process of consultations and reviews carried out over a period of 2 years, confirmed the importance and benefits of urbanization to people, civil society groups, private sector, national and local governments, traditional authorities, development partners among others in the sustainable development of Ghana.

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Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgementAcronyms /AbbreviationsDefinition of TerminologiesPrologueFigure

1.0 BACKGROUND1.1 Introduction1.2 Policy Formulation Process1.3 The Urban Situation: Problems/Challenges 2.0 THE POLICY FRAMEWORK2.1 Guiding Principles2.2 The Vision and Goal2.3 Objectives of Policy

3.0 POLICY INITIATIVES FOR ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES 3.1 Facilitating Balanced Redistribution of Urban Population 3.2 Promoting a Spatially Integrated Urban Centres3.3 Promoting Urban Economic Development3.4 Improving Environmental Quality of Urban Life3.5 Ensuring Effective Planning and Management of Urban

Growth & Sprawl, Especially of the Primate Cities and Other Large Urban Centres.

3.6 Ensuring Efficient Urban Infrastructure & Service Delivery3.7 Improving Access to Adequate & Affordable Low Cost Housing3.8 Promoting Urban Safety & Security3.9 Strengthening Urban Governance 3.10 Promoting Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation3.11 Strengthening Applied Research In Urban and Regional

Development3.12 Expanding Sources of Funding for Urban Development And Strengthening Urban Financial Management 3.13 Cross-Cutting Initiatives

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As we grapple with old and new challenges in a rapidly urbanizing Ghana, this timely policy framework will serve as a useful guide for effective and efficient urbanization to facilitate sustainable socio-economic development of our beloved country. In developing this policy we have also taken cognizance of the fact that URBANIZATION is irreversible and is a natural phenomenon in development.

Finally, I would like to commend all the ministries, departments and agencies for their cooperation, commitment and unstinting efforts in developing this policy. The opinions, remarks and contributions received during the extensive stakeholder consultations have enriched the policy document. It is my fervent hope that this policy document would be translated from paper commitment to practice.

HON. SAMUEL OFOSU AMPOFOMinister for Local Government and Rural Development

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The policy seeks to address some of the fundamental problems associated with urban development and management in the country. These include a weak urban economy, land-use disorder and uncontrolled urban sprawl, increasing environmental deterioration, inadequate urban services, urban poverty, slums and squatter settlements, weak urban governance and institutional coordination, delimitation of urban areas of jurisdiction and lack of integrated planning across jurisdictional boundaries, weak rural-urban linkages, limited data and information on urban areas, inadequate urban investment and financing, weak information, education and communication strategy, and weak urban transportation planning and traffic management and a host of other challenges associated with our decentralization programme.

Though the policies enshrined in this document do not provide an all-round panacea or solution for all our urbanization challenges, they provide the framework and direction for dealing with issues of urban governance, safety and security in the urban areas, promotion of urban economic development with emphasis on local economic development and informal sector. It also seeks to improve the environmental quality of urban life, effective urban planning and management to curb excessive urban sprawl, improve access to adequate and affordable housing.

The document further deals with issues of facilitating re-distribution of urban population, strengthen applied research in urban and regional development, expand sources of funding for urban development and strengthen urban financial management. Finally the document seeks to ensure efficient urban infrastructure and service delivery, promote climate change adaptation and mitigation, and promote a spatially integrated hierarchy of urban centres on a sustained basis.

One key element of the policy thrust is the involvement of the local community, opinion leaders, traditional authorities, religious groups, development partners, state and non-state actors in the urban development and management process. It provides for decision-making framework that takes on board all identifiable stakeholders. Indeed, it forms an integral part of our commitment to deepen the decentralization programme that the late President Mills government has embarked upon since 2009.

In line with the principle of participatory democracy and multi-stakeholders process approach to sustainable development, provision has been made in the document for periodic review and adjustment to reflect emerging realities in urbanization and its challenges in Ghana. In addition, an action plan has been developed to guide the implementation of the policy initiatives and action areas.

As we grapple with old and new challenges in a rapidly urbanizing Ghana, this timely policy framework will serve as a useful guide for effective and efficient urbanization to facilitate sustainable socio-economic development of our beloved country. In developing this policy we have also taken cognizance of the fact that URBANIZATION is irreversible and is a natural phenomenon in development.

Finally, I would like to commend all the ministries, departments and agencies for their cooperation, commitment and unstinting efforts in developing this policy. The opinions, remarks and contributions received during the extensive stakeholder consultations have enriched the policy document. It is my fervent hope that this policy document would be translated from paper commitment to practice.

HON. SAMUEL OFOSU AMPOFOMinister for Local Government and Rural Development

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The policy seeks to address some of the fundamental problems associated with urban development and management in the country. These include a weak urban economy, land-use disorder and uncontrolled urban sprawl, increasing environmental deterioration, inadequate urban services, urban poverty, slums and squatter settlements, weak urban governance and institutional coordination, delimitation of urban areas of jurisdiction and lack of integrated planning across jurisdictional boundaries, weak rural-urban linkages, limited data and information on urban areas, inadequate urban investment and financing, weak information, education and communication strategy, and weak urban transportation planning and traffic management and a host of other challenges associated with our decentralization programme.

Though the policies enshrined in this document do not provide an all-round panacea or solution for all our urbanization challenges, they provide the framework and direction for dealing with issues of urban governance, safety and security in the urban areas, promotion of urban economic development with emphasis on local economic development and informal sector. It also seeks to improve the environmental quality of urban life, effective urban planning and management to curb excessive urban sprawl, improve access to adequate and affordable housing.

The document further deals with issues of facilitating re-distribution of urban population, strengthen applied research in urban and regional development, expand sources of funding for urban development and strengthen urban financial management. Finally the document seeks to ensure efficient urban infrastructure and service delivery, promote climate change adaptation and mitigation, and promote a spatially integrated hierarchy of urban centres on a sustained basis.

One key element of the policy thrust is the involvement of the local community, opinion leaders, traditional authorities, religious groups, development partners, state and non-state actors in the urban development and management process. It provides for decision-making framework that takes on board all identifiable stakeholders. Indeed, it forms an integral part of our commitment to deepen the decentralization programme that the late President Mills government has embarked upon since 2009.

In line with the principle of participatory democracy and multi-stakeholders process approach to sustainable development, provision has been made in the document for periodic review and adjustment to reflect emerging realities in urbanization and its challenges in Ghana. In addition, an action plan has been developed to guide the implementation of the policy initiatives and action areas.

Yankson and Professor George Owusu. The entire process was successfully and professionally coordinated by Mr Kwadwo Yeboah, Principal Town Planning Officer at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

We also recognize the significant work done by the Technical Working Group made up of

Professor E. K. A. Tamakloe, Formerly of Department of Planning, KNUST, (Chairman)

Professor J. Songsore Geography Department, University of GhanaProfessor S. Afrane Department of Planning, KNUST Mr Charles Boakye Formerly of World Bank, Consultant,

Infrastructure EngineerMr L. Hesse Department of Urban RoadsMr I.B. Williams Town & Country Planning DepartmentMr Robert Kuwornu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr A. Opoku Boamah Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr Yahaya H. Yakubu Ministry of Water Resources Works and

HousingMr Prosper Dzansi Consultant, Institutional Development

SpecialistMr John C. Duti German Development Cooperation (GIZ) Professor S.E. Owusu Centre for Settlement Studies, KNUSTMr Kwame Owusu Bonsu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentDr Kwadwo Ohene Sarfoh Institute of Local Government StudiesMs Christine Asare Environmental Protection AgencyMr Kwabena Badu-Yeboah Environmental Protection AgencyMrs Levina Owusu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr Simon Manu German Development Cooperation

(GIZ/SfDR)Mr Adjei Fosu National Development Planning CommissionProfessor S. O. Asiama Department of Land Economy, KNUST.Mr Sylvanus Adzornu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr Edward Sarpong German Development Cooperation

(GIZ/SfDR)

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Acknowledgement

The methodology used in developing this policy adopted a participatory approach and the entire process was a collaborative effort involving extensive consultations with identified stakeholders at the state and non-state level of organisations. Notable amongst them are the central government ministries, departments, agencies (MDAs), regional coordinating councils (RCCs), local government officials, private sector representatives, civil society groups, traditional authorities, development partners, community members and the general public. The development of this policy would not have been possible without the financial and technical assistance from the Support for Decentralization Reforms programme of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and the World Bank through the Ghana Urban Transport Project.

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development would like to register its profound gratitude for the support this process received from the Former President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency the Late Professor John E. A. Mills and His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahamah. Indeed, it was at the Presidency that this policy got the tacit support to involve all MDAs for their inputs into its development.

At the Ministerial level, this policy document was developed under the astute leadership and guidance of Honourable Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development. The substantial work done by Hon. Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah and Hon. S.M.E.K. Ackah, Deputy Ministers for Local Government and Rural Development cannot go unmentioned. Our recognitions extend to the Technical Backstopping Team members; Mr Richard Acquaah-Harrison, a retired Senior Human Settlements Advisor, UN-HABITAT and Mr C.N.K. Boateng, a retired National Director of Town and Country Planning Department, who made contributions at every stage of the policy formulation process.

Special mention also goes to the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Legon, the Consulting Institution, which technically facilitated the entire process in coming out with this policy document. The Consulting Institution was led by Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Professor Paul W. K.

Yankson and Professor George Owusu. The entire process was successfully and professionally coordinated by Mr Kwadwo Yeboah, Principal Town Planning Officer at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

We also recognize the significant work done by the Technical Working Group made up of

Professor E. K. A. Tamakloe, Formerly of Department of Planning, KNUST, (Chairman)

Professor J. Songsore Geography Department, University of GhanaProfessor S. Afrane Department of Planning, KNUST Mr Charles Boakye Formerly of World Bank, Consultant,

Infrastructure EngineerMr L. Hesse Department of Urban RoadsMr I.B. Williams Town & Country Planning DepartmentMr Robert Kuwornu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr A. Opoku Boamah Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr Yahaya H. Yakubu Ministry of Water Resources Works and

HousingMr Prosper Dzansi Consultant, Institutional Development

SpecialistMr John C. Duti German Development Cooperation (GIZ) Professor S.E. Owusu Centre for Settlement Studies, KNUSTMr Kwame Owusu Bonsu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentDr Kwadwo Ohene Sarfoh Institute of Local Government StudiesMs Christine Asare Environmental Protection AgencyMr Kwabena Badu-Yeboah Environmental Protection AgencyMrs Levina Owusu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr Simon Manu German Development Cooperation

(GIZ/SfDR)Mr Adjei Fosu National Development Planning CommissionProfessor S. O. Asiama Department of Land Economy, KNUST.Mr Sylvanus Adzornu Ministry of Local Government and Rural

DevelopmentMr Edward Sarpong German Development Cooperation

(GIZ/SfDR)

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Acknowledgement

The methodology used in developing this policy adopted a participatory approach and the entire process was a collaborative effort involving extensive consultations with identified stakeholders at the state and non-state level of organisations. Notable amongst them are the central government ministries, departments, agencies (MDAs), regional coordinating councils (RCCs), local government officials, private sector representatives, civil society groups, traditional authorities, development partners, community members and the general public. The development of this policy would not have been possible without the financial and technical assistance from the Support for Decentralization Reforms programme of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and the World Bank through the Ghana Urban Transport Project.

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development would like to register its profound gratitude for the support this process received from the Former President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency the Late Professor John E. A. Mills and His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahamah. Indeed, it was at the Presidency that this policy got the tacit support to involve all MDAs for their inputs into its development.

At the Ministerial level, this policy document was developed under the astute leadership and guidance of Honourable Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development. The substantial work done by Hon. Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah and Hon. S.M.E.K. Ackah, Deputy Ministers for Local Government and Rural Development cannot go unmentioned. Our recognitions extend to the Technical Backstopping Team members; Mr Richard Acquaah-Harrison, a retired Senior Human Settlements Advisor, UN-HABITAT and Mr C.N.K. Boateng, a retired National Director of Town and Country Planning Department, who made contributions at every stage of the policy formulation process.

Special mention also goes to the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Legon, the Consulting Institution, which technically facilitated the entire process in coming out with this policy document. The Consulting Institution was led by Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Professor Paul W. K.

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

DPCU District Planning Coordinating UnitGIS Geographic Information SystemGIZ German Development CooperationGSS Ghana Statistical ServiceIEC Information, Education and CommunicationILUTP Integrated Land Use and Transportation PlanningLAP Land Administration ProjectLED Local Economic DevelopmentLUPMP Land Use Planning and Management ProjectMDAs Ministries, Departments and AgenciesMLGRD Ministry of Local Government and Rural DevelopmentMMDAs Metropolitan, Municipal and District AssembliesNDPC National Development Planning CommissionNGOs Non-Governmental OrganisationsNUP National Urban PolicyRCC Regional Coordinating CouncilRPCU Regional Planning Coordinating UnitSEA Strategic Environmental AssessmentSMEs Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesSSNIT Social Security and National Insurance TrustTCPD Town and Country Planning DepartmentUDU Urban Development Unit

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Mr Ebenezer Sampong Environmental Protection AgencyMr Aseidu Poku Town and Country Planning DepartmentDr I.F. Mensah Bonsu National Development Planning Commission Ms. Lynda Amengor German Development Cooperation.

Also worthy of mention is Mr John Nkum of Nkum Associates, who facilitated all the technical interface workshops between the Technical Working Group and the consulting firm (ISSER); and Dr Volker Moniekes, former Programme Manager, GIZ Support for Decentralization Reforms programme for the commitment and interest demonstrated throughout the process. The Ministry is most grateful to all the directors and staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, especially Mr Anthony Owusu and Mr Ransford Denkyira, Chief Planning Officers, Mr Bernard Abeiku Arthur, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Urban Transportation; and the Departments and Agencies within the sector.

The ministry appreciates the considerable support from all the Regional Ministers during the ten (10) regional validation workshops. This acknowledgement is not complete without mentioning the names of Hon. Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) and Mr Daniel A. Nyankamawu, former Minister and former Chief Director of this Ministry respectively who initiated the policy formulation process.

Finally, my acknowledgements go to the good people of Ghana for their effective participation and contribution to the entire process. The views, comments and inputs received during the stakeholder consultations are reflected in the policy document.

NANA BRIGHT ODURO KWATENGChief DirectorMinistry of Local Government and Rural Development

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DPCU District Planning Coordinating UnitGIS Geographic Information SystemGIZ German Development CooperationGSS Ghana Statistical ServiceIEC Information, Education and CommunicationILUTP Integrated Land Use and Transportation PlanningLAP Land Administration ProjectLED Local Economic DevelopmentLUPMP Land Use Planning and Management ProjectMDAs Ministries, Departments and AgenciesMLGRD Ministry of Local Government and Rural DevelopmentMMDAs Metropolitan, Municipal and District AssembliesNDPC National Development Planning CommissionNGOs Non-Governmental OrganisationsNUP National Urban PolicyRCC Regional Coordinating CouncilRPCU Regional Planning Coordinating UnitSEA Strategic Environmental AssessmentSMEs Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesSSNIT Social Security and National Insurance TrustTCPD Town and Country Planning DepartmentUDU Urban Development Unit

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Mr Ebenezer Sampong Environmental Protection AgencyMr Aseidu Poku Town and Country Planning DepartmentDr I.F. Mensah Bonsu National Development Planning Commission Ms. Lynda Amengor German Development Cooperation.

Also worthy of mention is Mr John Nkum of Nkum Associates, who facilitated all the technical interface workshops between the Technical Working Group and the consulting firm (ISSER); and Dr Volker Moniekes, former Programme Manager, GIZ Support for Decentralization Reforms programme for the commitment and interest demonstrated throughout the process. The Ministry is most grateful to all the directors and staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, especially Mr Anthony Owusu and Mr Ransford Denkyira, Chief Planning Officers, Mr Bernard Abeiku Arthur, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Urban Transportation; and the Departments and Agencies within the sector.

The ministry appreciates the considerable support from all the Regional Ministers during the ten (10) regional validation workshops. This acknowledgement is not complete without mentioning the names of Hon. Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) and Mr Daniel A. Nyankamawu, former Minister and former Chief Director of this Ministry respectively who initiated the policy formulation process.

Finally, my acknowledgements go to the good people of Ghana for their effective participation and contribution to the entire process. The views, comments and inputs received during the stakeholder consultations are reflected in the policy document.

NANA BRIGHT ODURO KWATENGChief DirectorMinistry of Local Government and Rural Development

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Urban area (centre)No universally accepted single definition of an urban centre exists. Countries therefore generally define towns based on several approaches taking into account their level of socio-economic development. Ghana uses the statistical or population approach. By this approach, an urban centre (town) in Ghana is officially defined as any settlement with a population of 5000 or more. However, no official definitions exist for various urban categories such as 'small', 'medium' and 'large' towns

In addition to the criterion of minimum population size, some countries combine population with some other diagnostic criteria to define urban places such as the majority of the workforce being engaged in non-farm activities for the settlement to qualify as urban. Third, administrative criteria-the majority of towns and cities in the world are defined according to legal or administrative criteria and this may have little correspondence with the actual physical extent of the urban area. The fourth is functional classification, which reflects the real extent of the influence of an urban area. Ghana should take a cue from these in re-defining the concept of urban beyond the population criterion

Urban growthGrowth in the physical area expansion and/or increase in the population of towns and cities

Urban sprawlBroadly defined as the uncontrolled outward expansion or growth of cities, resulting in the creation of urban neighbourhoods which are under-serviced.

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Definition of Terminologies

HousingBroadly defined as a multi-dimensional commodity that includes physical shelter, the related services and infrastructure, and the inputs such as land and finance required to produce and maintain it. Housing also covers the solutions geared towards improving the shelter and the environment in which it exist. When housing is reduced to shelter or living space only, dwellings tend to be built without regard to the environment and services needed to support their inhabitants.

National Urban Policy This is a framework for ensuring the sustainable growth and development of cities and towns of all sizes in a country. Such a policy framework incorporates social, economic, political, spatial, environmental and all other relevant factors. The policy framework serves as a guide in making specific decisions at the national and local levels and which affect the pattern of urban growth in the nation.

Peri-urbanGenerally referred to the area between the built-up urbanised land of a city where non-agricultural activities predominate and the surrounding rural areas engaged predominantly in agricultural activities. Peri-urban or urban fringe areas can be described as transitional zones with both rural and urban characteristics, but nevertheless on the path to becoming urban.

SlumIndicate housing which falls below a certain level necessary for human development.

Squatter settlementRefers to housing that is either the result of illegal occupation or has been developed in an unauthorized fashion

Sustainable DevelopmentA development process which does not impact adversely on the environment and which takes into account the needs of present generation as well as future generations

Urbanization Proportion of the total population living in settlements defined as 'urban' or else a rise in this proportion.

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Urban area (centre)No universally accepted single definition of an urban centre exists. Countries therefore generally define towns based on several approaches taking into account their level of socio-economic development. Ghana uses the statistical or population approach. By this approach, an urban centre (town) in Ghana is officially defined as any settlement with a population of 5000 or more. However, no official definitions exist for various urban categories such as 'small', 'medium' and 'large' towns

In addition to the criterion of minimum population size, some countries combine population with some other diagnostic criteria to define urban places such as the majority of the workforce being engaged in non-farm activities for the settlement to qualify as urban. Third, administrative criteria-the majority of towns and cities in the world are defined according to legal or administrative criteria and this may have little correspondence with the actual physical extent of the urban area. The fourth is functional classification, which reflects the real extent of the influence of an urban area. Ghana should take a cue from these in re-defining the concept of urban beyond the population criterion

Urban growthGrowth in the physical area expansion and/or increase in the population of towns and cities

Urban sprawlBroadly defined as the uncontrolled outward expansion or growth of cities, resulting in the creation of urban neighbourhoods which are under-serviced.

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Definition of Terminologies

HousingBroadly defined as a multi-dimensional commodity that includes physical shelter, the related services and infrastructure, and the inputs such as land and finance required to produce and maintain it. Housing also covers the solutions geared towards improving the shelter and the environment in which it exist. When housing is reduced to shelter or living space only, dwellings tend to be built without regard to the environment and services needed to support their inhabitants.

National Urban Policy This is a framework for ensuring the sustainable growth and development of cities and towns of all sizes in a country. Such a policy framework incorporates social, economic, political, spatial, environmental and all other relevant factors. The policy framework serves as a guide in making specific decisions at the national and local levels and which affect the pattern of urban growth in the nation.

Peri-urbanGenerally referred to the area between the built-up urbanised land of a city where non-agricultural activities predominate and the surrounding rural areas engaged predominantly in agricultural activities. Peri-urban or urban fringe areas can be described as transitional zones with both rural and urban characteristics, but nevertheless on the path to becoming urban.

SlumIndicate housing which falls below a certain level necessary for human development.

Squatter settlementRefers to housing that is either the result of illegal occupation or has been developed in an unauthorized fashion

Sustainable DevelopmentA development process which does not impact adversely on the environment and which takes into account the needs of present generation as well as future generations

Urbanization Proportion of the total population living in settlements defined as 'urban' or else a rise in this proportion.

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Prologue

Urbanisation is one of the most significant processes that have affected human societies especially since the last century. It is an inter-sectoral phenomenon involving all aspects of human society and economy. Towns and cities perform various functions not only for the space economies they serve but increasingly the importance of some of them extends to the regional and global levels. However, urbanisation poses certain challenges if not properly managed. It needs to be stressed that the challenges posed by urbanisation would not simply go away without conscious efforts and interventions. The close association between urbanisation and socio-economic development requires that every effort must be made to minimise the challenges, and thus enhance or maximise the benefits of the process.

Therefore, the National Urban Policy (NUP) represents a bold attempt to comprehensively intervene in the urban sector to facilitate and promote the sustainable development of Ghanaian cities and towns. Such an attempt which has been long in forthcoming after the initial attempts in the immediate post-independence era, reflects a growing consensus among majority of the Ghanaian stakeholders of the need to promote the sustainable development of the towns and cities as nodal points or engines of growth for national and regional development.

This National Urban Policy document makes a bold statement to promote socio-economic development of Ghanaian urban centres – a development process which is all-inclusive and takes account of the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. In addition, it adheres to the country's environmental policy by advocating for all environmental concerns to be incorporated in all decision-making about urban development. The NUP is also in accordance with Ghana's Habitat Agenda. More importantly, it makes far reaching proposals in an Action Plan for implementation in order to arrest rising inequalities in socio-economic and spatial terms and advance towards sustainable development.

The policy document makes it clear that Ghana is unlikely to benefit from a comprehensive urban intervention without active participation of the Ghanaian society. It therefore calls for enhanced participatory and accountable good governance as well as pursuance of an effective Information, Education and Communication (IEC) strategy to promote public ownership to facilitate the implementation of the policy.

YEAR 1960

1970 1984 2000 2010 2030**

NationalPopulation

6,726,815

8,559,213

12,296,081

18,912,079 24,658,823 34,715,384

National Pop. Growth Rate

-

2.4%

(1960-70)

2.6%

(1970-84)

2.7%

(1984-2000)

2.5%

(2000-2010)

-

Urban

Population

1,551,174

2,472,456

3,934,796

8,274,270 12,545,229 22,565,000

Urban Pop.Growth Rate

- 4.7%

(1960-70)

3.3%

(1970-84)

4.6%

(1984-2000)

4.25%

(2000-2010)

2.79

Urban Share of National Pop.

23% 29% 32% 44% 50.9% 65%

Number of Urban Localities

98 135 203 366 - -

All Localities - 47,769 56,170 88,656 - -

Ghana's UrbanizationA Historical and Future Demographic Profile

Source:1) Ghana Statistical Service 2005: Population Data Analysis Report Volume 2: Policy

Implications of Population Trends (GSS 2005)

2) Ghana Statistical Service, May 2012: 2010 Population & Housing Census; Summary Report of Final Result

3) UN-HABITAT 2012: State of the World's Cities 2012/213: Prosperity of Cities **

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Prologue

Urbanisation is one of the most significant processes that have affected human societies especially since the last century. It is an inter-sectoral phenomenon involving all aspects of human society and economy. Towns and cities perform various functions not only for the space economies they serve but increasingly the importance of some of them extends to the regional and global levels. However, urbanisation poses certain challenges if not properly managed. It needs to be stressed that the challenges posed by urbanisation would not simply go away without conscious efforts and interventions. The close association between urbanisation and socio-economic development requires that every effort must be made to minimise the challenges, and thus enhance or maximise the benefits of the process.

Therefore, the National Urban Policy (NUP) represents a bold attempt to comprehensively intervene in the urban sector to facilitate and promote the sustainable development of Ghanaian cities and towns. Such an attempt which has been long in forthcoming after the initial attempts in the immediate post-independence era, reflects a growing consensus among majority of the Ghanaian stakeholders of the need to promote the sustainable development of the towns and cities as nodal points or engines of growth for national and regional development.

This National Urban Policy document makes a bold statement to promote socio-economic development of Ghanaian urban centres – a development process which is all-inclusive and takes account of the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. In addition, it adheres to the country's environmental policy by advocating for all environmental concerns to be incorporated in all decision-making about urban development. The NUP is also in accordance with Ghana's Habitat Agenda. More importantly, it makes far reaching proposals in an Action Plan for implementation in order to arrest rising inequalities in socio-economic and spatial terms and advance towards sustainable development.

The policy document makes it clear that Ghana is unlikely to benefit from a comprehensive urban intervention without active participation of the Ghanaian society. It therefore calls for enhanced participatory and accountable good governance as well as pursuance of an effective Information, Education and Communication (IEC) strategy to promote public ownership to facilitate the implementation of the policy.

YEAR 1960

1970 1984 2000 2010 2030**

NationalPopulation

6,726,815

8,559,213

12,296,081

18,912,079 24,658,823 34,715,384

National Pop. Growth Rate

-

2.4%

(1960-70)

2.6%

(1970-84)

2.7%

(1984-2000)

2.5%

(2000-2010)

-

Urban

Population

1,551,174

2,472,456

3,934,796

8,274,270 12,545,229 22,565,000

Urban Pop.Growth Rate

- 4.7%

(1960-70)

3.3%

(1970-84)

4.6%

(1984-2000)

4.25%

(2000-2010)

2.79

Urban Share of National Pop.

23% 29% 32% 44% 50.9% 65%

Number of Urban Localities

98 135 203 366 - -

All Localities - 47,769 56,170 88,656 - -

Ghana's UrbanizationA Historical and Future Demographic Profile

Source:1) Ghana Statistical Service 2005: Population Data Analysis Report Volume 2: Policy

Implications of Population Trends (GSS 2005)

2) Ghana Statistical Service, May 2012: 2010 Population & Housing Census; Summary Report of Final Result

3) UN-HABITAT 2012: State of the World's Cities 2012/213: Prosperity of Cities **

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·A draft policy proposal was prepared on the bases of the background investigation/situation analysis made and the outcome of the stakeholder consultations.

·The draft policy proposal was subjected to a technical review by a multidisciplinary group of technical experts.

·A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the draft policy proposal was conducted in a workshop with the key stakeholders, under the technical leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency.

·Following the SEA and essential incorporation of recommendations, ten broad stakeholders' consultation workshops were conducted in the regions to consider and validate the reviewed draft policy proposal. Ten validated reports were consolidated and integrated to produce a Final Draft National Urban Policy Framework.

·A draft Action Plan, founded on the final Draft Policy Framework, was prepared.

·Three zonal stakeholder consultation workshops were conducted to review and validate the draft Action Plan.

· Cabinet considered and approved the final draft National Urban Policy Proposal with its draft Action Plan for implementation.

1.3 The Urban Situation: Problems/Challenges

A background comprehensive study and report of the country's urban situation is presented in a separate Volume to highlight in detail the urban growth and development issues that confront the country.

In outline, the urban growth and development challenges are:-

Overconcentration of growth and development in a few cities A skewed urban settlement and development system increasingly concentrates population, investments, economic activities and services in a few large urban settlements, especially in and around Accra and Kumasi. The system fails to promote socio-economic development of the country's vast rural and lagging regions.

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1.0 BACKGROUND

1.1 Introduction

Ghana is urbanizing rapidly. Yet, the country lacks a comprehensive urban policy for guiding the growth and development of its towns and cities. Consequently, the rapid pace of urbanization is taking place within a context in which the growth of the cities and towns is occurring with little or no direction.

The absence of a national urban policy has undermined the policy coherence of the multiple central and local government institutions that perform urban development functions. The situation has affected institutional coordination and harmonization for urban development and management. With the responsibility for urban development thinly spread among several Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and other players without strong coordination, performances tend to be conflicting, cost–prohibitive and ineffective.

In order to respond well and fully to the compounding urban challenges as well as to better harness the benefits of urbanization, the responsive efforts by stakeholders should flow from a clearly defined policy direction; hence the preparation and presentation of a National Urban Policy.

1.2 Policy Formulation Process

The preparation of the National Urban Policy commenced in March 2009. It was undertaken through sets of activities that included the following:-

·The current situation and framework conditions for urban development and management in the country were assessed through a review of existing studies and other available empirical data.

·A series of consultations, through zonal fora and cross-country field interviews, were held with stakeholders that included MDAs, Regional Coordinating Council (RCCs), MMDAs, Traditional Authorities, selected professionals, and the civil society group including the private sector. The consultations served to secure the involvement of the key stakeholders in the policy preparation process.

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·A draft policy proposal was prepared on the bases of the background investigation/situation analysis made and the outcome of the stakeholder consultations.

·The draft policy proposal was subjected to a technical review by a multidisciplinary group of technical experts.

·A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the draft policy proposal was conducted in a workshop with the key stakeholders, under the technical leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency.

·Following the SEA and essential incorporation of recommendations, ten broad stakeholders' consultation workshops were conducted in the regions to consider and validate the reviewed draft policy proposal. Ten validated reports were consolidated and integrated to produce a Final Draft National Urban Policy Framework.

·A draft Action Plan, founded on the final Draft Policy Framework, was prepared.

·Three zonal stakeholder consultation workshops were conducted to review and validate the draft Action Plan.

· Cabinet considered and approved the final draft National Urban Policy Proposal with its draft Action Plan for implementation.

1.3 The Urban Situation: Problems/Challenges

A background comprehensive study and report of the country's urban situation is presented in a separate Volume to highlight in detail the urban growth and development issues that confront the country.

In outline, the urban growth and development challenges are:-

Overconcentration of growth and development in a few cities A skewed urban settlement and development system increasingly concentrates population, investments, economic activities and services in a few large urban settlements, especially in and around Accra and Kumasi. The system fails to promote socio-economic development of the country's vast rural and lagging regions.

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1.0 BACKGROUND

1.1 Introduction

Ghana is urbanizing rapidly. Yet, the country lacks a comprehensive urban policy for guiding the growth and development of its towns and cities. Consequently, the rapid pace of urbanization is taking place within a context in which the growth of the cities and towns is occurring with little or no direction.

The absence of a national urban policy has undermined the policy coherence of the multiple central and local government institutions that perform urban development functions. The situation has affected institutional coordination and harmonization for urban development and management. With the responsibility for urban development thinly spread among several Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and other players without strong coordination, performances tend to be conflicting, cost–prohibitive and ineffective.

In order to respond well and fully to the compounding urban challenges as well as to better harness the benefits of urbanization, the responsive efforts by stakeholders should flow from a clearly defined policy direction; hence the preparation and presentation of a National Urban Policy.

1.2 Policy Formulation Process

The preparation of the National Urban Policy commenced in March 2009. It was undertaken through sets of activities that included the following:-

·The current situation and framework conditions for urban development and management in the country were assessed through a review of existing studies and other available empirical data.

·A series of consultations, through zonal fora and cross-country field interviews, were held with stakeholders that included MDAs, Regional Coordinating Council (RCCs), MMDAs, Traditional Authorities, selected professionals, and the civil society group including the private sector. The consultations served to secure the involvement of the key stakeholders in the policy preparation process.

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Increasing Urban Insecurity Inadequate urban employment opportunities, the large army of unemployable youth with limited skills and training, and the high drop-out rates in schools are contributing to a high crime wave in urban Ghana, especially in the large cities – Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. A serious and emerging issue related to urban insecurity is the increasing vulnerability of urban areas to disaster. This arises from several sources, including cities developing or expanding into risk-prone sites, a general state of weak urban governance, and the absence of urban planning which incorporates objectives for security.

Urban Poverty, Slums and Squatter SettlementsFaced with low-income jobs in the urban informal sector and poor wages and salaries, many urban dwellers are falling into the poverty bracket. They cannot afford formal housing; so they seek a foothold in slum and squatter settlements with highly overcrowded units, poor sanitation, disintegrating infrastructure and insufficient services. As a result of rising urban unemployment and problems of access to land and other resources, the family is ceasing to be the basic economic unit of production, distribution and consumption that can ensure the survival of its vulnerable members – infants and children, old persons and the disadvantaged. This situation contributes to streetism and homelessness.

Weak Urban Governance and Institutional CoordinationUrban development and management in Ghana has multiple stakeholders with planning, management and operational responsibilities. The stakeholders include the MMDAs, parastatals, customary landowners, NGOs, the private sector and individuals. At the core of the urban governance challenges are; (i) weak governance structures; (ii) lack of capacity of the MMDAs to perform urban management functions under the decentralization policy as outlined in the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462) and the National Development Planning (Systems) Act, 1994 (Act 480); (iii) failure of MDAs to transfer functions, personnel and resources to the MMDAs as required under the decentralization policy; (iv) failure of MMDAs and RCC to effect institutional coordination, as required under Act 462; (v) parallel statutory provisions; and (vi) external donor programmes and projects whose implementation arrangements tend to undermine the decentralization policy. The prevailing institutional situation weakens urban governance and, consequently, urban development.

Weak Information, Education and Communication StrategyMDAs and MMDAs have been undertaking activities pertaining to information, education and communication, but their impact in terms of creating awareness

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A weak urban economy: The urban economy faces difficult challenges. It continually fails to generate enough industrial development and growth; it fails to induce and advance adequate development and growth of the urban hinterland; and it has a large struggling informal component that receives little institutional credit support. The urban economy also generates limited, inadequate employment for a rapidly growing urban population.

There is also a policy vacuum regarding the urban economy. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, as a matter of course, tends to focus on national/macro economic development policy; but at the local level, District Assemblies do not have structures responsible for economic development, and therefore there is no formal policy direction and support for local economic development, particularly that of the urban informal sector.

Land-use disorder and uncontrolled urban sprawl Inadequate budgetary support and a weak statutory basis for strategic planning, land use control and urban management have resulted in haphazard development, urban sprawl of the cities and large towns, and squatter/ informal settlements – all with grossly deficient basic urban infrastructure and services. The lack of support for planning has also resulted in the increasing congestion of city centres, a deficient intra urban transportation system, widespread traffic congestion, and environmental degradation.

Increasing environmental deteriorationEnvironmental deterioration arises from conflicting land uses; unsatisfactory collection, disposal, and treatment of waste; choked drains and frequent flooding; coastal erosion and denudation; ineffective management of quarrying of mineral aggregates; ineffective land use management and environmental protection; and the attitudinal indiscipline of the growing urban population.

Inadequate urban infrastructure and services Due to rapid population growth, increase in economic activities, unplanned development and limited funds available, central government agencies and metropolitan and municipal assemblies cannot cope with the demands for infrastructure and services. This challenge has been compounded by the weak capacities of municipal and metropolitan local governments. In the absence of formal provision of infrastructure and services, the majority of the urban population resort to informal channels in obtaining urban services, most at a relatively higher cost or price.

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Increasing Urban Insecurity Inadequate urban employment opportunities, the large army of unemployable youth with limited skills and training, and the high drop-out rates in schools are contributing to a high crime wave in urban Ghana, especially in the large cities – Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. A serious and emerging issue related to urban insecurity is the increasing vulnerability of urban areas to disaster. This arises from several sources, including cities developing or expanding into risk-prone sites, a general state of weak urban governance, and the absence of urban planning which incorporates objectives for security.

Urban Poverty, Slums and Squatter SettlementsFaced with low-income jobs in the urban informal sector and poor wages and salaries, many urban dwellers are falling into the poverty bracket. They cannot afford formal housing; so they seek a foothold in slum and squatter settlements with highly overcrowded units, poor sanitation, disintegrating infrastructure and insufficient services. As a result of rising urban unemployment and problems of access to land and other resources, the family is ceasing to be the basic economic unit of production, distribution and consumption that can ensure the survival of its vulnerable members – infants and children, old persons and the disadvantaged. This situation contributes to streetism and homelessness.

Weak Urban Governance and Institutional CoordinationUrban development and management in Ghana has multiple stakeholders with planning, management and operational responsibilities. The stakeholders include the MMDAs, parastatals, customary landowners, NGOs, the private sector and individuals. At the core of the urban governance challenges are; (i) weak governance structures; (ii) lack of capacity of the MMDAs to perform urban management functions under the decentralization policy as outlined in the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462) and the National Development Planning (Systems) Act, 1994 (Act 480); (iii) failure of MDAs to transfer functions, personnel and resources to the MMDAs as required under the decentralization policy; (iv) failure of MMDAs and RCC to effect institutional coordination, as required under Act 462; (v) parallel statutory provisions; and (vi) external donor programmes and projects whose implementation arrangements tend to undermine the decentralization policy. The prevailing institutional situation weakens urban governance and, consequently, urban development.

Weak Information, Education and Communication StrategyMDAs and MMDAs have been undertaking activities pertaining to information, education and communication, but their impact in terms of creating awareness

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A weak urban economy: The urban economy faces difficult challenges. It continually fails to generate enough industrial development and growth; it fails to induce and advance adequate development and growth of the urban hinterland; and it has a large struggling informal component that receives little institutional credit support. The urban economy also generates limited, inadequate employment for a rapidly growing urban population.

There is also a policy vacuum regarding the urban economy. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, as a matter of course, tends to focus on national/macro economic development policy; but at the local level, District Assemblies do not have structures responsible for economic development, and therefore there is no formal policy direction and support for local economic development, particularly that of the urban informal sector.

Land-use disorder and uncontrolled urban sprawl Inadequate budgetary support and a weak statutory basis for strategic planning, land use control and urban management have resulted in haphazard development, urban sprawl of the cities and large towns, and squatter/ informal settlements – all with grossly deficient basic urban infrastructure and services. The lack of support for planning has also resulted in the increasing congestion of city centres, a deficient intra urban transportation system, widespread traffic congestion, and environmental degradation.

Increasing environmental deteriorationEnvironmental deterioration arises from conflicting land uses; unsatisfactory collection, disposal, and treatment of waste; choked drains and frequent flooding; coastal erosion and denudation; ineffective management of quarrying of mineral aggregates; ineffective land use management and environmental protection; and the attitudinal indiscipline of the growing urban population.

Inadequate urban infrastructure and services Due to rapid population growth, increase in economic activities, unplanned development and limited funds available, central government agencies and metropolitan and municipal assemblies cannot cope with the demands for infrastructure and services. This challenge has been compounded by the weak capacities of municipal and metropolitan local governments. In the absence of formal provision of infrastructure and services, the majority of the urban population resort to informal channels in obtaining urban services, most at a relatively higher cost or price.

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district authorities fail to cooperate to undertake joint integrated planning, as directed under the provisions of Act 480.

Weak Rural-Urban LinkagesThe growth of urban and rural economies depends on strong functional linkages such as road networks, service delivery linkages, goods production and distribution linkages, and political and administrative linkages. These and other linkages, upon which economic growth depends, are weak in Ghana.

Limited Data and Information on Urban CentresDetailed disaggregated data on Ghanaian cities and towns are difficult to come by. While census data provide some important information on Ghanaian cities, they are insufficient. It is generally acknowledged in research and policy circles that there is a paucity of up-to-date information on cities in Ghana.

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and participation of people in the development process is limited. As a result, there is (i) very little awareness of, and interest in,the laws and regulations on development controls, and (ii) no community participation in identifying and dealing with the unauthorized development found in many urban communities.

Inadequate Urban Investment and FinancingThe urban sector has received a fair amount of investment funds over the past two decades, but most of the funding has been directed towards sporadic projects which are not based on comprehensive urban sector needs assessments and strategic plans. The lack of comprehensive interventions and limited funds has resulted in a situation whereby the impact of these projects has not been effective in promoting urban centres as engines of growth, and as places providing sound living and a satisfactory working environment.

Weak Urban Transportation Planning and Traffic ManagementWeak transportation and traffic management, and a limited mode of transport (mainly by road) are extremely costly in terms of time spent in traffic, as well as fuel, vehicle maintenance and doing business in many large Ghanaian towns and cities. These costs are making many Ghanaian cities, especially Accra and Kumasi, uncompetitive, and they limit investments in these centres and the country at large. The urban transport and traffic congestion issue is due mainly to the absence of Integrated Land-Use and Transportation Planning (ILUTP), including (i) a continuous survey of the origin and distribution of traffic entering the cities and large towns; and (ii) parking needs studies. The Department of Urban Roads has been widening roads and introducing new road links, urban transport operators have been putting more buses on the roads, and the Motor Traffic Unit has been managing traffic. But because of the absence of an ILUTP, all attempts have brought about very little improvement in the urban transportation and traffic situation.

Delimitation of Urban Areas of Jurisdiction, and Lack of Integrated Planning Across Jurisdictional BoundariesCities and other urban centres, such as Accra and Kumasi, have grown beyond their jurisdictional boundaries into adjoining political districts. Thousands of people in the peri-urban or peripheral urban areas travel to Accra and Kumasi to work, and they make great demands on the facilities and services provided in the cities. There are three issues: (i) city authorities, for lack of jurisdiction, are not able to adequately address the planning needs of the peripheral population; (ii) official city, town and district boundary demarcations in Ghana have not taken into consideration this over-spilling growth of urban settlements and the socio-economic linkages; and (iii) the city/municipal authorities and the neighbouring

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district authorities fail to cooperate to undertake joint integrated planning, as directed under the provisions of Act 480.

Weak Rural-Urban LinkagesThe growth of urban and rural economies depends on strong functional linkages such as road networks, service delivery linkages, goods production and distribution linkages, and political and administrative linkages. These and other linkages, upon which economic growth depends, are weak in Ghana.

Limited Data and Information on Urban CentresDetailed disaggregated data on Ghanaian cities and towns are difficult to come by. While census data provide some important information on Ghanaian cities, they are insufficient. It is generally acknowledged in research and policy circles that there is a paucity of up-to-date information on cities in Ghana.

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and participation of people in the development process is limited. As a result, there is (i) very little awareness of, and interest in,the laws and regulations on development controls, and (ii) no community participation in identifying and dealing with the unauthorized development found in many urban communities.

Inadequate Urban Investment and FinancingThe urban sector has received a fair amount of investment funds over the past two decades, but most of the funding has been directed towards sporadic projects which are not based on comprehensive urban sector needs assessments and strategic plans. The lack of comprehensive interventions and limited funds has resulted in a situation whereby the impact of these projects has not been effective in promoting urban centres as engines of growth, and as places providing sound living and a satisfactory working environment.

Weak Urban Transportation Planning and Traffic ManagementWeak transportation and traffic management, and a limited mode of transport (mainly by road) are extremely costly in terms of time spent in traffic, as well as fuel, vehicle maintenance and doing business in many large Ghanaian towns and cities. These costs are making many Ghanaian cities, especially Accra and Kumasi, uncompetitive, and they limit investments in these centres and the country at large. The urban transport and traffic congestion issue is due mainly to the absence of Integrated Land-Use and Transportation Planning (ILUTP), including (i) a continuous survey of the origin and distribution of traffic entering the cities and large towns; and (ii) parking needs studies. The Department of Urban Roads has been widening roads and introducing new road links, urban transport operators have been putting more buses on the roads, and the Motor Traffic Unit has been managing traffic. But because of the absence of an ILUTP, all attempts have brought about very little improvement in the urban transportation and traffic situation.

Delimitation of Urban Areas of Jurisdiction, and Lack of Integrated Planning Across Jurisdictional BoundariesCities and other urban centres, such as Accra and Kumasi, have grown beyond their jurisdictional boundaries into adjoining political districts. Thousands of people in the peri-urban or peripheral urban areas travel to Accra and Kumasi to work, and they make great demands on the facilities and services provided in the cities. There are three issues: (i) city authorities, for lack of jurisdiction, are not able to adequately address the planning needs of the peripheral population; (ii) official city, town and district boundary demarcations in Ghana have not taken into consideration this over-spilling growth of urban settlements and the socio-economic linkages; and (iii) the city/municipal authorities and the neighbouring

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seeks to strengthen urban management in the country in the context of decentralization. The participation of all relevant stakeholders ensures better transparency and accountability.

2.1.6 Employing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Strategy

IEC employed on a continuous basis (i) creates awareness of, and promotes interest in, policies directed towards urban planning, management and development; and (ii) promotes the ownership of policies and the involvement of all stakeholders in the implementation of policies.

2.1.7 Emphasizing the Roles of Central and Local GovernmentsThe central government and local governments, on account of their position, are better placed to analyse the entire urban system and respond to compelling countrywide concerns about urban growth and development.

2.2 THE VISION AND GOAL

Vision of GhanaGhana's development vision for the past two decades has been to lift as many Ghanaians as possible out of poverty in the shortest possible time through a structural transformation of the economy, and to attain a middle income status.

Goal of the PolicyAddressing the challenges of the urban situation, with focus on the broader national development vision, the goal of the National Urban Policy (NUP) is to promote a sustainable, spatially integrated and orderly development of urban settlements with adequate housing, infrastructure and services, efficient institutions, and a sound living and working environment for all people to support the rapid socio-economic development of Ghana.

2.3 OBJECTIVES OF POLICY

In order to attain the above goal of the NUP, the following objectives will be pursued:

i. To facilitate balanced re-distribution of urban population. ii. To promote a spatially integrated hierarchy of urban centres.

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2.0 THE POLICY FRAMEWORK

2.1 Guiding Principles

The National Urban Policy is based on seven key guiding principles and the country's environmental policy, which requires all policies, plans and programmes to be subjected to a sustainable environmental assessment (SEA). The principles also emerge from national convictions in democratic constitutional practice, lessons in the country's development history and global lessons in urbanization. They are:-

2.1.1 Promoting Urban Centres as Engines of GrowthCities and towns are engines of growth and incubators of civilisation which facilitate the evolution and transmission of knowledge, innovation, culture, industry and commerce. Urban settlements, properly planned and managed, promote economic growth, human development and the protection of the natural and built environment.

2.1.2 Promoting Development through an Integrated Settlement SystemHuman settlements across the national territory are functionally interdependent. An integrated settlement system enhances rural-urban linkages and promotes equitable distribution of the benefits of development to reach populations in the various settlements of the country.

2.1.3 Facilitating Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Lagging Regions

The Directive Principle of State Policy 35 (i) (d) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana calls for “… even and balanced development of all regions and every part of each region, and, in particular, improving the conditions of life in the rural areas, and generally, redressing any imbalance in development between the rural and the urban areas”.

2.1.4 Mainstreaming Environmental concerns into Urban DevelopmentUrban inhabitants have a right to the sustainable development of human settlements, environmental quality, good health, and wellbeing. This is a key guiding principle in accordance with Ghana's Environmental Policy and its related SEA.

2.1.5 Enhancing Participatory and Accountable Urban GovernanceThe principle of enhancing participatory and accountable urban governance

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seeks to strengthen urban management in the country in the context of decentralization. The participation of all relevant stakeholders ensures better transparency and accountability.

2.1.6 Employing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Strategy

IEC employed on a continuous basis (i) creates awareness of, and promotes interest in, policies directed towards urban planning, management and development; and (ii) promotes the ownership of policies and the involvement of all stakeholders in the implementation of policies.

2.1.7 Emphasizing the Roles of Central and Local GovernmentsThe central government and local governments, on account of their position, are better placed to analyse the entire urban system and respond to compelling countrywide concerns about urban growth and development.

2.2 THE VISION AND GOAL

Vision of GhanaGhana's development vision for the past two decades has been to lift as many Ghanaians as possible out of poverty in the shortest possible time through a structural transformation of the economy, and to attain a middle income status.

Goal of the PolicyAddressing the challenges of the urban situation, with focus on the broader national development vision, the goal of the National Urban Policy (NUP) is to promote a sustainable, spatially integrated and orderly development of urban settlements with adequate housing, infrastructure and services, efficient institutions, and a sound living and working environment for all people to support the rapid socio-economic development of Ghana.

2.3 OBJECTIVES OF POLICY

In order to attain the above goal of the NUP, the following objectives will be pursued:

i. To facilitate balanced re-distribution of urban population. ii. To promote a spatially integrated hierarchy of urban centres.

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2.0 THE POLICY FRAMEWORK

2.1 Guiding Principles

The National Urban Policy is based on seven key guiding principles and the country's environmental policy, which requires all policies, plans and programmes to be subjected to a sustainable environmental assessment (SEA). The principles also emerge from national convictions in democratic constitutional practice, lessons in the country's development history and global lessons in urbanization. They are:-

2.1.1 Promoting Urban Centres as Engines of GrowthCities and towns are engines of growth and incubators of civilisation which facilitate the evolution and transmission of knowledge, innovation, culture, industry and commerce. Urban settlements, properly planned and managed, promote economic growth, human development and the protection of the natural and built environment.

2.1.2 Promoting Development through an Integrated Settlement SystemHuman settlements across the national territory are functionally interdependent. An integrated settlement system enhances rural-urban linkages and promotes equitable distribution of the benefits of development to reach populations in the various settlements of the country.

2.1.3 Facilitating Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Lagging Regions

The Directive Principle of State Policy 35 (i) (d) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana calls for “… even and balanced development of all regions and every part of each region, and, in particular, improving the conditions of life in the rural areas, and generally, redressing any imbalance in development between the rural and the urban areas”.

2.1.4 Mainstreaming Environmental concerns into Urban DevelopmentUrban inhabitants have a right to the sustainable development of human settlements, environmental quality, good health, and wellbeing. This is a key guiding principle in accordance with Ghana's Environmental Policy and its related SEA.

2.1.5 Enhancing Participatory and Accountable Urban GovernanceThe principle of enhancing participatory and accountable urban governance

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3.0 POLICY INITIATIVES FOR ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES

There could be several policy initiatives towards the achievement of the objectives, but in an environment of increasingly scarce resources, it is crucial that priorities are clearly identified and actively pursued by all the relevant stakeholders. In order to achieve the preceding objectives, the following initiatives will be pursued:-

3.1 Initiatives to achieve Objective 1: Facilitating balanced re-distribution of urban population

i. Create new growth points as counter-magnets to fast growing cities such as Accra and Kumasi.

ii. Promote accelerated growth of small and medium-sized towns, including district and regional capitals.

iii. Ensure that existing and newly created centres adhere to best environmental and land management practices.

3.2 Initiatives to achieve Objective 2: Promoting spatially integrated hierarchy of urban centres

i. Undertake a study and establish a hierarchy of urban centres for defined functions and levels of services.

ii. Spatially integrate regional and district capitals by transportation and communications facilities and other relevant services within the context of the guidelines provided in national and regional spatial development frameworks as recommended in the outputs of the Land Use Planning and Management Project (LUPMP).

iii. Minimize the travel time between service centres of all sizes and their hinterlands.

iv. Establish rural service centres and strengthen rural-urban linkages to promote agriculture and development of agro-based industries.

3.3 Initiatives to achieve Objective 3: Promoting urban economic development

i. Promote local economic development (LED).ii. Improve urban services and infrastructure to support economic

development and advance industrial investments and production.iii. Target infrastructural investments in growth centres as the choice

destination for investments and other economic activities.

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iii. To promote urban economic development iv. To improve environmental quality of urban life.v. To ensure effective planning and management of urban growth

and sprawl, especially of the primate cities and other large urban centres.

vi. To ensure efficient urban infrastructure and service delivery.vii. To improve access to adequate and affordable low-income

housing. viii. To promote urban safety and security.ix. To strengthen urban governance. x. To promote climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanisms. xi. To strengthen applied research in urban and regional development.xii. To expand sources of funding for urban development and strengthen

urban financial management.

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3.0 POLICY INITIATIVES FOR ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES

There could be several policy initiatives towards the achievement of the objectives, but in an environment of increasingly scarce resources, it is crucial that priorities are clearly identified and actively pursued by all the relevant stakeholders. In order to achieve the preceding objectives, the following initiatives will be pursued:-

3.1 Initiatives to achieve Objective 1: Facilitating balanced re-distribution of urban population

i. Create new growth points as counter-magnets to fast growing cities such as Accra and Kumasi.

ii. Promote accelerated growth of small and medium-sized towns, including district and regional capitals.

iii. Ensure that existing and newly created centres adhere to best environmental and land management practices.

3.2 Initiatives to achieve Objective 2: Promoting spatially integrated hierarchy of urban centres

i. Undertake a study and establish a hierarchy of urban centres for defined functions and levels of services.

ii. Spatially integrate regional and district capitals by transportation and communications facilities and other relevant services within the context of the guidelines provided in national and regional spatial development frameworks as recommended in the outputs of the Land Use Planning and Management Project (LUPMP).

iii. Minimize the travel time between service centres of all sizes and their hinterlands.

iv. Establish rural service centres and strengthen rural-urban linkages to promote agriculture and development of agro-based industries.

3.3 Initiatives to achieve Objective 3: Promoting urban economic development

i. Promote local economic development (LED).ii. Improve urban services and infrastructure to support economic

development and advance industrial investments and production.iii. Target infrastructural investments in growth centres as the choice

destination for investments and other economic activities.

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iii. To promote urban economic development iv. To improve environmental quality of urban life.v. To ensure effective planning and management of urban growth

and sprawl, especially of the primate cities and other large urban centres.

vi. To ensure efficient urban infrastructure and service delivery.vii. To improve access to adequate and affordable low-income

housing. viii. To promote urban safety and security.ix. To strengthen urban governance. x. To promote climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanisms. xi. To strengthen applied research in urban and regional development.xii. To expand sources of funding for urban development and strengthen

urban financial management.

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xii. Attend to the hygiene and quality of food for the urban public.

3.5 Initiatives to achieve Objective 5: Ensuring effective planning and management of urban growth and sprawl, especially of the primate cities and large urban centres.

i. Ensure that investments and development will consistently and increasingly be directed towards targeted counter-magnet growth areas.

ii. Probe and establish an effective integrated planning system for contiguous greater metropolitan areas, such as Accra/Kumasi/Sekondi-Takoradi, which embrace different political districts, in the light of the provisions of Act 480 (Sections 12, 13, 14) and the Guidelines recommended by the LUPMP (See 3.13).

iii. Ensure adoption and implementation/enforcement of relevant recommendations from the Land Use Planning and Management Project regarding legislation, development guidelines, planning standards, spatial development frameworks, structure plans, local plans and land use controls.

iv. Strengthen the use of remote sensing (such as aerial photographs and satellite imageries) and a Geographic Information System (GIS) to enhance urban development and management.

3.6 Initiatives to achieve Objective 6: Ensuring efficient urban Infrastructure and service delivery

i. Assess infrastructure needs of urban areas and mobilize resources to support infrastructural development.

ii. Improve delivery and management of urban services and infrastructure (including education, health, water, sanitation, energy).

iii. Guide and manage investments in all relevant transport modes for an efficient and effective intra and inter-city transport development.

iv. Promote efficient and effective public transport systems.v. Develop and manage infrastructure systems with appropriate

technology and standards to suit the peculiarities of urban communities.

vi. Provide adequate technical capacity, equipment and operational funds to support waste management activities.

vii. Provide infrastructure and services on the basis of national/regional/ district spatial development framework and urban structure plans.

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iv. Enhance the competitiveness of Ghanaian cities in regional and international context. v. Change official attitude towards the informal enterprises from neglect

to recognition and policy support.vi. Ensure that urban planning provides for the activities of the informal economy.vii. Build up and upgrade the operational capacities of the informal

enterprises. viii. Improve funding support for the informal economy.

3.4 Initiatives to achieve Objective 4: Improving environmental quality of urban life

i. Develop and manage infrastructure systems with the appropriate technology needed to provide basic hygienic conditions in towns and cities.

ii. Prepare and implement sanitation action plans for all leading urban centres, including related statutory regulations and bylaws for ensuring effective collection, disposal and treatment of solid, liquid and toxic waste.

iii. Generate environmental awareness by increasing mass media public education programmes on sanitation in schools and public places.

iv. Provide adequate equipment and operational funds to support waste management activities.

v. Protect open spaces, green belts, forest reserves, water bodies, wetlands, water catchment areas and other ecologically sensitive areas from physical development and urban encroachment.

vi. Develop and implement a systematic programme of flood control measures in urban communities.

vii. Pursue rigorous public education and law enforcement against reprehensive public attitudes and conduct that induce environmental degradation.

viii. Establish adequate measures against natural hazards in urbanareas.

ix. Prepare and implement coastal management plans to effect coastal re- vegetation and erosion control of denuded and neglected coastal towns.

x. Protect the environmental quality of mining towns and their hinterlands.

xi. Educate the general public and communities to utilize marine, coastal and wetlands resources with negligible or minimal environmental hazards to coastal towns and cities.

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xii. Attend to the hygiene and quality of food for the urban public.

3.5 Initiatives to achieve Objective 5: Ensuring effective planning and management of urban growth and sprawl, especially of the primate cities and large urban centres.

i. Ensure that investments and development will consistently and increasingly be directed towards targeted counter-magnet growth areas.

ii. Probe and establish an effective integrated planning system for contiguous greater metropolitan areas, such as Accra/Kumasi/Sekondi-Takoradi, which embrace different political districts, in the light of the provisions of Act 480 (Sections 12, 13, 14) and the Guidelines recommended by the LUPMP (See 3.13).

iii. Ensure adoption and implementation/enforcement of relevant recommendations from the Land Use Planning and Management Project regarding legislation, development guidelines, planning standards, spatial development frameworks, structure plans, local plans and land use controls.

iv. Strengthen the use of remote sensing (such as aerial photographs and satellite imageries) and a Geographic Information System (GIS) to enhance urban development and management.

3.6 Initiatives to achieve Objective 6: Ensuring efficient urban Infrastructure and service delivery

i. Assess infrastructure needs of urban areas and mobilize resources to support infrastructural development.

ii. Improve delivery and management of urban services and infrastructure (including education, health, water, sanitation, energy).

iii. Guide and manage investments in all relevant transport modes for an efficient and effective intra and inter-city transport development.

iv. Promote efficient and effective public transport systems.v. Develop and manage infrastructure systems with appropriate

technology and standards to suit the peculiarities of urban communities.

vi. Provide adequate technical capacity, equipment and operational funds to support waste management activities.

vii. Provide infrastructure and services on the basis of national/regional/ district spatial development framework and urban structure plans.

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iv. Enhance the competitiveness of Ghanaian cities in regional and international context. v. Change official attitude towards the informal enterprises from neglect

to recognition and policy support.vi. Ensure that urban planning provides for the activities of the informal economy.vii. Build up and upgrade the operational capacities of the informal

enterprises. viii. Improve funding support for the informal economy.

3.4 Initiatives to achieve Objective 4: Improving environmental quality of urban life

i. Develop and manage infrastructure systems with the appropriate technology needed to provide basic hygienic conditions in towns and cities.

ii. Prepare and implement sanitation action plans for all leading urban centres, including related statutory regulations and bylaws for ensuring effective collection, disposal and treatment of solid, liquid and toxic waste.

iii. Generate environmental awareness by increasing mass media public education programmes on sanitation in schools and public places.

iv. Provide adequate equipment and operational funds to support waste management activities.

v. Protect open spaces, green belts, forest reserves, water bodies, wetlands, water catchment areas and other ecologically sensitive areas from physical development and urban encroachment.

vi. Develop and implement a systematic programme of flood control measures in urban communities.

vii. Pursue rigorous public education and law enforcement against reprehensive public attitudes and conduct that induce environmental degradation.

viii. Establish adequate measures against natural hazards in urbanareas.

ix. Prepare and implement coastal management plans to effect coastal re- vegetation and erosion control of denuded and neglected coastal towns.

x. Protect the environmental quality of mining towns and their hinterlands.

xi. Educate the general public and communities to utilize marine, coastal and wetlands resources with negligible or minimal environmental hazards to coastal towns and cities.

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policy recommendations contained in the new Decentralization Policy Framework and its Action Plan (April 2010).

ii. Involve relevant state and non-state agencies and institutions in the governance of cities and towns.

iii. Improve and enforce legislation and standards on urban development including the validation and adoption of those developed and recommended by the Land-Use Planning and Management Project of LAP.

iv. Ensure effective coordination, monitoring and review of the NUP.v. Probe and strengthen the institutional framework at the local level for

effective coordination of urban development in the light of the provisions of Act 462 and its subsidiary legislation.

vi. Strengthen institutional arrangements and measures to ensure efficient implementation of the NUP at the local level.

vii. Institute practical measures to continually enrich the capacities and outlook of key actors in urban development and management.

viii. Establish special courts to handle issues pertaining to urban development.

3.10 Initiatives to achieve Objective 10: Promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanisms

i. Intensify public information and awareness campaigns on energy conservation, climate change and mitigation strategies.

ii. Encourage progressive reduction of hazardous substances by industry.iii. Promote settlement structure plans designed to achieve a high level of

amenity as well as the prevention of effluent and refuse pollution.iv. Promote and strengthen cooperation of adjoining MMDAs in

collaboration with traditional authorities and other relevant stakeholders in management of water bodies and other natural resources.

v. Avoid coastal zone development which affects ecologically-sensitive areas.

vi. Impose and enforce more effective coastal zone and wetlands management regulations.

vii. Strengthen the capacities of agencies that are charged with promoting environmental standards.

viii. Generate public awareness on climate change and litigation strategies through mass media educational campaigns.

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viii. Strengthen the capacity and institutional coordination of utility companies and other service and infrastructure providers.

3.7 Initiatives to achieve Objective 7: Improving access to adequate and affordable low-income housing

The policy initiatives are to be found in the Draft National Housing Policy (2009). They include, for example, the following:

i. Provide a congenial environment for private sector delivery of affordable housing.

ii. Implement recommendations on the promotion of indigenous building materials and appropriate construction technologies.

iii. Promote the provision of social or low-income rental housing through public and public-private partnership arrangements.

iv. Upgrade slums and dilapidated housing stock, especially in urban areas selected as growth poles.

v. Explore the introduction of non-conventional housing finance and strategies that benefit low-income groups.

3.8 Initiatives to achieve Objective 8: Promoting urban safety and security

i. Incorporate specific security and disaster prevention and management mechanisms in urban planning and management.ii. Intensify education on individual and community responsibility and

initiative in urban safety and security.iii. Introduce a more effective property addressing system (house

numbering and street naming) to enhance security and safety in communities.

iv. Enforce standards and regulations on the provision of fire hydrants. v. Strengthen emergency rapid response to disaster and emergency

situations. vi. Promote the use of Urban Surveillance Systems to assist in identifying

illegal conduct.vii. Promote the use of remote sensing (such as aerial photographs and

satellite imageries) and a Geographic Information System (GIS) to enhance urban security.

3.9 Initiatives to achieve Objective 9: Strengthening urban governance

i. Review, strengthen and resource the decentralized structures and sub-structures to make them effective in local governance in line with the

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policy recommendations contained in the new Decentralization Policy Framework and its Action Plan (April 2010).

ii. Involve relevant state and non-state agencies and institutions in the governance of cities and towns.

iii. Improve and enforce legislation and standards on urban development including the validation and adoption of those developed and recommended by the Land-Use Planning and Management Project of LAP.

iv. Ensure effective coordination, monitoring and review of the NUP.v. Probe and strengthen the institutional framework at the local level for

effective coordination of urban development in the light of the provisions of Act 462 and its subsidiary legislation.

vi. Strengthen institutional arrangements and measures to ensure efficient implementation of the NUP at the local level.

vii. Institute practical measures to continually enrich the capacities and outlook of key actors in urban development and management.

viii. Establish special courts to handle issues pertaining to urban development.

3.10 Initiatives to achieve Objective 10: Promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation mechanisms

i. Intensify public information and awareness campaigns on energy conservation, climate change and mitigation strategies.

ii. Encourage progressive reduction of hazardous substances by industry.iii. Promote settlement structure plans designed to achieve a high level of

amenity as well as the prevention of effluent and refuse pollution.iv. Promote and strengthen cooperation of adjoining MMDAs in

collaboration with traditional authorities and other relevant stakeholders in management of water bodies and other natural resources.

v. Avoid coastal zone development which affects ecologically-sensitive areas.

vi. Impose and enforce more effective coastal zone and wetlands management regulations.

vii. Strengthen the capacities of agencies that are charged with promoting environmental standards.

viii. Generate public awareness on climate change and litigation strategies through mass media educational campaigns.

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viii. Strengthen the capacity and institutional coordination of utility companies and other service and infrastructure providers.

3.7 Initiatives to achieve Objective 7: Improving access to adequate and affordable low-income housing

The policy initiatives are to be found in the Draft National Housing Policy (2009). They include, for example, the following:

i. Provide a congenial environment for private sector delivery of affordable housing.

ii. Implement recommendations on the promotion of indigenous building materials and appropriate construction technologies.

iii. Promote the provision of social or low-income rental housing through public and public-private partnership arrangements.

iv. Upgrade slums and dilapidated housing stock, especially in urban areas selected as growth poles.

v. Explore the introduction of non-conventional housing finance and strategies that benefit low-income groups.

3.8 Initiatives to achieve Objective 8: Promoting urban safety and security

i. Incorporate specific security and disaster prevention and management mechanisms in urban planning and management.ii. Intensify education on individual and community responsibility and

initiative in urban safety and security.iii. Introduce a more effective property addressing system (house

numbering and street naming) to enhance security and safety in communities.

iv. Enforce standards and regulations on the provision of fire hydrants. v. Strengthen emergency rapid response to disaster and emergency

situations. vi. Promote the use of Urban Surveillance Systems to assist in identifying

illegal conduct.vii. Promote the use of remote sensing (such as aerial photographs and

satellite imageries) and a Geographic Information System (GIS) to enhance urban security.

3.9 Initiatives to achieve Objective 9: Strengthening urban governance

i. Review, strengthen and resource the decentralized structures and sub-structures to make them effective in local governance in line with the

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· (The Draft Bill was considered and recommended at national stakeholder

consultations).

·Development Guidelines produced by the LUPMP. These are refashioned instruments for guiding and fostering spatial development at national and local level. The key instruments are Planning Models, Planning Standards and Land Use Zoning Regulations.

The Planning Models comprise:i. National Spatial Development Framework covering the entire country.

ii. Regional Spatial Development Framework for an administrative region; and where necessary sub-regional development plan for part of a region and multi-regional Spatial Development Framework for two or more regions.

iii. District Spatial Development Framework for a district; and where necessary a multi-district or Joint Spatial Development Framework.

iv. Structure Plan for a district, part of a district or multiple districts.

v. Local Plan for each part of a district, where physical development is taking place or proposed to take place.

vi. The formulation, adoption, application, management and related processes of the foregoing spatial development plans.

The Land Use and Planning Bill drafted under the LUPMP.

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3.11 Initiatives to achieve Objective 11: Strengthening applied research in urban and regional development

i. Strengthen the capacity of research institutions and other bodies

concerned with urban and regional development. ii. Develop an extended urban and regional information system to

reinforce the land use planning and information system that is being developed by the LUPMP.

iii. Promote public-private partnerships to fund research on urban development.

iv. Encourage urban research that has immediate bearing on development problems and needs.

3.12 Initiatives to achieve Objective 12: Expanding sources of funding urban development and strengthening financial management

i. Find new ways of mobilizing finance for investments and urban development.

ii. Promote public-private partnerships as alternative source of funding for urban infrastructure and services.

iii. Adopt best practices in municipal finance and non-conventional and innovative ways of revenue mobilization.

iv. Support customary landowners in prime urban areas to negotiate and collaborate with the banking institutions to develop site and services projects to enhance industrial and residential development.

v. Undertake the servicing of land for private development and recover the cost by a levy of service charges from beneficiary land owners and development charges from beneficiary developers.

vi Promote the use of pension and other investment funds as investments in specified urban development.

3.13 Cross-Cutting Initiatives

There are two cross-cutting initiatives which will contribute to the achievement of multiple objectives. The initiatives, stated below, are directed towards objectives one to six, which relate to legislation, the urban settlement system, the urban economy, forward and integrated planning, urban local plans, land-use management, and planning standards. The two cross-cutting initiatives are –

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· (The Draft Bill was considered and recommended at national stakeholder

consultations).

·Development Guidelines produced by the LUPMP. These are refashioned instruments for guiding and fostering spatial development at national and local level. The key instruments are Planning Models, Planning Standards and Land Use Zoning Regulations.

The Planning Models comprise:i. National Spatial Development Framework covering the entire country.

ii. Regional Spatial Development Framework for an administrative region; and where necessary sub-regional development plan for part of a region and multi-regional Spatial Development Framework for two or more regions.

iii. District Spatial Development Framework for a district; and where necessary a multi-district or Joint Spatial Development Framework.

iv. Structure Plan for a district, part of a district or multiple districts.

v. Local Plan for each part of a district, where physical development is taking place or proposed to take place.

vi. The formulation, adoption, application, management and related processes of the foregoing spatial development plans.

The Land Use and Planning Bill drafted under the LUPMP.

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3.11 Initiatives to achieve Objective 11: Strengthening applied research in urban and regional development

i. Strengthen the capacity of research institutions and other bodies

concerned with urban and regional development. ii. Develop an extended urban and regional information system to

reinforce the land use planning and information system that is being developed by the LUPMP.

iii. Promote public-private partnerships to fund research on urban development.

iv. Encourage urban research that has immediate bearing on development problems and needs.

3.12 Initiatives to achieve Objective 12: Expanding sources of funding urban development and strengthening financial management

i. Find new ways of mobilizing finance for investments and urban development.

ii. Promote public-private partnerships as alternative source of funding for urban infrastructure and services.

iii. Adopt best practices in municipal finance and non-conventional and innovative ways of revenue mobilization.

iv. Support customary landowners in prime urban areas to negotiate and collaborate with the banking institutions to develop site and services projects to enhance industrial and residential development.

v. Undertake the servicing of land for private development and recover the cost by a levy of service charges from beneficiary land owners and development charges from beneficiary developers.

vi Promote the use of pension and other investment funds as investments in specified urban development.

3.13 Cross-Cutting Initiatives

There are two cross-cutting initiatives which will contribute to the achievement of multiple objectives. The initiatives, stated below, are directed towards objectives one to six, which relate to legislation, the urban settlement system, the urban economy, forward and integrated planning, urban local plans, land-use management, and planning standards. The two cross-cutting initiatives are –

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4.0 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Urban development is a multi-faceted process involving the combined activities of many institutions or actors. The absence or non-performance of existing institutions as well as the lack of coordination among them partly accounts for the under-performance of the Ghanaian urban sector. Thus it is critical to achieve close collaboration and effective coordination of the activities and programmes of various institutions as they relate to urban development.

There is also need for clarity of the roles and responsibilities of the different spheres of government, the private sector and civil society organisations. The roles are defined in the Action Plan which is published separately as part of the National Urban Policy. The tasks which must be addressed are as follows:

NUP should signal a consistent message of conviction to key departments, state agencies, MMDAs, and the private sector about development priorities. Key decision-makers and investors need to know how and where the government expects to focus poverty reduction and economic development efforts, including the different locational advantages of each city, their priority industries, environmental challenges and infrastructure needs.

The powers of public bodies over the development and management of urban areas will be streamlined in order to organise their functions more efficiently and to strengthen city leadership.

Government policies and investment programmes will be coordinated and they will have a spatial dimension and a focus on major priority areas such as poverty reduction programmes.

Government will support initiatives to develop urban management capacity, but the management of urban areas themselves must be carried out at the local level by the MMDAs, where they are in touch with local needs and conditions. This is in line with the country's decentralisation policy framework.

Capacity-building will continue to be a key function of the state, as a result of the deficient skills and experience among many District Assemblies.

This is one of the main constraints on extending essential services to poor communities and business users.

Improve the knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing the country, and analyse the changing urban system in order to have a strong evidence base for better decision-making.

Government will establish performance indicators and appoint an independent coordination and monitoring committee every two years to monitor and evaluate progress made and challenges encountered in implementing the goals and objectives of the NUP. The committee will make recommendations and suggest alternative actions deemed appropriate.

The measures for addressing the foregoing tasks are detailed in the Action Plan.

Crucial among them are (a) the establishing of an inter-ministerial body, which will operate as Cabinet sub-committee to oversee the coordination, monitoring and review of the NUP, (b) strengthening of the Urban Development Unit (UDU) of MLGRD to serve as the secretariat of the NUP and the inter-ministerial body, (c) capacity building and institutional strengthening for local level coordination and implementation of urban development and management, and (d) building up the UDU to effectively relate to stakeholders at the national level and the core NUP coordinating institutions and players at the local level.

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4.0 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Urban development is a multi-faceted process involving the combined activities of many institutions or actors. The absence or non-performance of existing institutions as well as the lack of coordination among them partly accounts for the under-performance of the Ghanaian urban sector. Thus it is critical to achieve close collaboration and effective coordination of the activities and programmes of various institutions as they relate to urban development.

There is also need for clarity of the roles and responsibilities of the different spheres of government, the private sector and civil society organisations. The roles are defined in the Action Plan which is published separately as part of the National Urban Policy. The tasks which must be addressed are as follows:

NUP should signal a consistent message of conviction to key departments, state agencies, MMDAs, and the private sector about development priorities. Key decision-makers and investors need to know how and where the government expects to focus poverty reduction and economic development efforts, including the different locational advantages of each city, their priority industries, environmental challenges and infrastructure needs.

The powers of public bodies over the development and management of urban areas will be streamlined in order to organise their functions more efficiently and to strengthen city leadership.

Government policies and investment programmes will be coordinated and they will have a spatial dimension and a focus on major priority areas such as poverty reduction programmes.

Government will support initiatives to develop urban management capacity, but the management of urban areas themselves must be carried out at the local level by the MMDAs, where they are in touch with local needs and conditions. This is in line with the country's decentralisation policy framework.

Capacity-building will continue to be a key function of the state, as a result of the deficient skills and experience among many District Assemblies.

This is one of the main constraints on extending essential services to poor communities and business users.

Improve the knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing the country, and analyse the changing urban system in order to have a strong evidence base for better decision-making.

Government will establish performance indicators and appoint an independent coordination and monitoring committee every two years to monitor and evaluate progress made and challenges encountered in implementing the goals and objectives of the NUP. The committee will make recommendations and suggest alternative actions deemed appropriate.

The measures for addressing the foregoing tasks are detailed in the Action Plan.

Crucial among them are (a) the establishing of an inter-ministerial body, which will operate as Cabinet sub-committee to oversee the coordination, monitoring and review of the NUP, (b) strengthening of the Urban Development Unit (UDU) of MLGRD to serve as the secretariat of the NUP and the inter-ministerial body, (c) capacity building and institutional strengthening for local level coordination and implementation of urban development and management, and (d) building up the UDU to effectively relate to stakeholders at the national level and the core NUP coordinating institutions and players at the local level.

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GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

MAY 2012

GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY

ACTION PLAN

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

MAY 2012

GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY

ACTION PLAN

Foreword

The process of urbanization holds great promise for economic and social

progress of the nation. On the other hand this process is confronted with a lot

of challenges. Urbanisation is one of the most significant processes that have

affected human societies especially since the last century. It is an inter-sectoral

phenomenon involving all aspects of human society and economy.

Towns and cities perform various functions not only for the space

economies they serve, but increasingly the importance of some of them

extends to the regional and global levels. However, urbanisation poses

certain challenges if not properly managed. It needs to be stressed that the

challenges posed by urbanisation would not simply go away without

conscious efforts and interventions. The close association between

urbanisation and socio-economic development requires that every effort

must be made to minimise the challenges, and thus enhance or maximise the

benefits of the process.

The National Urban Policy has been formulated to address these

challenges confronting urban development. It is instructive therefore to note

that the National Urban Policy, published separately, represents a bold

attempt to comprehensively intervene in the urban sector to facilitate and

promote the sustainable development of Ghanaian cities and towns – a

development process which is all-inclusive and takes account of the needs of

disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

The policy will be implemented progressively through Ghana National

Urban Policy Action Plan. This Action Plan defines key activities that need to

be pursued in order to achieve twelve (12) policy objectives and related

initiatives, which are defined in the National Urban Policy. The Action Plan

presents every initiative and related activities within a given five-year time

frame that may roll over, as well as responsible agencies.

Over time, all the policy initiatives with related activities will need to be

fully carried out, but in a situation of limited resources, it is crucial that

priorities are clearly identified and actively pursued by all implementing

bodies. Plan co-ordination, monitoring and review will be under the auspices

of inter-ministerial body, which will operate as Cabinet Sub-Committee.

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Abbreviations and Acronyms

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Action Areas

Action Area 1: Balanced Re-Distribution of Urban

Population

Action Area 2: Spatially Integrated Hierarchy of Urban

Centres

Action Area 3: Urban Economic Development

Action Area 4: Environmental Quality of Urban Life

Action Area 5: Planning and Management of Urban

Growth and Sprawl

Action Area 6: Urban Infrastructure and Services

Action Area 7: Adequate and Affordable Housing

Action Area 8: Urban Safety and Security

Action Area 9: Urban Governance

Action Area 10: Climate Change Adaptation and

Mitigation Mechanisms

Action Area 11: Research in Urban and Regional

Development

Action Area 12: Urban Development Finance

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Foreword

The process of urbanization holds great promise for economic and social

progress of the nation. On the other hand this process is confronted with a lot

of challenges. Urbanisation is one of the most significant processes that have

affected human societies especially since the last century. It is an inter-sectoral

phenomenon involving all aspects of human society and economy.

Towns and cities perform various functions not only for the space

economies they serve, but increasingly the importance of some of them

extends to the regional and global levels. However, urbanisation poses

certain challenges if not properly managed. It needs to be stressed that the

challenges posed by urbanisation would not simply go away without

conscious efforts and interventions. The close association between

urbanisation and socio-economic development requires that every effort

must be made to minimise the challenges, and thus enhance or maximise the

benefits of the process.

The National Urban Policy has been formulated to address these

challenges confronting urban development. It is instructive therefore to note

that the National Urban Policy, published separately, represents a bold

attempt to comprehensively intervene in the urban sector to facilitate and

promote the sustainable development of Ghanaian cities and towns – a

development process which is all-inclusive and takes account of the needs of

disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

The policy will be implemented progressively through Ghana National

Urban Policy Action Plan. This Action Plan defines key activities that need to

be pursued in order to achieve twelve (12) policy objectives and related

initiatives, which are defined in the National Urban Policy. The Action Plan

presents every initiative and related activities within a given five-year time

frame that may roll over, as well as responsible agencies.

Over time, all the policy initiatives with related activities will need to be

fully carried out, but in a situation of limited resources, it is crucial that

priorities are clearly identified and actively pursued by all implementing

bodies. Plan co-ordination, monitoring and review will be under the auspices

of inter-ministerial body, which will operate as Cabinet Sub-Committee.

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Abbreviations and Acronyms

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Action Areas

Action Area 1: Balanced Re-Distribution of Urban

Population

Action Area 2: Spatially Integrated Hierarchy of Urban

Centres

Action Area 3: Urban Economic Development

Action Area 4: Environmental Quality of Urban Life

Action Area 5: Planning and Management of Urban

Growth and Sprawl

Action Area 6: Urban Infrastructure and Services

Action Area 7: Adequate and Affordable Housing

Action Area 8: Urban Safety and Security

Action Area 9: Urban Governance

Action Area 10: Climate Change Adaptation and

Mitigation Mechanisms

Action Area 11: Research in Urban and Regional

Development

Action Area 12: Urban Development Finance

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12

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Acknowledgement

This action plan document was developed alongside the national

urban policy framework. It adopted a participatory approach and its

formulation received support from many organizations and individuals, and

their contributions are recognized with gratitude. In particular, we recognize

with appreciation, the financial and technical support received from the

Support for Decentralization Reforms Programme of the German

Development Cooperation and the Ghana Urban Transport Project of the

World Bank.

The document was also developed under the able leadership and

strategic guidance of Hon. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister for Local

Government and Rural Development. The significant contributions from

both Hon. Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah and Hon. S.M.E.K. Ackah, Deputy Ministers

for Local Government and Rural Development needs to be acknowledged

with great gratitude. The Ministry appreciates the considerable support and

inputs from all the Sector and Regional Ministers.

We extend our thankfulness to the entire Directors and staff of the

Ministry, especially Mrs. Levina Owusu, Acting Director of Policy, Planning,

Monitoring and Evaluation for their inputs and cooperation. Our gratitude

extends to the Technical Backstopping Team members; Mr. Richard

Acquaah-Harrison, a retired Senior Human Settlements Advisor, UN-

HABITAT and Mr. C.N.K. Boateng, a retired National Director of Town and

Country Planning Department, who provided valuable guidance throughout

the process.

The Ministry is particularly thankful to Professor Paul W. K. Yankson

and Professor George Owusu from the Institute of Statistical, Social and

Economic Research (ISSER), Legon, who technically facilitated the entire

process in coming out with this document. The national urban policy action

plan has been informed and enriched through extensive and valuable

discussions by the Technical Working Group. The unstinting efforts of Mr

Kwadwo Yeboah, Principal Town Planning Officer at the Ministry of Local

Government and Rural Development who effectively coordinated the entire

process of developing this Action Plan is highly appreciated.

Finally, the contents of this Action Plan is a true reflection of the views

and aspirations of the good people of Ghana who in diverse ways have

05GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLANMINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT04

Finally, I would like to commend all the various stakeholders for their

cooperation, commitment and diligent efforts in developing this action plan

as an implementation tool of the national urban policy framework.

HON. SAMUEL OFOSU AMPOFOMinister for Local Government and Rural Development

Acknowledgement

This action plan document was developed alongside the national

urban policy framework. It adopted a participatory approach and its

formulation received support from many organizations and individuals, and

their contributions are recognized with gratitude. In particular, we recognize

with appreciation, the financial and technical support received from the

Support for Decentralization Reforms Programme of the German

Development Cooperation and the Ghana Urban Transport Project of the

World Bank.

The document was also developed under the able leadership and

strategic guidance of Hon. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister for Local

Government and Rural Development. The significant contributions from

both Hon. Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah and Hon. S.M.E.K. Ackah, Deputy Ministers

for Local Government and Rural Development needs to be acknowledged

with great gratitude. The Ministry appreciates the considerable support and

inputs from all the Sector and Regional Ministers.

We extend our thankfulness to the entire Directors and staff of the

Ministry, especially Mrs. Levina Owusu, Acting Director of Policy, Planning,

Monitoring and Evaluation for their inputs and cooperation. Our gratitude

extends to the Technical Backstopping Team members; Mr. Richard

Acquaah-Harrison, a retired Senior Human Settlements Advisor, UN-

HABITAT and Mr. C.N.K. Boateng, a retired National Director of Town and

Country Planning Department, who provided valuable guidance throughout

the process.

The Ministry is particularly thankful to Professor Paul W. K. Yankson

and Professor George Owusu from the Institute of Statistical, Social and

Economic Research (ISSER), Legon, who technically facilitated the entire

process in coming out with this document. The national urban policy action

plan has been informed and enriched through extensive and valuable

discussions by the Technical Working Group. The unstinting efforts of Mr

Kwadwo Yeboah, Principal Town Planning Officer at the Ministry of Local

Government and Rural Development who effectively coordinated the entire

process of developing this Action Plan is highly appreciated.

Finally, the contents of this Action Plan is a true reflection of the views

and aspirations of the good people of Ghana who in diverse ways have

05GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLANMINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT04

Finally, I would like to commend all the various stakeholders for their

cooperation, commitment and diligent efforts in developing this action plan

as an implementation tool of the national urban policy framework.

HON. SAMUEL OFOSU AMPOFOMinister for Local Government and Rural Development

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AGI Association of Ghana Industries

ATTC Accra Technical Training Centre

BRT Bus Rapid Transit

BOT Build, Operate and Transfer

BRI Building Research Institute

CBO Community-Based Organisation

CERSGIS Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information

System

CLO Customary Land Owners

CSIR Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research

CSOs Civil Society Organisations

DACF District Assemblies Common Fund

DFR Department of Feeder Roads

DGW Department of Game and Wildlife

DUR Department of Urban Roads

DVLA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FI Financial Institutions

GAR Greater Accra Region

GCC Ghana Chamber of Commerce

GCAA Ghana Civil Aviation Authority

GHA Ghana Highway Authority

GIMPA Ghana Institute of Management and Public

Administration

GIPC Ghana Investment Promotion Council

GIS Geographic Information Systems

GIZ German International Cooperation

GLSS Ghana Living Standard Survey

GOG Government of Ghana

GPRTU Ghana Private Road Transport Union

GPS Global Position System

GRC Ghana Railway Company

GRSC Ghana Road Safety Commission

GSD Geological Survey Department

GSS Ghana Statistical Service

07GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLANMINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT06

demonstrated their commitment to work with governments for the

improvements in their lives. To all these gallant citizens whose comments

and inputs have enriched the Action Plan, I say “Ayekoo” and thank you so

much.

The views, comments and inputs received during the stakeholder

consultations are reflected in the action plan document.

NANA BRIGHT ODURO KWATENGChief Director

Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AGI Association of Ghana Industries

ATTC Accra Technical Training Centre

BRT Bus Rapid Transit

BOT Build, Operate and Transfer

BRI Building Research Institute

CBO Community-Based Organisation

CERSGIS Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information

System

CLO Customary Land Owners

CSIR Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research

CSOs Civil Society Organisations

DACF District Assemblies Common Fund

DFR Department of Feeder Roads

DGW Department of Game and Wildlife

DUR Department of Urban Roads

DVLA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FI Financial Institutions

GAR Greater Accra Region

GCC Ghana Chamber of Commerce

GCAA Ghana Civil Aviation Authority

GHA Ghana Highway Authority

GIMPA Ghana Institute of Management and Public

Administration

GIPC Ghana Investment Promotion Council

GIS Geographic Information Systems

GIZ German International Cooperation

GLSS Ghana Living Standard Survey

GOG Government of Ghana

GPRTU Ghana Private Road Transport Union

GPS Global Position System

GRC Ghana Railway Company

GRSC Ghana Road Safety Commission

GSD Geological Survey Department

GSS Ghana Statistical Service

07GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLANMINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT06

demonstrated their commitment to work with governments for the

improvements in their lives. To all these gallant citizens whose comments

and inputs have enriched the Action Plan, I say “Ayekoo” and thank you so

much.

The views, comments and inputs received during the stakeholder

consultations are reflected in the action plan document.

NANA BRIGHT ODURO KWATENGChief Director

Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

NDPC National Development Planning Commission

NGOs Non-Governmental Organisation

NUP National Urban Policy

NVTI National Vocational Training Institute

OHCS Office of the Head of Civil Service

PPD Physical Planning Department

PPP Public Private Partnership

PURC Public Utilities Regulatory Commission

R&D Research and Development

RCC Regional Coordinating Councils

RPCU Regional Planning Coordinating Unit

RS/GIS Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

SfDR Support for Decentralization Reform

SIF Social Investment Fund

T&CPD Town and Country Planning Department

UDB Urban Development Bank

UDU Urban Development Unit

Note: The acronym ISMA, covers public and semi – public bodies that are involved in the provision of infrastructure and services that include: -

a. economic infrastructure: transportation, communication, electricity, water b. environmental services: sanitation, waste management, drainagec. social services: education, health, social welfare, d. economic services: markets, banking, insurance e. justice and security: judiciary, police, disaster management (fire, natural

hazards)

09GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

ICT Information Communication Technology

IGF Internally Generated Funds

ILGS Institute of Local Government Studies

ISMA Infrastructure and Services Ministries and Agencies

LAP Land Administration Project

LED Local Economic Development

LC Lands Commission

LGS Local Government Service

KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

MC Minerals Commission

MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies

MEST Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology

MESW Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare

MFA Municipal Finance Authority

MiDA Millennium Development Authority

MIS Management Information System

MLNR Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

MLGRD Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

MMDAs Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies

MOC Ministry of Communication

MOE Ministry of Education

MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture

MOFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

MOI Ministry of Interior

MoI Ministry of Information

MOT Ministry of Tourism

MOT Ministry of Transport

MOTI Ministry of Trade and Industry

MOWAC Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

MRH Ministry of Roads and Highways

MTTU Motor Transport and Traffic Unit

MWRWH Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

NAB National Accreditation Board

NADMO National Disaster Management Organisation

NBSSI National Board for Small Scale Industries

NCCE National Commission for Civic Education

NCTE National Council for Tertiary Education

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT08

NDPC National Development Planning Commission

NGOs Non-Governmental Organisation

NUP National Urban Policy

NVTI National Vocational Training Institute

OHCS Office of the Head of Civil Service

PPD Physical Planning Department

PPP Public Private Partnership

PURC Public Utilities Regulatory Commission

R&D Research and Development

RCC Regional Coordinating Councils

RPCU Regional Planning Coordinating Unit

RS/GIS Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

SfDR Support for Decentralization Reform

SIF Social Investment Fund

T&CPD Town and Country Planning Department

UDB Urban Development Bank

UDU Urban Development Unit

Note: The acronym ISMA, covers public and semi – public bodies that are involved in the provision of infrastructure and services that include: -

a. economic infrastructure: transportation, communication, electricity, water b. environmental services: sanitation, waste management, drainagec. social services: education, health, social welfare, d. economic services: markets, banking, insurance e. justice and security: judiciary, police, disaster management (fire, natural

hazards)

09GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

ICT Information Communication Technology

IGF Internally Generated Funds

ILGS Institute of Local Government Studies

ISMA Infrastructure and Services Ministries and Agencies

LAP Land Administration Project

LED Local Economic Development

LC Lands Commission

LGS Local Government Service

KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

MC Minerals Commission

MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies

MEST Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology

MESW Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare

MFA Municipal Finance Authority

MiDA Millennium Development Authority

MIS Management Information System

MLNR Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

MLGRD Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

MMDAs Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies

MOC Ministry of Communication

MOE Ministry of Education

MOFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture

MOFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

MOI Ministry of Interior

MoI Ministry of Information

MOT Ministry of Tourism

MOT Ministry of Transport

MOTI Ministry of Trade and Industry

MOWAC Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

MRH Ministry of Roads and Highways

MTTU Motor Transport and Traffic Unit

MWRWH Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

NAB National Accreditation Board

NADMO National Disaster Management Organisation

NBSSI National Board for Small Scale Industries

NCCE National Commission for Civic Education

NCTE National Council for Tertiary Education

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT08

3. Urban economic development (8 Initiatives and 31 Activities)

4. Environmental quality of urban life (12 Initiatives and 51

Activities)

5. Planning and management of urban growth and sprawl (4

Initiatives and 18 Activities)

6. Infrastructure and services (8 Initiatives and 27 Activities)

7. Adequate and affordable housing (6 Initiatives and 19 Activities)

8. Urban safety and security (8 Initiatives and 21 Activities)

9. Urban governance (8 Initiatives and 27 Activities)

10. Climate change and adaptation (6 Initiatives and 17 Activities)

11. Research in urban and regional development (3 Initiatives and 8

Activities)

12. Urban development finance (6 Initiatives and 24 Activities)

Over time, all the Policy Initiatives with related activities will need to be fully

carried out, but in a situation of limited resources, it is crucial that priorities are

clearly identified and actively pursued by all implementing bodies.

The next pages present an Action Plan to begin and steer a coordinated

implementation of the National Urban Policy. In the action chart, the bold

font regarding the “Implementing Bodies” indicates the lead agency; where

there are two or more lead agencies the activity should be jointly initiated; the

light font indicates the collaborating body or bodies.

11GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Urbanisation is one of the most significant processes that have affected human societies especially since the last century. It is an inter-sectoral phenomenon involving all aspects of human society and economy. Towns and cities perform various functions not only for the space economies they serve, but increasingly the importance of some of them extends to the regional and global levels. However, urbanisation poses certain challenges if not properly managed. It needs to be stressed that the challenges posed by urbanisation would not simply go away without conscious efforts and interventions. The close association between urbanisation and socio-economic development requires that every effort must be made to minimise the challenges, and thus enhance or maximise the benefits of the process.

Therefore, the National Urban Policy, published separately, represents a bold attempt to comprehensively intervene in the urban sector to facilitate and promote the sustainable development of Ghanaian cities and towns – a development process which is all-inclusive and takes account of the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

The National Urban Policy adheres to the country's environmental policy by advocating for all environmental concerns to be incorporated in all decision-making about urban development. More importantly, it makes far-reaching proposals in the Action Plan, which follows, for implementation in order to arrest rising inequalities in socio-economic development.

This Action Plan defines key activities that need to be pursued in order to achieve twelve (12) Policy Objectives and related Initiatives, which are defined in the National Urban Policy. The Action Plan presents every initiative and related activities within a given five-year time frame that may roll over.

The thematic areas of concern and related policy initiatives and activities are:

1. Re-distribution of urban population (3 Initiatives and 17

Activities)

2. Integrated hierarchy of urban centres (4 Initiatives and 17

Activities)

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT10

3. Urban economic development (8 Initiatives and 31 Activities)

4. Environmental quality of urban life (12 Initiatives and 51

Activities)

5. Planning and management of urban growth and sprawl (4

Initiatives and 18 Activities)

6. Infrastructure and services (8 Initiatives and 27 Activities)

7. Adequate and affordable housing (6 Initiatives and 19 Activities)

8. Urban safety and security (8 Initiatives and 21 Activities)

9. Urban governance (8 Initiatives and 27 Activities)

10. Climate change and adaptation (6 Initiatives and 17 Activities)

11. Research in urban and regional development (3 Initiatives and 8

Activities)

12. Urban development finance (6 Initiatives and 24 Activities)

Over time, all the Policy Initiatives with related activities will need to be fully

carried out, but in a situation of limited resources, it is crucial that priorities are

clearly identified and actively pursued by all implementing bodies.

The next pages present an Action Plan to begin and steer a coordinated

implementation of the National Urban Policy. In the action chart, the bold

font regarding the “Implementing Bodies” indicates the lead agency; where

there are two or more lead agencies the activity should be jointly initiated; the

light font indicates the collaborating body or bodies.

11GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Urbanisation is one of the most significant processes that have affected human societies especially since the last century. It is an inter-sectoral phenomenon involving all aspects of human society and economy. Towns and cities perform various functions not only for the space economies they serve, but increasingly the importance of some of them extends to the regional and global levels. However, urbanisation poses certain challenges if not properly managed. It needs to be stressed that the challenges posed by urbanisation would not simply go away without conscious efforts and interventions. The close association between urbanisation and socio-economic development requires that every effort must be made to minimise the challenges, and thus enhance or maximise the benefits of the process.

Therefore, the National Urban Policy, published separately, represents a bold attempt to comprehensively intervene in the urban sector to facilitate and promote the sustainable development of Ghanaian cities and towns – a development process which is all-inclusive and takes account of the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

The National Urban Policy adheres to the country's environmental policy by advocating for all environmental concerns to be incorporated in all decision-making about urban development. More importantly, it makes far-reaching proposals in the Action Plan, which follows, for implementation in order to arrest rising inequalities in socio-economic development.

This Action Plan defines key activities that need to be pursued in order to achieve twelve (12) Policy Objectives and related Initiatives, which are defined in the National Urban Policy. The Action Plan presents every initiative and related activities within a given five-year time frame that may roll over.

The thematic areas of concern and related policy initiatives and activities are:

1. Re-distribution of urban population (3 Initiatives and 17

Activities)

2. Integrated hierarchy of urban centres (4 Initiatives and 17

Activities)

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT10

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13GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

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MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT12

Tab

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CP

D),

ND

PC

MM

DA

s, E

PA

MM

DA

s, E

PA

MM

DA

s (P

PD

) E

PA, C

usto

mar

y la

nd o

wne

rsM

MD

As,

EPA

M

MD

As,

Tra

dit

ion

al A

uth

ori

ties

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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CT

ION

AR

EA

S

Act

ion

Are

a 1:

Bal

ance

d R

e-d

istr

ibu

tio

n o

f U

rban

Po

pu

lati

on

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o fa

cilit

ate

a ba

lanc

ed r

e-di

strib

utio

n of

urb

an p

opul

atio

n

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

1.1

Cre

ate

and

deve

lop

new

gro

wth

po

ints

as

coun

ter-

mag

nets

to fa

st

grow

ing

citie

s su

ch a

s A

ccra

and

Kum

asi

1.2

Pro

mot

e ac

cele

rate

d gr

owth

of

smal

l and

med

ium

-si

zed

tow

ns (

incl

udin

g di

stric

t and

reg

iona

l ca

pita

ls)

1.1.

1 S

tudy

and

doc

umen

t the

nat

iona

l urb

an

syst

em to

iden

tify

func

tions

and

gap

s w

ithin

the

urba

n hi

erar

chy

1.1.

2 Id

entif

y po

tent

ial g

row

th p

oint

s w

ithin

the

urba

n hi

erar

chy

1.1.

3 M

ake

appr

opria

te in

vest

men

ts in

in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

s in

the

iden

tifie

d gr

owth

po

ints

1.

1.4

Enh

ance

em

ploy

men

t and

inco

me

gene

ratio

n in

str

ateg

ical

ly s

elec

ted

grow

th p

oint

s.1.

1.5

Pre

pare

nat

iona

l/reg

iona

l/dis

tric

t Spa

tial

Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

orks

to g

uide

the

loca

tion

of

econ

omic

inve

stm

ents

, inf

rast

ruct

ure

and

serv

ices

in

to n

ew g

row

th a

reas

1.2.

1 Id

entif

y po

tent

ial a

nd v

ibra

nt s

mal

l and

m

ediu

m s

ized

tow

ns1.

2.2

Mak

e en

hanc

ed in

vest

men

ts in

in

fras

truc

ture

, ser

vice

s an

d ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

in

the

iden

tifie

d to

wns

.1.

2.3

Pro

mot

e em

ploy

men

t and

inco

me

gene

ratio

n, in

clud

ing

supp

ort f

or S

ME

s1.

2.4

Str

engt

hen

linka

ges

(tra

nspo

rt,

com

mun

icat

ion)

am

ong

and

betw

een

the

tow

ns

and

thei

r hi

nter

land

s

X X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U)M

ES

T

(TC

PD

)

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U)M

ES

T (T

CP

D)

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

s, M

LGR

D, G

IPC

, M

OF

EP

MD

As,

SIF

, NB

SS

I

ND

PC

, ME

ST

(T

CP

D)M

MD

As

(PP

D),

RC

Cs

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U)M

ES

T

(TC

PD

), M

MD

As

ISM

A ,

MD

As,

MM

DA

s, G

IPC

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

SIF

,

Pri

vate

Sec

tor

MM

DA

s, M

OC

, MR

H (

GH

A,

DF

R, D

UR

) M

OT

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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on

tin

ued

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

2.3

Min

imiz

e th

e tr

avel

tim

e be

twee

n se

rvic

e ce

ntre

s of

all

size

s an

d th

eir

hint

erla

nds

2.4

Est

ablis

h ru

ral

serv

ice

cent

res

and

stre

ngth

en r

ural

-urb

an

linka

ges

to p

rom

ote

agric

ultu

re a

ndth

e de

velo

pmen

t ofa

gro-

base

d in

dust

ries

and

tele

com

mun

icat

ion

links

with

Acc

ra a

nd

inte

rnat

iona

l cen

tres

2.

2.4

Ass

ess

and

deve

lop/

upgr

ade

need

ed lo

cal

airp

orts

(a)

to in

terli

nk th

e m

ajor

citi

es, a

nd (

b) a

t sp

ecia

lly e

ndow

ed s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic c

entr

es in

re

mot

e lo

catio

ns.

2.2.

5 P

rovi

de a

ll re

gion

al a

nd d

istr

ict c

apita

ls w

ith

inte

grat

ed te

leco

mm

unic

atio

n lin

ks to

dom

estic

an

d in

tern

atio

nal d

estin

atio

ns2.

2.6

Dev

elop

a n

ew a

nd b

igge

r ai

rpor

t for

Acc

ra

to c

ompl

emen

t the

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t as

a hu

b or

ga

tew

ay in

the

Wes

t Afr

ican

sub

-reg

ion

2.3.

1 Im

prov

e tr

ansp

ort n

etw

orks

(P

hysi

cal a

cces

s an

d in

tegr

ated

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt)

2.3.

2 Im

prov

e in

tra

and

inte

r-ur

ban

traf

fic

man

agem

ent a

nd m

aint

enan

ce s

yste

ms

2.3.

3 Im

prov

e in

ter-

urba

n ra

il tr

ansp

ort s

yste

m2.

4.1

Stu

dy a

nd id

entif

y ex

istin

g an

d po

tent

ial r

ural

serv

ice

cent

res

2.4.

2 P

rovi

de a

ppro

pria

te in

fras

truc

ture

and

se

rvic

es2.

4.3

Pro

mot

e in

vest

men

t in

agric

ultu

re, a

gro-

base

d an

d ot

her

indu

strie

s in

rur

al s

ervi

ce c

entr

es

and

thei

r hi

nter

land

s2.

4.4

Trai

n hu

man

res

ourc

es to

acq

uire

rel

evan

t sk

ills

to s

uppo

rt e

mer

ging

indu

strie

s

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

MO

T, G

CA

A, N

DP

C, M

OF

EP

Mo

C, a

nd p

rivat

e te

leco

m

com

pani

es

MO

T, G

CA

A, M

OF

EP

MO

T, M

RH

(G

HA

, DF

R, D

UR

) G

RC

, MM

DA

s (W

orks

Dep

t.)

MR

H (

GH

A, D

UR

), M

TT

U,

MM

DA

sM

OT

, GR

C

MO

FA, M

LG

RD

(U

DU

), M

ES

T (T

CP

D),

ND

PC

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

MO

FA, M

MD

A, M

OT

IGIP

C,

MiD

A, N

BS

SI

MO

E (

NV

TI,

ATT

C)

MO

TI ,

N

BS

SI,

MM

DA

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

15GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

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ion

Are

a 2:

Sp

atia

lly In

teg

rate

d H

iera

rch

y o

f U

rban

Cen

tres

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

aS

patia

lly In

tegr

ated

Hie

rarc

hy o

f Urb

an C

entr

es

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

2.1

Und

erta

ke a

stu

dy

and

esta

blis

h a

hier

arch

y of

urb

an

cent

res

for

defin

ed

func

tions

and

leve

ls o

f se

rvic

es

2.2

Spa

tially

inte

grat

e re

gion

al a

nd d

istr

ict

capi

tals

by

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d co

mm

unic

atio

ns

faci

litie

s an

d ot

her

rele

vant

ser

vice

s

2.1.

1 S

tudy

the

natio

nal u

rban

sys

tem

bas

ed o

n de

fined

func

tions

, uni

que

reso

urce

s an

d po

tent

ial ,

an

d id

entif

y th

e di

ffere

nt, m

eani

ngfu

l gra

des

of

urba

n se

ttlem

ents

2.

1.2

Def

ine

the

leve

ls o

f ser

vice

s fo

r ev

ery

gr

ade

of u

rban

cen

tre.

2.1.

3 P

repa

re S

patia

l Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

orks

an

d S

truc

ture

pla

ns to

gui

de th

e in

tegr

atio

n an

d lo

ng te

rm d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

var

ious

gra

des

of

urba

n ce

ntre

s.2.

1.4

Impr

ove

econ

omic

bas

e an

d pr

ovid

e ap

prop

riate

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces

for

the

defin

ed g

rade

s of

urb

an c

entr

es.

2.2.

1 B

uild

/mai

ntai

n a

netw

ork

of e

ffici

ent,

relia

ble

surf

ace

tran

spor

tatio

nto

(a)

inte

rlink

reg

iona

l ca

pita

ls, (

b) li

nk d

istr

ict c

apita

ls to

thei

r re

gion

al

capi

tals

, (c)

inte

rlink

dis

tric

t cap

itals

in th

e re

gion

, an

d (d

) lin

k S

peci

al D

evel

opm

ent A

reas

to

func

tiona

lly-r

elat

ed r

egio

nal a

nd d

istr

ict c

apita

ls2.

2.2

Ass

ess

and

deve

lop

need

ed s

ubur

ban

tran

spor

t sys

tem

incl

udin

g B

RT,

rai

lway

ser

vice

s an

d ot

her

mod

es w

ithin

gre

ater

met

ropo

litan

ar

eas.

2.2.

3 P

rovi

de K

umas

i, S

ekon

di-T

akor

adi a

nd

Tam

ale

with

the

high

est l

evel

of a

ir tr

ansp

orta

tion

XX

XX X

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

ILG

S

ND

PC

, MLG

RD

(U

DU

), IS

MA

s,,

ME

ST

(TC

PD

)N

DP

C, M

ES

T (

TC

PD

) R

CC

, M

MD

As

ND

PC

, MD

As

(MO

TI,

MO

FA,

ISM

A),

MM

DA

s

MR

H (

GH

A, D

FR

, DU

R) M

OT

, M

MD

As

(Wor

ks D

epar

tmen

t)

MO

T, G

RC

, MO

FE

P, M

MD

As

GC

AA

, Mo

C, M

OT

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

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r 5

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ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

2.3

Min

imiz

e th

e tr

avel

tim

e be

twee

n se

rvic

e ce

ntre

s of

all

size

s an

d th

eir

hint

erla

nds

2.4

Est

ablis

h ru

ral

serv

ice

cent

res

and

stre

ngth

en r

ural

-urb

an

linka

ges

to p

rom

ote

agric

ultu

re a

ndth

e de

velo

pmen

t ofa

gro-

base

d in

dust

ries

and

tele

com

mun

icat

ion

links

with

Acc

ra a

nd

inte

rnat

iona

l cen

tres

2.

2.4

Ass

ess

and

deve

lop/

upgr

ade

need

ed lo

cal

airp

orts

(a)

to in

terli

nk th

e m

ajor

citi

es, a

nd (

b) a

t sp

ecia

lly e

ndow

ed s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic c

entr

es in

re

mot

e lo

catio

ns.

2.2.

5 P

rovi

de a

ll re

gion

al a

nd d

istr

ict c

apita

ls w

ith

inte

grat

ed te

leco

mm

unic

atio

n lin

ks to

dom

estic

an

d in

tern

atio

nal d

estin

atio

ns2.

2.6

Dev

elop

a n

ew a

nd b

igge

r ai

rpor

t for

Acc

ra

to c

ompl

emen

t the

exi

stin

g ai

rpor

t as

a hu

b or

ga

tew

ay in

the

Wes

t Afr

ican

sub

-reg

ion

2.3.

1 Im

prov

e tr

ansp

ort n

etw

orks

(P

hysi

cal a

cces

s an

d in

tegr

ated

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt)

2.3.

2 Im

prov

e in

tra

and

inte

r-ur

ban

traf

fic

man

agem

ent a

nd m

aint

enan

ce s

yste

ms

2.3.

3 Im

prov

e in

ter-

urba

n ra

il tr

ansp

ort s

yste

m2.

4.1

Stu

dy a

nd id

entif

y ex

istin

g an

d po

tent

ial r

ural

serv

ice

cent

res

2.4.

2 P

rovi

de a

ppro

pria

te in

fras

truc

ture

and

se

rvic

es2.

4.3

Pro

mot

e in

vest

men

t in

agric

ultu

re, a

gro-

base

d an

d ot

her

indu

strie

s in

rur

al s

ervi

ce c

entr

es

and

thei

r hi

nter

land

s2.

4.4

Trai

n hu

man

res

ourc

es to

acq

uire

rel

evan

t sk

ills

to s

uppo

rt e

mer

ging

indu

strie

s

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

MO

T, G

CA

A, N

DP

C, M

OF

EP

Mo

C, a

nd p

rivat

e te

leco

m

com

pani

es

MO

T, G

CA

A, M

OF

EP

MO

T, M

RH

(G

HA

, DF

R, D

UR

) G

RC

, MM

DA

s (W

orks

Dep

t.)

MR

H (

GH

A, D

UR

), M

TT

U,

MM

DA

sM

OT

, GR

C

MO

FA, M

LG

RD

(U

DU

), M

ES

T (T

CP

D),

ND

PC

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

MO

FA, M

MD

A, M

OT

IGIP

C,

MiD

A, N

BS

SI

MO

E (

NV

TI,

ATT

C)

MO

TI ,

N

BS

SI,

MM

DA

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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Are

a 2:

Sp

atia

lly In

teg

rate

d H

iera

rch

y o

f U

rban

Cen

tres

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

aS

patia

lly In

tegr

ated

Hie

rarc

hy o

f Urb

an C

entr

es

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

2.1

Und

erta

ke a

stu

dy

and

esta

blis

h a

hier

arch

y of

urb

an

cent

res

for

defin

ed

func

tions

and

leve

ls o

f se

rvic

es

2.2

Spa

tially

inte

grat

e re

gion

al a

nd d

istr

ict

capi

tals

by

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d co

mm

unic

atio

ns

faci

litie

s an

d ot

her

rele

vant

ser

vice

s

2.1.

1 S

tudy

the

natio

nal u

rban

sys

tem

bas

ed o

n de

fined

func

tions

, uni

que

reso

urce

s an

d po

tent

ial ,

an

d id

entif

y th

e di

ffere

nt, m

eani

ngfu

l gra

des

of

urba

n se

ttlem

ents

2.

1.2

Def

ine

the

leve

ls o

f ser

vice

s fo

r ev

ery

gr

ade

of u

rban

cen

tre.

2.1.

3 P

repa

re S

patia

l Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

orks

an

d S

truc

ture

pla

ns to

gui

de th

e in

tegr

atio

n an

d lo

ng te

rm d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

var

ious

gra

des

of

urba

n ce

ntre

s.2.

1.4

Impr

ove

econ

omic

bas

e an

d pr

ovid

e ap

prop

riate

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces

for

the

defin

ed g

rade

s of

urb

an c

entr

es.

2.2.

1 B

uild

/mai

ntai

n a

netw

ork

of e

ffici

ent,

relia

ble

surf

ace

tran

spor

tatio

nto

(a)

inte

rlink

reg

iona

l ca

pita

ls, (

b) li

nk d

istr

ict c

apita

ls to

thei

r re

gion

al

capi

tals

, (c)

inte

rlink

dis

tric

t cap

itals

in th

e re

gion

, an

d (d

) lin

k S

peci

al D

evel

opm

ent A

reas

to

func

tiona

lly-r

elat

ed r

egio

nal a

nd d

istr

ict c

apita

ls2.

2.2

Ass

ess

and

deve

lop

need

ed s

ubur

ban

tran

spor

t sys

tem

incl

udin

g B

RT,

rai

lway

ser

vice

s an

d ot

her

mod

es w

ithin

gre

ater

met

ropo

litan

ar

eas.

2.2.

3 P

rovi

de K

umas

i, S

ekon

di-T

akor

adi a

nd

Tam

ale

with

the

high

est l

evel

of a

ir tr

ansp

orta

tion

XX

XX X

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

ILG

S

ND

PC

, MLG

RD

(U

DU

), IS

MA

s,,

ME

ST

(TC

PD

)N

DP

C, M

ES

T (

TC

PD

) R

CC

, M

MD

As

ND

PC

, MD

As

(MO

TI,

MO

FA,

ISM

A),

MM

DA

s

MR

H (

GH

A, D

FR

, DU

R) M

OT

, M

MD

As

(Wor

ks D

epar

tmen

t)

MO

T, G

RC

, MO

FE

P, M

MD

As

GC

AA

, Mo

C, M

OT

Yr

2Y

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Yr

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Imp

lem

en

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g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.2

Impr

ove

urba

n se

rvic

es a

nd

infr

astr

uctu

re to

su

ppor

t and

adv

ance

in

dust

rial i

nves

tmen

ts

and

prod

uctio

n

3.3

Targ

et g

row

th

cent

res

as c

hoic

e de

stin

atio

n fo

r in

fras

truc

tura

l de

velo

pmen

t and

ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

3.4

Enh

ance

the

com

petit

iven

ess

of

Gha

naia

n ci

ties

in

regi

onal

and

in

tern

atio

nal c

onte

xt

3.2.

1 Id

entif

y an

d ad

dres

s ga

ps in

urb

an

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces

in th

e di

ffere

nt

hier

arch

ies

of u

rban

cen

tres

, esp

ecia

lly in

indu

stria

l zo

nes

3.2.

2 P

rovi

de a

por

tfolio

of i

nves

tmen

ts in

urb

an

serv

ices

and

infr

astr

uctu

re a

t the

diff

eren

t lev

els

of

the

urba

n hi

erar

chy

3.2.

3 M

obili

se r

esou

rces

for

inve

stm

ents

in p

riorit

y ar

eas

iden

tifie

d3.

3.1

Iden

tify

grow

th c

entr

es a

nd in

fras

truc

tura

l ne

eds

of th

ese

cent

res

3.3.

2 D

evel

op a

por

tfolio

of p

oten

tial i

nves

tmen

ts in

th

ese

cent

res

3.3.

3 M

obili

ze r

esou

rces

for

inve

stm

ent a

nd

infr

astr

uctu

ral n

eeds

3.4.

1 P

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

soci

al s

ervi

ces

and

infr

astr

uctu

re3.

4.2

Dev

elop

inno

vativ

e fin

anci

al s

chem

es a

nd

ince

ntiv

es to

attr

act i

nves

tmen

ts3.

4.3

Bra

nd G

hana

ian

key

citie

s as

pos

sibl

e in

vest

men

t des

tinat

ions

in a

glo

baliz

ed w

orld

by

esta

blis

hing

pub

lic-p

rivat

e ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

part

ners

hip

to (

i) m

arke

t the

attr

actio

ns o

f the

A

ssem

bly

area

or

city

reg

ion

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

nd (

ii)

mai

ntai

n lo

cal e

cono

mic

per

form

ance

3.

4.4

Red

uce

the

cost

of d

oing

bus

ines

s by

el

imin

atin

g in

stitu

tiona

l bot

tlene

cks

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX X

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MO

TI,

AG

I

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, ND

PC

, GIP

C

(Priv

ate

Sec

tor)

, MO

FE

P

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s (M

OF

EP

),

Priv

ate

sect

or (

AG

I, G

CC

)

ND

PC

, MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MLG

RD

(U

DU

), M

ES

T (T

CP

D)

MM

DA

s, N

DP

C, G

IPC

, MO

FE

P,

MD

As

(MO

TI,

MoT

, IS

MA

)

MM

DA

s, M

OF

EP

, IS

MA

, GIP

C

(Priv

ate

sect

or)

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MO

FE

P, S

IF

MO

TI,

MO

FE

P, M

MD

As,

FI

Mo

T, M

OF

EP,

MM

DA

s, G

IPC

, M

oI (

Med

ia)

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s (t

hat p

roce

ss,

perm

its a

nd li

cens

es),

GIP

C

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Act

ion

Are

a 3:

Urb

an E

con

om

ic D

evel

op

men

t P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

Urb

an E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.1

Pro

mot

e lo

cal

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t (LE

D)

3.

1.1

Und

erta

ke a

com

preh

ensi

ve s

tudy

of t

he lo

cal

econ

omy

– its

cha

lleng

es a

nd p

rosp

ects

– c

over

ing

indu

stry

, tou

rism

, com

mer

ce, s

ervi

ces,

agr

icul

ture

, em

ploy

men

t and

rel

ated

land

req

uire

men

ts

3.1.

2 P

repa

re c

ompr

ehen

sive

urb

an in

form

atio

n an

d ke

y fa

cts,

incl

udin

g (i)

in

vest

men

t/dev

elop

men

t/bus

ines

s pr

ospe

cts;

(ii)

ex

istin

g an

d pr

opos

ed b

usin

ess

esta

blis

hmen

ts b

y ye

ar, a

nd b

y in

dust

rial c

lass

ifica

tion;

(iii

) av

aila

ble

vaca

nt la

nd, b

y la

nd-u

se c

ateg

ory;

and

mak

e th

em

avai

labl

e to

pro

spec

tive

inve

stor

s, M

DA

s an

d ex

istin

g en

trep

rene

urs

3.1.

3 F

orm

ulat

e a

LED

Fra

mew

ork

to g

uide

M

MD

As

3.1.

4 D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent L

ED

str

ateg

ies

base

d on

bes

t pra

ctic

es a

nd th

e pe

culia

r ci

rcum

stan

ces

of

the

loca

l are

as3.

1.5

Pro

mot

e bo

th in

tern

atio

nal a

nd d

omes

tic

tour

ism

in li

ne w

ith th

e N

atio

nal T

ouris

m

Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n3.

1.6

Pro

vide

ser

vice

d la

nd fo

r in

dust

ry a

nd

busi

ness

3.1.

7 U

pgra

de in

ner

city

are

as in

ord

er to

rev

italis

e so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D (

UD

U)

ND

PC

, G

SS

, IS

SE

R

MM

DA

s, G

IPC

, GS

S, A

GI,

GC

C

ML

GR

D -

UD

U, N

DP

C, M

OF

EP

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s

Mo

T, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s, L

C, M

OT

I

MM

DA

s, P

riva

te S

ecto

r

Yr

2Y

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Yr

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r 5

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tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.2

Impr

ove

urba

n se

rvic

es a

nd

infr

astr

uctu

re to

su

ppor

t and

adv

ance

in

dust

rial i

nves

tmen

ts

and

prod

uctio

n

3.3

Targ

et g

row

th

cent

res

as c

hoic

e de

stin

atio

n fo

r in

fras

truc

tura

l de

velo

pmen

t and

ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

3.4

Enh

ance

the

com

petit

iven

ess

of

Gha

naia

n ci

ties

in

regi

onal

and

in

tern

atio

nal c

onte

xt

3.2.

1 Id

entif

y an

d ad

dres

s ga

ps in

urb

an

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces

in th

e di

ffere

nt

hier

arch

ies

of u

rban

cen

tres

, esp

ecia

lly in

indu

stria

l zo

nes

3.2.

2 P

rovi

de a

por

tfolio

of i

nves

tmen

ts in

urb

an

serv

ices

and

infr

astr

uctu

re a

t the

diff

eren

t lev

els

of

the

urba

n hi

erar

chy

3.2.

3 M

obili

se r

esou

rces

for

inve

stm

ents

in p

riorit

y ar

eas

iden

tifie

d3.

3.1

Iden

tify

grow

th c

entr

es a

nd in

fras

truc

tura

l ne

eds

of th

ese

cent

res

3.3.

2 D

evel

op a

por

tfolio

of p

oten

tial i

nves

tmen

ts in

th

ese

cent

res

3.3.

3 M

obili

ze r

esou

rces

for

inve

stm

ent a

nd

infr

astr

uctu

ral n

eeds

3.4.

1 P

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

soci

al s

ervi

ces

and

infr

astr

uctu

re3.

4.2

Dev

elop

inno

vativ

e fin

anci

al s

chem

es a

nd

ince

ntiv

es to

attr

act i

nves

tmen

ts3.

4.3

Bra

nd G

hana

ian

key

citie

s as

pos

sibl

e in

vest

men

t des

tinat

ions

in a

glo

baliz

ed w

orld

by

esta

blis

hing

pub

lic-p

rivat

e ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

part

ners

hip

to (

i) m

arke

t the

attr

actio

ns o

f the

A

ssem

bly

area

or

city

reg

ion

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

nd (

ii)

mai

ntai

n lo

cal e

cono

mic

per

form

ance

3.

4.4

Red

uce

the

cost

of d

oing

bus

ines

s by

el

imin

atin

g in

stitu

tiona

l bot

tlene

cks

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX X

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MO

TI,

AG

I

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, ND

PC

, GIP

C

(Priv

ate

Sec

tor)

, MO

FE

P

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s (M

OF

EP

),

Priv

ate

sect

or (

AG

I, G

CC

)

ND

PC

, MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MLG

RD

(U

DU

), M

ES

T (T

CP

D)

MM

DA

s, N

DP

C, G

IPC

, MO

FE

P,

MD

As

(MO

TI,

MoT

, IS

MA

)

MM

DA

s, M

OF

EP

, IS

MA

, GIP

C

(Priv

ate

sect

or)

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MO

FE

P, S

IF

MO

TI,

MO

FE

P, M

MD

As,

FI

Mo

T, M

OF

EP,

MM

DA

s, G

IPC

, M

oI (

Med

ia)

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s (t

hat p

roce

ss,

perm

its a

nd li

cens

es),

GIP

C

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Act

ion

Are

a 3:

Urb

an E

con

om

ic D

evel

op

men

t P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

Urb

an E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.1

Pro

mot

e lo

cal

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t (LE

D)

3.

1.1

Und

erta

ke a

com

preh

ensi

ve s

tudy

of t

he lo

cal

econ

omy

– its

cha

lleng

es a

nd p

rosp

ects

– c

over

ing

indu

stry

, tou

rism

, com

mer

ce, s

ervi

ces,

agr

icul

ture

, em

ploy

men

t and

rel

ated

land

req

uire

men

ts

3.1.

2 P

repa

re c

ompr

ehen

sive

urb

an in

form

atio

n an

d ke

y fa

cts,

incl

udin

g (i)

in

vest

men

t/dev

elop

men

t/bus

ines

s pr

ospe

cts;

(ii)

ex

istin

g an

d pr

opos

ed b

usin

ess

esta

blis

hmen

ts b

y ye

ar, a

nd b

y in

dust

rial c

lass

ifica

tion;

(iii

) av

aila

ble

vaca

nt la

nd, b

y la

nd-u

se c

ateg

ory;

and

mak

e th

em

avai

labl

e to

pro

spec

tive

inve

stor

s, M

DA

s an

d ex

istin

g en

trep

rene

urs

3.1.

3 F

orm

ulat

e a

LED

Fra

mew

ork

to g

uide

M

MD

As

3.1.

4 D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent L

ED

str

ateg

ies

base

d on

bes

t pra

ctic

es a

nd th

e pe

culia

r ci

rcum

stan

ces

of

the

loca

l are

as3.

1.5

Pro

mot

e bo

th in

tern

atio

nal a

nd d

omes

tic

tour

ism

in li

ne w

ith th

e N

atio

nal T

ouris

m

Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n3.

1.6

Pro

vide

ser

vice

d la

nd fo

r in

dust

ry a

nd

busi

ness

3.1.

7 U

pgra

de in

ner

city

are

as in

ord

er to

rev

italis

e so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D (

UD

U)

ND

PC

, G

SS

, IS

SE

R

MM

DA

s, G

IPC

, GS

S, A

GI,

GC

C

ML

GR

D -

UD

U, N

DP

C, M

OF

EP

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s

Mo

T, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s, L

C, M

OT

I

MM

DA

s, P

riva

te S

ecto

r

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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Imp

lem

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tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.7

Bui

ld u

p an

d up

grad

e th

e op

erat

iona

l cap

aciti

es

of th

e in

form

al

ente

rpris

es

3.8

Impr

ove

fund

ing

supp

ort f

or th

e in

form

al e

cono

my

(tra

nspo

rt te

rmin

al, p

edes

tria

n ac

cess

ibili

ty, s

tora

ge

and

bank

ing

faci

litie

s, w

ater

, ele

ctric

ity, s

anita

ry

faci

litie

s)3.

7.1

Edu

cate

and

enc

oura

ge in

form

al e

cono

my

oper

ator

s to

trai

n fo

r im

prov

ed s

kills

, ado

pt

impr

oved

pro

duct

ion

met

hods

, exp

lore

mar

ket

pote

ntia

ls, a

nd r

ecei

ve in

stitu

tiona

l fin

anci

al c

redi

t.3.

7.2

Und

erta

ke e

xten

sion

trai

ning

and

ser

vice

pr

ogra

mm

es to

enh

ance

the

tech

nica

l, m

anag

eria

l an

d pr

oduc

tive

capa

citie

s of

SM

Es

3.7.

3 E

ncou

rage

gro

up d

evel

opm

ent t

o fa

cilit

ate

info

rmat

ion

diss

emin

atio

n, s

uppl

y of

mat

eria

l in

puts

, mob

iliza

tion

of c

redi

t and

sav

ings

, mar

ketin

g of

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es a

nd fo

rmat

ion

of jo

ined

ve

ntur

es.

3.8.

1 E

stab

lish

a sp

ecia

l fun

d to

sup

port

the

info

rmal

eco

nom

y, w

ith c

ontr

ibut

ions

from

G

over

nmen

t Pov

erty

Red

uctio

n P

rogr

amm

e F

unds

, th

e M

MD

As

and

the

priv

ate

sect

or3.

8.2

App

oint

an

inde

pend

ent b

ody

to o

rgan

ise

and

man

age

the

spec

ial f

und

3.8.

3 U

tiliz

e pa

rt o

f the

Fun

d to

sup

port

the

oper

atio

nal c

apac

ities

of i

nfor

mal

ent

erpr

ises

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X XX

X

NB

SS

I, M

MD

As,

NV

TI,

NG

Os

NB

SS

I, M

MD

As,

NV

TI,

NG

Os,

O

ther

Priv

ate

Sec

tor

NB

SS

I, M

OT

I, M

MD

As,

NG

Os,

T

he

Info

rmal

Op

erat

ors

.

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

MO

FE

P, N

BS

SI,

MM

DA

s, S

ME

s an

d O

ther

Priv

ate

Sec

tor

Est

ablis

hmen

ts

MLG

RD

, Cab

inet

ML

GR

D, N

BS

SI,

MM

DA

s, S

ME

s,

MO

FE

P

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.5

Cha

nge

offic

ial

attit

ude

tow

ards

in

form

al e

nter

pris

es –

fr

om n

egle

ct to

re

cogn

ition

and

pol

icy

supp

ort

3.6

Ens

ure

that

urb

an

plan

ning

pro

vide

s fo

r th

e ac

tiviti

es o

f the

in

form

al e

cono

my

3.5.

1 In

itiat

e re

gula

r di

alog

ue a

nd c

onsu

ltatio

ns

betw

een

city

/mun

icip

al a

utho

ritie

s an

d in

form

al

econ

omy

oper

ator

s3.

5.2

Reg

iste

r in

form

al e

cono

my

ente

rpris

es b

y de

sign

ated

zon

es a

nd g

roup

act

iviti

es3.

5.3

Car

ry o

ut n

eeds

ass

essm

ent b

y lo

catio

n an

d en

terp

rise

grou

p to

det

erm

ine

pecu

liar

assi

stan

ce

requ

ired

3.5.

4 S

et u

p an

d re

sour

ce th

e ne

w D

epar

tmen

t of

Trad

e an

d In

dust

ry (

esta

blis

hed

unde

r L.

I. 19

61 o

f 20

09)

to p

rom

ote

and

serv

ice

the

who

le u

rban

ec

onom

y, in

clud

ing

the

info

rmal

sec

tor

3.6.

1 In

corp

orat

e in

pla

nnin

g le

gisl

atio

n, s

tand

ards

an

d zo

ning

reg

ulat

ions

, pro

visi

ons

that

pro

tect

and

fa

cilit

ate

info

rmal

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

3.6.

2 In

volv

e S

ME

s in

pro

vidi

ng fo

r in

form

al

econ

omic

act

iviti

es in

urb

an s

truc

ture

and

loca

l pl

ans

3.6.

3 P

rovi

de s

mal

l and

med

ium

-sca

le e

nter

pris

es

with

indu

stria

l and

bus

ines

s es

tate

s in

str

ateg

ical

ly

sele

cted

pla

ces

with

nec

essa

ry u

rban

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es3.

6.4

Reg

ulat

e th

e in

form

al tr

adin

g ac

tiviti

es a

nd

intr

usio

ns in

con

gest

ed s

tree

ts b

y pr

ovid

ing

oper

ator

s w

ith a

ltern

ativ

e se

rvic

ed s

ites

that

hav

e co

mpe

titiv

e lo

catio

ns a

nd a

ncill

ary

faci

litie

s

XX

XX

X

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

The

Info

rmal

O

pera

tors

MM

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

SM

Es

MM

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

SM

Es

LG

S, M

MD

As,

MLG

RD

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, S

ME

s, N

BS

SI

MM

DA

s, S

SN

IT, S

ME

s, N

GO

s

MM

DA

s, T

he

Info

rmal

O

per

ato

rs, N

GO

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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le C

on

tin

ued

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le C

on

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ue

d

19GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.7

Bui

ld u

p an

d up

grad

e th

e op

erat

iona

l cap

aciti

es

of th

e in

form

al

ente

rpris

es

3.8

Impr

ove

fund

ing

supp

ort f

or th

e in

form

al e

cono

my

(tra

nspo

rt te

rmin

al, p

edes

tria

n ac

cess

ibili

ty, s

tora

ge

and

bank

ing

faci

litie

s, w

ater

, ele

ctric

ity, s

anita

ry

faci

litie

s)3.

7.1

Edu

cate

and

enc

oura

ge in

form

al e

cono

my

oper

ator

s to

trai

n fo

r im

prov

ed s

kills

, ado

pt

impr

oved

pro

duct

ion

met

hods

, exp

lore

mar

ket

pote

ntia

ls, a

nd r

ecei

ve in

stitu

tiona

l fin

anci

al c

redi

t.3.

7.2

Und

erta

ke e

xten

sion

trai

ning

and

ser

vice

pr

ogra

mm

es to

enh

ance

the

tech

nica

l, m

anag

eria

l an

d pr

oduc

tive

capa

citie

s of

SM

Es

3.7.

3 E

ncou

rage

gro

up d

evel

opm

ent t

o fa

cilit

ate

info

rmat

ion

diss

emin

atio

n, s

uppl

y of

mat

eria

l in

puts

, mob

iliza

tion

of c

redi

t and

sav

ings

, mar

ketin

g of

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es a

nd fo

rmat

ion

of jo

ined

ve

ntur

es.

3.8.

1 E

stab

lish

a sp

ecia

l fun

d to

sup

port

the

info

rmal

eco

nom

y, w

ith c

ontr

ibut

ions

from

G

over

nmen

t Pov

erty

Red

uctio

n P

rogr

amm

e F

unds

, th

e M

MD

As

and

the

priv

ate

sect

or3.

8.2

App

oint

an

inde

pend

ent b

ody

to o

rgan

ise

and

man

age

the

spec

ial f

und

3.8.

3 U

tiliz

e pa

rt o

f the

Fun

d to

sup

port

the

oper

atio

nal c

apac

ities

of i

nfor

mal

ent

erpr

ises

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X XX

X

NB

SS

I, M

MD

As,

NV

TI,

NG

Os

NB

SS

I, M

MD

As,

NV

TI,

NG

Os,

O

ther

Priv

ate

Sec

tor

NB

SS

I, M

OT

I, M

MD

As,

NG

Os,

T

he

Info

rmal

Op

erat

ors

.

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

MO

FE

P, N

BS

SI,

MM

DA

s, S

ME

s an

d O

ther

Priv

ate

Sec

tor

Est

ablis

hmen

ts

MLG

RD

, Cab

inet

ML

GR

D, N

BS

SI,

MM

DA

s, S

ME

s,

MO

FE

P

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

3.5

Cha

nge

offic

ial

attit

ude

tow

ards

in

form

al e

nter

pris

es –

fr

om n

egle

ct to

re

cogn

ition

and

pol

icy

supp

ort

3.6

Ens

ure

that

urb

an

plan

ning

pro

vide

s fo

r th

e ac

tiviti

es o

f the

in

form

al e

cono

my

3.5.

1 In

itiat

e re

gula

r di

alog

ue a

nd c

onsu

ltatio

ns

betw

een

city

/mun

icip

al a

utho

ritie

s an

d in

form

al

econ

omy

oper

ator

s3.

5.2

Reg

iste

r in

form

al e

cono

my

ente

rpris

es b

y de

sign

ated

zon

es a

nd g

roup

act

iviti

es3.

5.3

Car

ry o

ut n

eeds

ass

essm

ent b

y lo

catio

n an

d en

terp

rise

grou

p to

det

erm

ine

pecu

liar

assi

stan

ce

requ

ired

3.5.

4 S

et u

p an

d re

sour

ce th

e ne

w D

epar

tmen

t of

Trad

e an

d In

dust

ry (

esta

blis

hed

unde

r L.

I. 19

61 o

f 20

09)

to p

rom

ote

and

serv

ice

the

who

le u

rban

ec

onom

y, in

clud

ing

the

info

rmal

sec

tor

3.6.

1 In

corp

orat

e in

pla

nnin

g le

gisl

atio

n, s

tand

ards

an

d zo

ning

reg

ulat

ions

, pro

visi

ons

that

pro

tect

and

fa

cilit

ate

info

rmal

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

3.6.

2 In

volv

e S

ME

s in

pro

vidi

ng fo

r in

form

al

econ

omic

act

iviti

es in

urb

an s

truc

ture

and

loca

l pl

ans

3.6.

3 P

rovi

de s

mal

l and

med

ium

-sca

le e

nter

pris

es

with

indu

stria

l and

bus

ines

s es

tate

s in

str

ateg

ical

ly

sele

cted

pla

ces

with

nec

essa

ry u

rban

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es3.

6.4

Reg

ulat

e th

e in

form

al tr

adin

g ac

tiviti

es a

nd

intr

usio

ns in

con

gest

ed s

tree

ts b

y pr

ovid

ing

oper

ator

s w

ith a

ltern

ativ

e se

rvic

ed s

ites

that

hav

e co

mpe

titiv

e lo

catio

ns a

nd a

ncill

ary

faci

litie

s

XX

XX

X

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

The

Info

rmal

O

pera

tors

MM

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

SM

Es

MM

DA

s, N

BS

SI,

SM

Es

LG

S, M

MD

As,

MLG

RD

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, S

ME

s, N

BS

SI

MM

DA

s, S

SN

IT, S

ME

s, N

GO

s

MM

DA

s, T

he

Info

rmal

O

per

ato

rs, N

GO

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

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Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.3

Gen

erat

e en

viro

n-m

enta

l aw

aren

ess

4.4

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd o

pera

-tio

nal f

unds

to s

uppo

rt

was

te m

anag

emen

t ac

tiviti

es

4.5

Pro

tect

ope

n sp

aces

, gre

en b

elts

, fo

rest

res

erve

s, w

ater

bo

dies

, wet

land

s,

wat

er c

atch

men

t ar

eas

and

othe

r ec

olog

ical

ly s

ensi

tive

area

s fr

om p

hysi

cal

4.2.

7 E

nfor

ce E

PA G

uide

lines

, sta

ndar

ds a

nd

mea

sure

s go

vern

ing

toxi

c w

aste

dis

posa

l fro

m

hosp

itals

and

indu

strie

s4.

2.8

Inst

itute

/enf

orce

pol

lute

r pa

y po

licy

in w

aste

m

anag

emen

t4.

3.1

Mai

nstr

eam

and

str

engt

hen

awar

enes

s in

sc

hool

cur

ricul

ar, p

artic

ular

ly w

ith r

espe

ct to

at

titud

inal

cha

nge.

4.3.

2 In

stitu

te p

ublic

pro

gram

mes

for

awar

enes

s cr

eatio

n on

a c

ontin

uous

bas

is w

ith s

peci

al

refe

renc

e to

was

te m

anag

emen

t and

san

itatio

n4.

3.3

Hol

d re

gula

r w

orks

hops

and

sem

inar

s on

en

viro

nmen

tal i

ssue

s to

be

atte

nded

by

appr

opria

te s

taff

of M

MD

As

and

MD

As.

4.4.

1 A

udit

equi

pmen

t and

sou

rces

of f

unds

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t4.

4.2

Iden

tify

defic

ienc

ies

in e

quip

men

t and

fund

ing

optio

ns o

f was

te m

anag

emen

t4.

4.3

Dev

elop

inve

stm

ent p

ortfo

lio fo

r eq

uipm

ent

base

d on

app

ropr

iate

tech

nolo

gy4.

5.1

Pre

pare

str

uctu

re p

lans

with

cle

ar d

efin

ition

of

prot

ectio

n m

easu

res

for

open

spa

ces,

gre

en b

elts

an

d ot

her

ecol

ogic

ally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

4.5.

2 S

ecur

e de

sign

ated

ope

n la

nds

by p

urch

ase,

le

gisl

atio

n or

oth

er le

gal m

eans

4.5.

3 D

evel

op a

nd u

se o

pen

spac

es, g

reen

bel

ts

and

othe

r ec

olog

ical

ly s

ensi

tive

area

s (i)

for

appr

opria

te r

ecre

atio

n an

d ur

ban

farm

ing;

(ii)

to

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

X

X

X

X

XX

XX

X

EPA

, MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s / E

PA

MO

E/G

ES

, ME

ST

NC

CE

, ME

ST

/EPA

, ML

GR

D,

MM

DA

s

ME

ST

/EPA

, MLG

RD

MM

DA

s,

MD

As

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, (

PP

D),

RC

C

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D, L

C

MM

DA

s (P

PD

), P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

Yr

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r 5

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Act

ion

Are

a 4:

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NTA

L Q

UA

LIT

Y

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Imp

rove

En

viro

nm

enta

l Qu

alit

y o

f U

rban

Lif

e

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.1

Dev

elop

and

m

anag

e in

fras

truc

ture

sy

stem

s w

ith a

ppro

p-ria

te te

chno

logy

to

prov

ide

basi

c hy

gien

icco

nditi

ons

in to

wns

an

d ci

ties

4.2

Pre

pare

and

im

plem

ent s

anita

tion

actio

n pl

ans

for

all

lead

ing

urba

n ce

ntre

s,

incl

udin

g re

late

d st

atut

ory

regu

latio

ns

and

bye-

law

s en

surin

g ef

fect

ive

colle

ctio

n, d

ispo

sal

and

trea

tmen

t of s

olid

, liq

uid

and

toxi

c w

aste

4.1.

1 In

stitu

te a

ppro

pria

te w

aste

man

agem

ent

syst

ems

4.1.

2 Im

prov

e tr

eatm

ent a

nd s

afe

disp

osal

of l

iqui

d an

d so

lid w

aste

usi

ng a

ppro

pria

te te

chno

logy

4.1.

3 D

evel

op a

nd m

anag

e en

gine

ered

land

fills

in

all m

ajor

urb

an a

nd m

etro

polit

an a

reas

as

per

the

Gha

na L

andf

ills

Gui

delin

es o

f the

EPA

4.2.

1 U

nder

take

a d

etai

led

eval

uatio

n of

the

sour

ces

of w

aste

and

thei

r im

pact

on

the

natu

ral

and

hum

an li

ving

env

ironm

ent

4.2.

2 P

repa

re a

n in

vent

ory

of in

dust

ries

and

thei

r w

aste

type

s an

d ou

tput

s4.

2.3

Pre

pare

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

pro

gram

me,

to

elim

inat

e or

dec

reas

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

prob

lem

s4.

2.4

Dev

elop

a p

rogr

amm

e fo

r th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

was

te d

ispo

sal f

acili

ties

base

d on

low

-cos

t te

chno

logi

es4.

2.5

Pro

vide

ince

ntiv

es fo

r pr

ivat

e se

ctor

de

velo

pmen

t and

use

of i

nnov

ativ

e te

chno

logi

es in

sa

nita

ry w

aste

man

agem

ent

4.2.

6 R

evie

w a

nd s

tren

gthe

n le

gal i

nstr

umen

ts fo

r en

forc

emen

t of w

aste

man

agem

ent s

tand

ards

and

re

gula

tions

XX

X XX

XX

X

XX

X XX X

X

XX

XX

X

X

EPA

,ME

ST,

, MM

DA

s

EPA

, M

ES

T, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s , E

PA, M

ES

T

MM

DA

s , M

ES

T, E

PA

MM

DA

s , M

ES

T, E

PA

MM

DA

s , M

ES

T, E

PA

EPA

, M

ES

T, M

MD

As

ME

ST

, EPA

, MLG

RD

, MM

DA

s

EPA

, ML

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As

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g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.3

Gen

erat

e en

viro

n-m

enta

l aw

aren

ess

4.4

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd o

pera

-tio

nal f

unds

to s

uppo

rt

was

te m

anag

emen

t ac

tiviti

es

4.5

Pro

tect

ope

n sp

aces

, gre

en b

elts

, fo

rest

res

erve

s, w

ater

bo

dies

, wet

land

s,

wat

er c

atch

men

t ar

eas

and

othe

r ec

olog

ical

ly s

ensi

tive

area

s fr

om p

hysi

cal

4.2.

7 E

nfor

ce E

PA G

uide

lines

, sta

ndar

ds a

nd

mea

sure

s go

vern

ing

toxi

c w

aste

dis

posa

l fro

m

hosp

itals

and

indu

strie

s4.

2.8

Inst

itute

/enf

orce

pol

lute

r pa

y po

licy

in w

aste

m

anag

emen

t4.

3.1

Mai

nstr

eam

and

str

engt

hen

awar

enes

s in

sc

hool

cur

ricul

ar, p

artic

ular

ly w

ith r

espe

ct to

at

titud

inal

cha

nge.

4.3.

2 In

stitu

te p

ublic

pro

gram

mes

for

awar

enes

s cr

eatio

n on

a c

ontin

uous

bas

is w

ith s

peci

al

refe

renc

e to

was

te m

anag

emen

t and

san

itatio

n4.

3.3

Hol

d re

gula

r w

orks

hops

and

sem

inar

s on

en

viro

nmen

tal i

ssue

s to

be

atte

nded

by

appr

opria

te s

taff

of M

MD

As

and

MD

As.

4.4.

1 A

udit

equi

pmen

t and

sou

rces

of f

unds

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t4.

4.2

Iden

tify

defic

ienc

ies

in e

quip

men

t and

fund

ing

optio

ns o

f was

te m

anag

emen

t4.

4.3

Dev

elop

inve

stm

ent p

ortfo

lio fo

r eq

uipm

ent

base

d on

app

ropr

iate

tech

nolo

gy4.

5.1

Pre

pare

str

uctu

re p

lans

with

cle

ar d

efin

ition

of

prot

ectio

n m

easu

res

for

open

spa

ces,

gre

en b

elts

an

d ot

her

ecol

ogic

ally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

4.5.

2 S

ecur

e de

sign

ated

ope

n la

nds

by p

urch

ase,

le

gisl

atio

n or

oth

er le

gal m

eans

4.5.

3 D

evel

op a

nd u

se o

pen

spac

es, g

reen

bel

ts

and

othe

r ec

olog

ical

ly s

ensi

tive

area

s (i)

for

appr

opria

te r

ecre

atio

n an

d ur

ban

farm

ing;

(ii)

to

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

X

X

X

X

XX

XX

X

EPA

, MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s / E

PA

MO

E/G

ES

, ME

ST

NC

CE

, ME

ST

/EPA

, ML

GR

D,

MM

DA

s

ME

ST

/EPA

, MLG

RD

MM

DA

s,

MD

As

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, (

PP

D),

RC

C

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D, L

C

MM

DA

s (P

PD

), P

rivat

e S

ecto

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ion

Are

a 4:

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NTA

L Q

UA

LIT

Y

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Imp

rove

En

viro

nm

enta

l Qu

alit

y o

f U

rban

Lif

e

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.1

Dev

elop

and

m

anag

e in

fras

truc

ture

sy

stem

s w

ith a

ppro

p-ria

te te

chno

logy

to

prov

ide

basi

c hy

gien

icco

nditi

ons

in to

wns

an

d ci

ties

4.2

Pre

pare

and

im

plem

ent s

anita

tion

actio

n pl

ans

for

all

lead

ing

urba

n ce

ntre

s,

incl

udin

g re

late

d st

atut

ory

regu

latio

ns

and

bye-

law

s en

surin

g ef

fect

ive

colle

ctio

n, d

ispo

sal

and

trea

tmen

t of s

olid

, liq

uid

and

toxi

c w

aste

4.1.

1 In

stitu

te a

ppro

pria

te w

aste

man

agem

ent

syst

ems

4.1.

2 Im

prov

e tr

eatm

ent a

nd s

afe

disp

osal

of l

iqui

d an

d so

lid w

aste

usi

ng a

ppro

pria

te te

chno

logy

4.1.

3 D

evel

op a

nd m

anag

e en

gine

ered

land

fills

in

all m

ajor

urb

an a

nd m

etro

polit

an a

reas

as

per

the

Gha

na L

andf

ills

Gui

delin

es o

f the

EPA

4.2.

1 U

nder

take

a d

etai

led

eval

uatio

n of

the

sour

ces

of w

aste

and

thei

r im

pact

on

the

natu

ral

and

hum

an li

ving

env

ironm

ent

4.2.

2 P

repa

re a

n in

vent

ory

of in

dust

ries

and

thei

r w

aste

type

s an

d ou

tput

s4.

2.3

Pre

pare

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

pro

gram

me,

to

elim

inat

e or

dec

reas

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

prob

lem

s4.

2.4

Dev

elop

a p

rogr

amm

e fo

r th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

was

te d

ispo

sal f

acili

ties

base

d on

low

-cos

t te

chno

logi

es4.

2.5

Pro

vide

ince

ntiv

es fo

r pr

ivat

e se

ctor

de

velo

pmen

t and

use

of i

nnov

ativ

e te

chno

logi

es in

sa

nita

ry w

aste

man

agem

ent

4.2.

6 R

evie

w a

nd s

tren

gthe

n le

gal i

nstr

umen

ts fo

r en

forc

emen

t of w

aste

man

agem

ent s

tand

ards

and

re

gula

tions

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X XX

XX

X

XX

X XX X

X

XX

XX

X

X

EPA

,ME

ST,

, MM

DA

s

EPA

, M

ES

T, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s , E

PA, M

ES

T

MM

DA

s , M

ES

T, E

PA

MM

DA

s , M

ES

T, E

PA

MM

DA

s , M

ES

T, E

PA

EPA

, M

ES

T, M

MD

As

ME

ST

, EPA

, MLG

RD

, MM

DA

s

EPA

, ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

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itia

tive

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g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.8

Est

ablis

h ad

equa

te m

easu

res

agai

nst n

atur

al

haza

rds

in u

rban

ar

eas

4.9.

Pre

pare

and

im

plem

ent c

oast

al

man

agem

ent p

lans

to

effe

ct c

oast

al r

e-ve

geta

tion

and

eros

ion

cont

rol o

f de

nude

d an

d ne

glec

ted

coas

tal

tow

ns

4.7.

4 D

eleg

ate

perf

orm

ance

and

san

ctio

n re

spon

sibi

litie

s to

reg

iste

red

com

mun

ity

asso

ciat

ions

and

dra

w u

p ap

prop

riate

gui

delin

es fo

r th

e ve

sted

pow

ers

and

dutie

s4.

7.5

Pro

secu

te d

efau

lters

in s

anita

tion

cour

ts a

nd

appl

y se

vere

san

ctio

n4.

8.1

Ens

ure

a w

ell e

stab

lishe

d in

stitu

tiona

l pr

epar

edne

ss fo

r ra

pid

resp

onse

and

act

ion

in

heav

ily p

opul

ated

urb

an a

reas

4.8.

2 In

crea

se c

itize

n aw

aren

ess

of n

atur

al h

azar

ds

and

fam

iliar

ize

loca

l urb

an p

opul

atio

n w

ith c

itize

n em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

for

resc

ue, s

afet

y an

d re

fuge

4.8.

3 P

rovi

de a

nd p

rote

ct e

mer

genc

y re

fuge

site

s in

di

sast

er-p

rone

urb

an a

reas

4.8.

4 E

nfor

ce c

ompl

ianc

e of

all

phys

ical

de

velo

pmen

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ithth

e es

tabl

ishe

d pl

anni

ng a

nd b

uild

ing

code

s4.

9.1

Iden

tify

coas

tal t

owns

with

spe

cial

en

viro

nmen

tal p

robl

ems

and

prep

are

tech

nica

l m

anua

ls o

n co

nser

vatio

n an

d re

stor

atio

n fo

r th

e ad

vice

of M

MD

As

and

loca

l com

mun

ities

4.9.

2 P

repa

re a

nd im

plem

ent m

anag

emen

t pla

ns,

with

com

mun

ity a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

invo

lvem

ent,

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

and

tech

nica

l man

uals

4.9.

3 B

uild

up

prof

essi

onal

and

tech

nica

l cap

aciti

es

in a

ppro

pria

te d

epar

tmen

ts o

f MM

DA

s to

lead

and

en

sure

sus

tain

able

coa

stal

man

agem

ent

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As,

ME

ST

MM

DA

s, A

G’s

Dep

artm

ent

NA

DM

O

NA

DM

O, M

MD

As,

ME

ST

MM

DA

s, N

AD

MO

, EPA

MM

DA

s

ME

ST

/EPA

, MM

DA

s M

WR

WH

(H

ydro

Div

isio

n)

MM

DA

s, M

WR

WH

, Loc

al

Com

mun

ities

, Priv

ate

Sec

tor

LG

S ,M

MD

As,

, M

LGR

D

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ies

Yr

1K

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cti

vit

ies

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

urba

n en

croa

chm

ent

4.6

Dev

elop

and

im

plem

ent a

sy

stem

atic

pr

ogra

mm

e of

floo

d co

ntro

l mea

sure

s in

ur

ban

com

mun

ities

4.7

Pur

sue

rigor

ous

publ

ic e

duca

tion

and

law

enf

orce

men

t ag

ains

t rep

rehe

nsiv

e pu

blic

atti

tude

and

co

nduc

t tha

t ind

uce

envi

ronm

enta

l de

grad

atio

n

enha

nce

visu

al a

men

ity; a

nd (

iii)

to p

rom

ote

mic

ro

clim

ate

cont

rol a

s ap

prop

riate

4.6.

1 R

evie

w e

xist

ing

flood

con

trol

and

m

anag

emen

t situ

atio

n an

d de

velo

p, a

s ne

cess

ary,

dr

aina

ge/fl

ood

cont

rol m

anag

emen

t pla

ns fo

r ci

ties

and

tow

ns4.

6.2

Mon

itor,

eval

uate

and

rev

ise

plan

s on

a

regu

lar

basi

s4.

6.3

Pre

pare

a te

chni

cal m

anua

l on

urba

n dr

aina

ge s

chem

es to

gui

de M

MD

As

4.6.

4 In

stitu

te r

egul

ar in

spec

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

of

dra

ins;

and

enf

orce

str

ict l

and

use

cont

rols

to

prev

ent b

uild

ing

encr

oach

men

ts o

n dr

aina

ge

chan

nels

and

nat

ure

rese

rves

4.6.

5 S

tren

gthe

n th

e te

chni

cal c

apac

ities

of

MM

DA

s fo

r dr

aina

ge p

lann

ing,

dev

elop

men

t and

m

anag

emen

t; an

d flo

od d

isas

ter

prev

entio

n,

prep

ared

ness

and

man

agem

ent

4.7.

1 A

dvis

e an

d as

sist

MM

DA

s to

trai

n lo

cal

com

mun

ities

in e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n,

cons

erva

tion,

man

agem

ent,

and

mon

itorin

g4.

7.2

Inst

itute

pub

licity

and

ince

ntiv

es fo

r co

mm

unity

initi

ativ

es fo

r im

prov

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent

4.7.

3 U

nder

take

reg

ular

pub

lic c

ampa

igns

aga

inst

(i)

the

reck

less

dum

ping

of r

ubbi

sh in

to d

rain

s,

wat

er b

odie

s; a

nd (

ii) o

ther

und

esira

ble

acts

that

po

llute

or

degr

ade

the

urba

n en

viro

nmen

t

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s (W

orks

Dep

t), M

WR

WH

(H

ydro

Uni

t)

MM

DA

s, M

WR

WH

(H

ydro

Uni

t)

MW

RW

H (

Hyd

ro U

nit

),M

LGR

D

(UD

U)

MM

DA

s (W

orks

Dep

t)

MM

DA

S, L

GS

, MLG

RD

, M

WR

WH

ME

ST

/EPA

, MM

DA

sMLG

RD

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T, M

LGR

D

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itia

tive

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g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.8

Est

ablis

h ad

equa

te m

easu

res

agai

nst n

atur

al

haza

rds

in u

rban

ar

eas

4.9.

Pre

pare

and

im

plem

ent c

oast

al

man

agem

ent p

lans

to

effe

ct c

oast

al r

e-ve

geta

tion

and

eros

ion

cont

rol o

f de

nude

d an

d ne

glec

ted

coas

tal

tow

ns

4.7.

4 D

eleg

ate

perf

orm

ance

and

san

ctio

n re

spon

sibi

litie

s to

reg

iste

red

com

mun

ity

asso

ciat

ions

and

dra

w u

p ap

prop

riate

gui

delin

es fo

r th

e ve

sted

pow

ers

and

dutie

s4.

7.5

Pro

secu

te d

efau

lters

in s

anita

tion

cour

ts a

nd

appl

y se

vere

san

ctio

n4.

8.1

Ens

ure

a w

ell e

stab

lishe

d in

stitu

tiona

l pr

epar

edne

ss fo

r ra

pid

resp

onse

and

act

ion

in

heav

ily p

opul

ated

urb

an a

reas

4.8.

2 In

crea

se c

itize

n aw

aren

ess

of n

atur

al h

azar

ds

and

fam

iliar

ize

loca

l urb

an p

opul

atio

n w

ith c

itize

n em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

for

resc

ue, s

afet

y an

d re

fuge

4.8.

3 P

rovi

de a

nd p

rote

ct e

mer

genc

y re

fuge

site

s in

di

sast

er-p

rone

urb

an a

reas

4.8.

4 E

nfor

ce c

ompl

ianc

e of

all

phys

ical

de

velo

pmen

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ithth

e es

tabl

ishe

d pl

anni

ng a

nd b

uild

ing

code

s4.

9.1

Iden

tify

coas

tal t

owns

with

spe

cial

en

viro

nmen

tal p

robl

ems

and

prep

are

tech

nica

l m

anua

ls o

n co

nser

vatio

n an

d re

stor

atio

n fo

r th

e ad

vice

of M

MD

As

and

loca

l com

mun

ities

4.9.

2 P

repa

re a

nd im

plem

ent m

anag

emen

t pla

ns,

with

com

mun

ity a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

invo

lvem

ent,

follo

win

g gu

idel

ines

and

tech

nica

l man

uals

4.9.

3 B

uild

up

prof

essi

onal

and

tech

nica

l cap

aciti

es

in a

ppro

pria

te d

epar

tmen

ts o

f MM

DA

s to

lead

and

en

sure

sus

tain

able

coa

stal

man

agem

ent

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As,

ME

ST

MM

DA

s, A

G’s

Dep

artm

ent

NA

DM

O

NA

DM

O, M

MD

As,

ME

ST

MM

DA

s, N

AD

MO

, EPA

MM

DA

s

ME

ST

/EPA

, MM

DA

s M

WR

WH

(H

ydro

Div

isio

n)

MM

DA

s, M

WR

WH

, Loc

al

Com

mun

ities

, Priv

ate

Sec

tor

LG

S ,M

MD

As,

, M

LGR

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

urba

n en

croa

chm

ent

4.6

Dev

elop

and

im

plem

ent a

sy

stem

atic

pr

ogra

mm

e of

floo

d co

ntro

l mea

sure

s in

ur

ban

com

mun

ities

4.7

Pur

sue

rigor

ous

publ

ic e

duca

tion

and

law

enf

orce

men

t ag

ains

t rep

rehe

nsiv

e pu

blic

atti

tude

and

co

nduc

t tha

t ind

uce

envi

ronm

enta

l de

grad

atio

n

enha

nce

visu

al a

men

ity; a

nd (

iii)

to p

rom

ote

mic

ro

clim

ate

cont

rol a

s ap

prop

riate

4.6.

1 R

evie

w e

xist

ing

flood

con

trol

and

m

anag

emen

t situ

atio

n an

d de

velo

p, a

s ne

cess

ary,

dr

aina

ge/fl

ood

cont

rol m

anag

emen

t pla

ns fo

r ci

ties

and

tow

ns4.

6.2

Mon

itor,

eval

uate

and

rev

ise

plan

s on

a

regu

lar

basi

s4.

6.3

Pre

pare

a te

chni

cal m

anua

l on

urba

n dr

aina

ge s

chem

es to

gui

de M

MD

As

4.6.

4 In

stitu

te r

egul

ar in

spec

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

of

dra

ins;

and

enf

orce

str

ict l

and

use

cont

rols

to

prev

ent b

uild

ing

encr

oach

men

ts o

n dr

aina

ge

chan

nels

and

nat

ure

rese

rves

4.6.

5 S

tren

gthe

n th

e te

chni

cal c

apac

ities

of

MM

DA

s fo

r dr

aina

ge p

lann

ing,

dev

elop

men

t and

m

anag

emen

t; an

d flo

od d

isas

ter

prev

entio

n,

prep

ared

ness

and

man

agem

ent

4.7.

1 A

dvis

e an

d as

sist

MM

DA

s to

trai

n lo

cal

com

mun

ities

in e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n,

cons

erva

tion,

man

agem

ent,

and

mon

itorin

g4.

7.2

Inst

itute

pub

licity

and

ince

ntiv

es fo

r co

mm

unity

initi

ativ

es fo

r im

prov

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent

4.7.

3 U

nder

take

reg

ular

pub

lic c

ampa

igns

aga

inst

(i)

the

reck

less

dum

ping

of r

ubbi

sh in

to d

rain

s,

wat

er b

odie

s; a

nd (

ii) o

ther

und

esira

ble

acts

that

po

llute

or

degr

ade

the

urba

n en

viro

nmen

t

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s (W

orks

Dep

t), M

WR

WH

(H

ydro

Uni

t)

MM

DA

s, M

WR

WH

(H

ydro

Uni

t)

MW

RW

H (

Hyd

ro U

nit

),M

LGR

D

(UD

U)

MM

DA

s (W

orks

Dep

t)

MM

DA

S, L

GS

, MLG

RD

, M

WR

WH

ME

ST

/EPA

, MM

DA

sMLG

RD

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T, M

LGR

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.12

Atte

nd to

the

hygi

ene

and

qual

ity o

f fo

od fo

r th

e ur

ban

publ

ic.

4.11

.3 E

stab

lish

info

rmat

ion

units

in a

ppro

pria

te

depa

rtm

ents

of c

oast

al M

MD

As

and

ensu

re

avai

labi

lity

and

supp

ly o

f ess

entia

l inf

orm

atio

n to

co

mm

uniti

es a

nd th

e pu

blic

4.11

.4 B

uild

up

esse

ntia

l cap

aciti

es in

coa

stal

M

MD

As

to o

ffer

need

ed s

ervi

ces

to th

e pu

blic

4.12

.1 A

ppra

ise

the

hygi

ene

and

sani

tary

con

ditio

ns

of th

e st

orag

e, p

rese

rvat

ion,

pre

para

tion,

han

dlin

g,

pres

enta

tion,

and

rel

ated

sur

roun

ding

s of

food

s of

fere

d fo

r sa

le a

nd c

onsu

mpt

ion

in u

rban

pub

lic

plac

es (

mar

kets

and

sho

ps, r

esta

uran

ts a

nd c

hop

bars

, str

eet a

nd tr

ansp

ort t

erm

inal

s, a

lleys

and

ot

her

plac

es)

4.12

.2 C

ondu

ct r

egul

ar p

ublic

edu

catio

n on

food

hy

gien

e an

d pu

blic

hea

lth to

sen

sitiz

e co

nsum

ers

and

prov

ider

– s

elle

rs o

f pub

lic fo

ods.

4.12

.3 S

tren

gthe

n an

d en

forc

e re

gula

tions

to

ensu

re s

afe

publ

ic fo

ods

and

prot

ectio

n of

co

nsum

er h

ealth

.4.

12.4

Bui

ld u

p in

spec

tora

te c

apac

ity a

nd in

itiat

e rig

orou

s fie

ld in

spec

tion

and

cont

rol

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T/E

PAM

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, MLG

RD

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

LG

S, M

MD

As

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.10

Pro

tect

en

viro

nmen

tal q

ualit

y of

min

ing

tow

ns a

nd

thei

r hi

nter

land

s

4.11

Edu

cate

the

gene

ral p

ublic

and

co

mm

uniti

es o

n th

e ap

prop

riate

use

of

mar

ine,

coa

stal

and

w

etla

nds

reso

urce

s

4.9.

4 S

eek

fund

ing

supp

ort f

rom

indu

strie

s,

Dev

elop

men

t Par

tner

s an

d p

rivat

e se

ctor

sou

rces

fo

r co

asta

l man

agem

ent s

chem

es a

nd m

easu

res

4.10

.1 P

repa

re fo

r th

e ad

vice

of M

MD

As,

tech

nica

l m

anua

ls o

n pr

actic

al a

nd e

ffect

ive

loca

l con

trol

s of

en

viro

nmen

tal d

egra

datio

n an

d po

llutio

n4.

10.2

Invo

lve

the

dist

rict p

lann

ing

auth

ority

and

ap

prop

riate

MM

DA

dep

artm

ents

in th

e pr

oces

sing

of

app

licat

ions

for

min

ing

oper

atio

ns4.

10.3

Sub

ject

all

min

ing

oper

atio

ns to

loca

l pl

anni

ng c

ontr

ols

4.10

.4 B

uild

up

esse

ntia

l pro

fess

iona

l tec

hnic

al

capa

citie

s in

MM

DA

s to

ens

ure

effe

ctiv

e lo

cal

plan

ning

and

env

ironm

enta

l enf

orce

men

ts in

min

ing

settl

emen

ts4.

10.5

Pro

vide

for

regu

lar

wor

ksho

ps a

nd s

emin

ars

on p

lann

ing

and

envi

ronm

enta

l iss

ues

in m

inin

g se

ttlem

ents

for

appr

opria

te M

MD

As’

sta

ff4.

11.1

Pre

pare

and

dis

sem

inat

e m

anua

ls a

nd

sim

plifi

ed h

ando

uts

on th

e id

entif

icat

ion,

co

nser

vatio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e ut

iliza

tion

of m

arin

e,

coas

tal a

nd w

etla

nds

reso

urce

s4.

11.2

Org

aniz

e re

gula

r, pr

actic

al s

take

hold

er

cons

ulta

tions

and

dia

logu

e w

ith c

oast

al

com

mun

ities

on

the

man

agem

ent a

nd s

usta

inab

le

utili

zatio

n of

mar

ine,

coa

stal

and

wet

land

s re

sour

ces

XX X

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, M

LG

RD

, MO

FE

P

ME

ST

/EPA

, MLG

RD

MM

DA

s

ME

ST,

ML

NR

(M

iner

als

Com

mis

sion

), M

LG

RD

MM

DA

s ,M

ES

T, M

LNR

(M

C),

M

LGR

D,

LG

S,

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T

ME

ST

(E

PA, T

CP

D)

MM

DA

s

ME

ST

/EPA

, MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T/E

PA, M

LGR

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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ued

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itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.12

Atte

nd to

the

hygi

ene

and

qual

ity o

f fo

od fo

r th

e ur

ban

publ

ic.

4.11

.3 E

stab

lish

info

rmat

ion

units

in a

ppro

pria

te

depa

rtm

ents

of c

oast

al M

MD

As

and

ensu

re

avai

labi

lity

and

supp

ly o

f ess

entia

l inf

orm

atio

n to

co

mm

uniti

es a

nd th

e pu

blic

4.11

.4 B

uild

up

esse

ntia

l cap

aciti

es in

coa

stal

M

MD

As

to o

ffer

need

ed s

ervi

ces

to th

e pu

blic

4.12

.1 A

ppra

ise

the

hygi

ene

and

sani

tary

con

ditio

ns

of th

e st

orag

e, p

rese

rvat

ion,

pre

para

tion,

han

dlin

g,

pres

enta

tion,

and

rel

ated

sur

roun

ding

s of

food

s of

fere

d fo

r sa

le a

nd c

onsu

mpt

ion

in u

rban

pub

lic

plac

es (

mar

kets

and

sho

ps, r

esta

uran

ts a

nd c

hop

bars

, str

eet a

nd tr

ansp

ort t

erm

inal

s, a

lleys

and

ot

her

plac

es)

4.12

.2 C

ondu

ct r

egul

ar p

ublic

edu

catio

n on

food

hy

gien

e an

d pu

blic

hea

lth to

sen

sitiz

e co

nsum

ers

and

prov

ider

– s

elle

rs o

f pub

lic fo

ods.

4.12

.3 S

tren

gthe

n an

d en

forc

e re

gula

tions

to

ensu

re s

afe

publ

ic fo

ods

and

prot

ectio

n of

co

nsum

er h

ealth

.4.

12.4

Bui

ld u

p in

spec

tora

te c

apac

ity a

nd in

itiat

e rig

orou

s fie

ld in

spec

tion

and

cont

rol

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T/E

PAM

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, MLG

RD

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

LG

S, M

MD

As

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

4.10

Pro

tect

en

viro

nmen

tal q

ualit

y of

min

ing

tow

ns a

nd

thei

r hi

nter

land

s

4.11

Edu

cate

the

gene

ral p

ublic

and

co

mm

uniti

es o

n th

e ap

prop

riate

use

of

mar

ine,

coa

stal

and

w

etla

nds

reso

urce

s

4.9.

4 S

eek

fund

ing

supp

ort f

rom

indu

strie

s,

Dev

elop

men

t Par

tner

s an

d p

rivat

e se

ctor

sou

rces

fo

r co

asta

l man

agem

ent s

chem

es a

nd m

easu

res

4.10

.1 P

repa

re fo

r th

e ad

vice

of M

MD

As,

tech

nica

l m

anua

ls o

n pr

actic

al a

nd e

ffect

ive

loca

l con

trol

s of

en

viro

nmen

tal d

egra

datio

n an

d po

llutio

n4.

10.2

Invo

lve

the

dist

rict p

lann

ing

auth

ority

and

ap

prop

riate

MM

DA

dep

artm

ents

in th

e pr

oces

sing

of

app

licat

ions

for

min

ing

oper

atio

ns4.

10.3

Sub

ject

all

min

ing

oper

atio

ns to

loca

l pl

anni

ng c

ontr

ols

4.10

.4 B

uild

up

esse

ntia

l pro

fess

iona

l tec

hnic

al

capa

citie

s in

MM

DA

s to

ens

ure

effe

ctiv

e lo

cal

plan

ning

and

env

ironm

enta

l enf

orce

men

ts in

min

ing

settl

emen

ts4.

10.5

Pro

vide

for

regu

lar

wor

ksho

ps a

nd s

emin

ars

on p

lann

ing

and

envi

ronm

enta

l iss

ues

in m

inin

g se

ttlem

ents

for

appr

opria

te M

MD

As’

sta

ff4.

11.1

Pre

pare

and

dis

sem

inat

e m

anua

ls a

nd

sim

plifi

ed h

ando

uts

on th

e id

entif

icat

ion,

co

nser

vatio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e ut

iliza

tion

of m

arin

e,

coas

tal a

nd w

etla

nds

reso

urce

s4.

11.2

Org

aniz

e re

gula

r, pr

actic

al s

take

hold

er

cons

ulta

tions

and

dia

logu

e w

ith c

oast

al

com

mun

ities

on

the

man

agem

ent a

nd s

usta

inab

le

utili

zatio

n of

mar

ine,

coa

stal

and

wet

land

s re

sour

ces

XX X

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, M

LG

RD

, MO

FE

P

ME

ST

/EPA

, MLG

RD

MM

DA

s

ME

ST,

ML

NR

(M

iner

als

Com

mis

sion

), M

LG

RD

MM

DA

s ,M

ES

T, M

LNR

(M

C),

M

LGR

D,

LG

S,

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T

ME

ST

(E

PA, T

CP

D)

MM

DA

s

ME

ST

/EPA

, MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T/E

PA, M

LGR

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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Imp

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en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

5.3

Ens

ure

adop

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

of

the

LUP

MP

re

gard

ing

plan

ning

le

gisl

atio

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t gu

idel

ines

and

esta

blis

h ap

prop

riate

str

ateg

ic p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent f

ram

ewor

k fo

r ea

ch c

onsi

dere

d ar

ea,

unde

r th

e gu

idel

ines

of A

ct 4

80, S

ectio

ns 1

2, 1

3 an

d 14

and

LU

PM

P r

ecom

men

datio

ns5.

2.4

Rev

isit

the

once

exp

lore

d pr

opos

al o

f a

Nat

iona

l Cap

ital D

istr

ict w

ithin

the

Gre

ater

Acc

ra

Reg

ion

(in r

espo

nse

to th

e R

egio

nal M

inis

ter’s

re

com

men

datio

n to

the

Nat

iona

l Dec

entr

aliz

atio

n R

evie

w C

onfe

renc

e)5.

3.1

Con

clud

e, a

dopt

and

app

ly th

e em

ergi

ng

plan

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t ins

trum

ents

und

er th

e LU

PM

P, c

ompr

isin

g le

gisl

atio

n, p

lann

ing

mod

els,

st

anda

rds

and

land

use

con

trol

s5.

3.2

Str

engt

hen

prof

essi

onal

/tech

nica

l cap

acity

an

d lo

gist

ic s

uppo

rt fo

r th

e en

forc

emen

t of t

he

exis

ting

and

emer

ging

pla

nnin

g in

stru

men

ts5.

3.3

Pre

pare

and

man

age/

impl

emen

t spa

tial

deve

lopm

ent f

ram

ewor

ks, s

truc

ture

pla

ns a

nd lo

cal

plan

s fo

r m

etro

polit

an, m

unic

ipal

and

oth

er u

rban

se

ttlem

ents

5.3.

4 P

rovi

de a

nd c

onst

antly

rev

ise

all g

eode

tic

data

nec

essa

ry fo

r ef

ficie

nt to

tal d

evel

opm

ent o

f hu

man

set

tlem

ents

in th

e co

untr

y5.

3.5

Enh

ance

pub

lic a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nal p

ract

ice

educ

atio

n on

the

exis

ting

and

emer

ging

pla

nnin

g le

gisl

atio

n, s

tand

ards

and

dev

elop

men

t gui

delin

es

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

RC

C (

GA

R),

ML

GR

D, M

ES

T

(TC

PD

)

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

ND

PC

, MM

DA

s,

MLN

R,.

MD

As,

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, ME

ST

(TC

PD

)

MM

DA

s (P

PD

), R

CC

(T

CP

D,

RC

U)

LC

(S

urv

ey D

ivis

ion

)ME

ST

(TC

PD

), M

LNR

, MLG

RD

(U

DU

,

MM

DA

s,)

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Act

ion

Are

a 5:

Pla

nn

ing

an

d M

anag

emen

t o

f U

rban

Gro

wth

an

d S

pra

wl

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Ens

ure

Effe

ctiv

e P

lann

ing

and

Man

agem

ent o

f Urb

an G

row

th a

nd S

praw

l, es

peci

ally

of P

rimat

e C

ities

and

oth

er

Larg

e U

rban

Cen

tres

.

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

5.1

Ens

ure

that

in

vest

men

ts a

nd

deve

lopm

ent w

ill

cons

iste

ntly

and

in

crea

sing

ly b

e di

rect

ed to

war

ds

targ

eted

cou

nter

- m

agne

t gro

wth

are

as

5.2

Pro

be a

nd

esta

blis

h an

effe

ctiv

e in

tegr

ated

pla

nnin

g sy

stem

for

grea

ter

met

ropo

litan

are

as,

whi

ch e

mbr

ace

diffe

rent

pol

itica

l di

stric

ts

5.1.

1 H

ighl

ight

inve

stm

ent p

rosp

ects

and

thei

r lo

catio

n in

pre

pare

d sp

atia

l dev

elop

men

t fr

amew

orks

(na

tiona

l, re

gion

al a

nd d

istr

ict)

, with

sp

ecia

l em

phas

is o

n ta

rget

ed g

row

th a

reas

5.

1.2

Con

stan

tly g

ive

out c

ompr

ehen

sive

in

form

atio

n on

inve

stm

ent,

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

busi

ness

pro

spec

ts in

the

targ

et g

row

th a

reas

5.1.

3 G

uide

pro

spec

ting

inve

stor

s an

d de

velo

pers

to

the

high

light

ed in

vest

men

t pro

spec

ts a

nd

loca

tion

in ta

rget

ed g

row

th a

reas

5.1.

4 O

ffer

tax

and

othe

r in

cent

ives

to a

ttrac

t in

vest

ors

to th

e id

entif

ied

grow

th a

reas

5.1.

5 D

irect

sig

nific

ant p

ublic

inve

stm

ents

, es

peci

ally

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces,

to th

e ta

rget

ed g

row

th a

reas

, thr

ough

med

ium

-ter

m

natio

nal a

nd s

ecto

ral d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

amm

es

and

the

publ

ic b

udge

tary

inst

rum

ent

5.2.

1 S

tudy

and

def

ine

a co

ntig

uous

gre

ater

m

etro

polit

an a

rea

in r

espe

ct o

f Acc

ra, K

umas

i, S

ekon

di-T

akor

adi a

nd o

ther

elig

ible

con

tiguo

us

urba

n ar

eas,

in te

rms

of n

eede

d st

rate

gic

plan

ning

an

d co

ordi

nate

d de

velo

pmen

t man

agem

ent

5.2.

2 S

ubm

it st

udy

findi

ngs

with

alte

rnat

ive

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

stak

ehol

ders

rev

iew

5.2.

3 D

esig

nate

def

ined

gre

ater

met

ropo

litan

are

a

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

X

X

ND

PC

, ME

ST

(TC

PD

), R

CC

,

MM

DA

s

GIP

C, M

MD

As,

MO

FA, M

OT

I and

othe

r M

DA

s

GIP

C, M

MD

As,

MO

FA, M

OT

I and

othe

r M

DA

s

MO

FE

P, G

IPC

ND

PC

, MO

FE

P, M

DA

s

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U)M

ES

T

(TC

PD

), R

CC

MM

DA

s

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D, R

CC

ME

ST

(TC

PD

)

ND

PC

, Pre

side

ncy

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT26

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Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

5.3

Ens

ure

adop

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

of

the

LUP

MP

re

gard

ing

plan

ning

le

gisl

atio

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t gu

idel

ines

and

esta

blis

h ap

prop

riate

str

ateg

ic p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent f

ram

ewor

k fo

r ea

ch c

onsi

dere

d ar

ea,

unde

r th

e gu

idel

ines

of A

ct 4

80, S

ectio

ns 1

2, 1

3 an

d 14

and

LU

PM

P r

ecom

men

datio

ns5.

2.4

Rev

isit

the

once

exp

lore

d pr

opos

al o

f a

Nat

iona

l Cap

ital D

istr

ict w

ithin

the

Gre

ater

Acc

ra

Reg

ion

(in r

espo

nse

to th

e R

egio

nal M

inis

ter’s

re

com

men

datio

n to

the

Nat

iona

l Dec

entr

aliz

atio

n R

evie

w C

onfe

renc

e)5.

3.1

Con

clud

e, a

dopt

and

app

ly th

e em

ergi

ng

plan

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t ins

trum

ents

und

er th

e LU

PM

P, c

ompr

isin

g le

gisl

atio

n, p

lann

ing

mod

els,

st

anda

rds

and

land

use

con

trol

s5.

3.2

Str

engt

hen

prof

essi

onal

/tech

nica

l cap

acity

an

d lo

gist

ic s

uppo

rt fo

r th

e en

forc

emen

t of t

he

exis

ting

and

emer

ging

pla

nnin

g in

stru

men

ts5.

3.3

Pre

pare

and

man

age/

impl

emen

t spa

tial

deve

lopm

ent f

ram

ewor

ks, s

truc

ture

pla

ns a

nd lo

cal

plan

s fo

r m

etro

polit

an, m

unic

ipal

and

oth

er u

rban

se

ttlem

ents

5.3.

4 P

rovi

de a

nd c

onst

antly

rev

ise

all g

eode

tic

data

nec

essa

ry fo

r ef

ficie

nt to

tal d

evel

opm

ent o

f hu

man

set

tlem

ents

in th

e co

untr

y5.

3.5

Enh

ance

pub

lic a

nd p

rofe

ssio

nal p

ract

ice

educ

atio

n on

the

exis

ting

and

emer

ging

pla

nnin

g le

gisl

atio

n, s

tand

ards

and

dev

elop

men

t gui

delin

es

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

RC

C (

GA

R),

ML

GR

D, M

ES

T

(TC

PD

)

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

ND

PC

, MM

DA

s,

MLN

R,.

MD

As,

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, ME

ST

(TC

PD

)

MM

DA

s (P

PD

), R

CC

(T

CP

D,

RC

U)

LC

(S

urv

ey D

ivis

ion

)ME

ST

(TC

PD

), M

LNR

, MLG

RD

(U

DU

,

MM

DA

s,)

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Act

ion

Are

a 5:

Pla

nn

ing

an

d M

anag

emen

t o

f U

rban

Gro

wth

an

d S

pra

wl

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Ens

ure

Effe

ctiv

e P

lann

ing

and

Man

agem

ent o

f Urb

an G

row

th a

nd S

praw

l, es

peci

ally

of P

rimat

e C

ities

and

oth

er

Larg

e U

rban

Cen

tres

.

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

5.1

Ens

ure

that

in

vest

men

ts a

nd

deve

lopm

ent w

ill

cons

iste

ntly

and

in

crea

sing

ly b

e di

rect

ed to

war

ds

targ

eted

cou

nter

- m

agne

t gro

wth

are

as

5.2

Pro

be a

nd

esta

blis

h an

effe

ctiv

e in

tegr

ated

pla

nnin

g sy

stem

for

grea

ter

met

ropo

litan

are

as,

whi

ch e

mbr

ace

diffe

rent

pol

itica

l di

stric

ts

5.1.

1 H

ighl

ight

inve

stm

ent p

rosp

ects

and

thei

r lo

catio

n in

pre

pare

d sp

atia

l dev

elop

men

t fr

amew

orks

(na

tiona

l, re

gion

al a

nd d

istr

ict)

, with

sp

ecia

l em

phas

is o

n ta

rget

ed g

row

th a

reas

5.

1.2

Con

stan

tly g

ive

out c

ompr

ehen

sive

in

form

atio

n on

inve

stm

ent,

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

busi

ness

pro

spec

ts in

the

targ

et g

row

th a

reas

5.1.

3 G

uide

pro

spec

ting

inve

stor

s an

d de

velo

pers

to

the

high

light

ed in

vest

men

t pro

spec

ts a

nd

loca

tion

in ta

rget

ed g

row

th a

reas

5.1.

4 O

ffer

tax

and

othe

r in

cent

ives

to a

ttrac

t in

vest

ors

to th

e id

entif

ied

grow

th a

reas

5.1.

5 D

irect

sig

nific

ant p

ublic

inve

stm

ents

, es

peci

ally

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces,

to th

e ta

rget

ed g

row

th a

reas

, thr

ough

med

ium

-ter

m

natio

nal a

nd s

ecto

ral d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

amm

es

and

the

publ

ic b

udge

tary

inst

rum

ent

5.2.

1 S

tudy

and

def

ine

a co

ntig

uous

gre

ater

m

etro

polit

an a

rea

in r

espe

ct o

f Acc

ra, K

umas

i, S

ekon

di-T

akor

adi a

nd o

ther

elig

ible

con

tiguo

us

urba

n ar

eas,

in te

rms

of n

eede

d st

rate

gic

plan

ning

an

d co

ordi

nate

d de

velo

pmen

t man

agem

ent

5.2.

2 S

ubm

it st

udy

findi

ngs

with

alte

rnat

ive

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

stak

ehol

ders

rev

iew

5.2.

3 D

esig

nate

def

ined

gre

ater

met

ropo

litan

are

a

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

X

X

ND

PC

, ME

ST

(TC

PD

), R

CC

,

MM

DA

s

GIP

C, M

MD

As,

MO

FA, M

OT

I and

othe

r M

DA

s

GIP

C, M

MD

As,

MO

FA, M

OT

I and

othe

r M

DA

s

MO

FE

P, G

IPC

ND

PC

, MO

FE

P, M

DA

s

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D (

UD

U)M

ES

T

(TC

PD

), R

CC

MM

DA

s

ND

PC

, ML

GR

D, R

CC

ME

ST

(TC

PD

)

ND

PC

, Pre

side

ncy

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT26

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ion

Are

a 6:

Urb

an In

fras

tru

ctu

re a

nd

Ser

vice

s P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o en

sure

effi

cien

t urb

an in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

del

iver

y

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

6.1

Ass

ess

infr

astr

uctu

re n

eeds

of

urb

an a

reas

and

m

obili

se r

esou

rces

to

supp

ort i

nfra

stru

ctur

al

deve

lopm

ent

6.2

Impr

ove

deliv

ery

and

man

agem

ent o

f ur

ban

serv

ices

, soc

ial

and

econ

omic

in

fras

truc

ture

and

se

rvic

es (

incl

udin

g ed

ucat

ion,

hea

lth,

wat

er, s

anita

tion,

en

ergy

, tra

nspo

rt)

6.3

Gui

de a

nd m

ana-

ge in

vest

men

ts in

all

rele

vant

tran

spor

t m

odes

for

an e

ffici

ent

and

effe

ctiv

e in

tra

and

inte

r-ci

ty tr

ansp

ort

deve

lopm

ent

6.1.

1 A

udit

urba

n in

fras

truc

ture

, ser

vice

s an

d ne

eds

6.1.

2 P

repa

re th

e ne

cess

ary

inve

stm

ent p

ortfo

lios

for

the

vario

us le

vels

of u

rban

cen

tres

6.1.

3 Im

prov

e re

sour

ce m

obili

satio

n to

war

ds

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

6.1.

4 E

nhan

ce th

e ca

paci

ty o

f the

rev

enue

co

llect

ion

agen

cies

6.

1.5

Ens

ure

prom

pt r

elea

se o

f reg

ular

pay

men

t of

stat

utor

y fu

nds

to th

e M

MD

As

6.2.

1 S

tren

gthe

n P

ublic

Priv

ate

Par

tner

ship

(P

PP

) w

ith a

ppro

pria

te le

gisl

ativ

e fr

amew

ork

6.2.

2 In

stitu

te a

cul

ture

of m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

deve

lop

a m

aint

enan

ce p

lan

with

bud

get a

nd

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity fo

r se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

and

man

ager

s to

del

iver

ser

vice

s6.

2.3

Bui

ld a

con

sens

us o

n co

st r

ecov

ery

initi

ativ

es

for

urba

n se

rvic

e de

liver

y an

d in

fras

truc

ture

pr

ovis

ion

6.3.

1 D

evel

op a

por

tfolio

for

inve

stm

ent i

n al

l tr

ansp

ort m

odes

6.3.

2 E

stab

lish

mec

hani

sms

for

inst

itutio

nal

colla

bora

tion

in im

plem

entin

g an

d m

anag

ing

inve

stm

ent i

n tr

ansp

ort m

odes

6.3.

3 Id

entif

y al

l sou

rces

of f

unds

for

inve

stm

ents

in

tran

spor

t mod

es.

X X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

XX

X

ISM

A, M

MD

As,

MLG

RD

/UD

U

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MO

FE

P,

Rev

enue

Col

lect

ion

Age

ncie

s

MM

DA

s, M

OF

EP,

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

Com

mon

F

und

Adm

inis

trat

ion

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

AG

’s

Dep

artm

ent M

MD

As,

MD

As,

P

rivat

e se

ctor

, PU

RC

,

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s, M

OF

EP,

MoI

, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r, N

CC

E,

MO

FE

P, M

MD

As,

ISM

A, P

UR

C,

NC

CE

, CS

O, M

oI

MO

T, M

RH

, MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MO

T, M

RH

, MLG

RD

, Priv

ate

Sec

tor

MR

H, M

OT,

MD

DA

s, M

OF

EP,

P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

29GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

5.4

Str

engt

hen

the

use

of r

emot

e se

nsin

g (s

uch

as a

eria

l pho

to-

grap

hs, s

atel

lite

imag

-er

ies)

and

Geo

grap

hic

Info

rmat

ion

Sys

tem

(G

IS)

to e

nhan

ce

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t an

d m

anag

emen

t.

5.3.

6 In

corp

orat

e as

app

ropr

iate

the

emer

ging

pl

anni

ng in

stru

men

ts in

the

curr

icul

a of

pro

fess

iona

l ur

ban

plan

ning

and

man

agem

ent c

ours

es in

loca

l hi

gher

inst

itutio

ns o

f lea

rnin

g5.

4.1

Inve

st m

ore

fund

s in

rem

ote

sens

ing,

GIS

te

chno

logy

and

ski

lls tr

aini

ng in

the

rele

vant

in

stitu

tions

5.

4.2

Est

ablis

h re

mot

e se

nsin

g an

d G

IS a

s

deci

sion

-mak

ing

tool

s in

all

rele

vant

dep

artm

ents

an

d A

genc

ies

in th

e pu

blic

sec

tor

5.4.

3 U

pgra

de th

e sk

ills

of e

xist

ing

rele

vant

hum

an

reso

urce

s in

the

MM

DA

s an

d M

DA

s in

RS

/GIS

ap

plic

atio

ns

X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

ME

ST

(T

CP

D)P

rofe

ssio

nal

Ass

ocia

tions

that

dea

l with

the

built

env

ironm

ent

KN

US

T ,

Oth

er r

elev

ant

inst

itutio

ns

CE

RS

GIS

, O

ther

rel

evan

t bod

ies

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s,

CE

RS

GIS

, MM

DA

s, M

DA

s,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

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Act

ion

Are

a 6:

Urb

an In

fras

tru

ctu

re a

nd

Ser

vice

s P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o en

sure

effi

cien

t urb

an in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

del

iver

y

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

6.1

Ass

ess

infr

astr

uctu

re n

eeds

of

urb

an a

reas

and

m

obili

se r

esou

rces

to

supp

ort i

nfra

stru

ctur

al

deve

lopm

ent

6.2

Impr

ove

deliv

ery

and

man

agem

ent o

f ur

ban

serv

ices

, soc

ial

and

econ

omic

in

fras

truc

ture

and

se

rvic

es (

incl

udin

g ed

ucat

ion,

hea

lth,

wat

er, s

anita

tion,

en

ergy

, tra

nspo

rt)

6.3

Gui

de a

nd m

ana-

ge in

vest

men

ts in

all

rele

vant

tran

spor

t m

odes

for

an e

ffici

ent

and

effe

ctiv

e in

tra

and

inte

r-ci

ty tr

ansp

ort

deve

lopm

ent

6.1.

1 A

udit

urba

n in

fras

truc

ture

, ser

vice

s an

d ne

eds

6.1.

2 P

repa

re th

e ne

cess

ary

inve

stm

ent p

ortfo

lios

for

the

vario

us le

vels

of u

rban

cen

tres

6.1.

3 Im

prov

e re

sour

ce m

obili

satio

n to

war

ds

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

6.1.

4 E

nhan

ce th

e ca

paci

ty o

f the

rev

enue

co

llect

ion

agen

cies

6.

1.5

Ens

ure

prom

pt r

elea

se o

f reg

ular

pay

men

t of

stat

utor

y fu

nds

to th

e M

MD

As

6.2.

1 S

tren

gthe

n P

ublic

Priv

ate

Par

tner

ship

(P

PP

) w

ith a

ppro

pria

te le

gisl

ativ

e fr

amew

ork

6.2.

2 In

stitu

te a

cul

ture

of m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

deve

lop

a m

aint

enan

ce p

lan

with

bud

get a

nd

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity fo

r se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

and

man

ager

s to

del

iver

ser

vice

s6.

2.3

Bui

ld a

con

sens

us o

n co

st r

ecov

ery

initi

ativ

es

for

urba

n se

rvic

e de

liver

y an

d in

fras

truc

ture

pr

ovis

ion

6.3.

1 D

evel

op a

por

tfolio

for

inve

stm

ent i

n al

l tr

ansp

ort m

odes

6.3.

2 E

stab

lish

mec

hani

sms

for

inst

itutio

nal

colla

bora

tion

in im

plem

entin

g an

d m

anag

ing

inve

stm

ent i

n tr

ansp

ort m

odes

6.3.

3 Id

entif

y al

l sou

rces

of f

unds

for

inve

stm

ents

in

tran

spor

t mod

es.

X X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

XX

X

ISM

A, M

MD

As,

MLG

RD

/UD

U

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, MO

FE

P,

Rev

enue

Col

lect

ion

Age

ncie

s

MM

DA

s, M

OF

EP,

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

Com

mon

F

und

Adm

inis

trat

ion

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

AG

’s

Dep

artm

ent M

MD

As,

MD

As,

P

rivat

e se

ctor

, PU

RC

,

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s, M

OF

EP,

MoI

, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r, N

CC

E,

MO

FE

P, M

MD

As,

ISM

A, P

UR

C,

NC

CE

, CS

O, M

oI

MO

T, M

RH

, MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MO

T, M

RH

, MLG

RD

, Priv

ate

Sec

tor

MR

H, M

OT,

MD

DA

s, M

OF

EP,

P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

Yr

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Yr

4Y

r 5

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Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

5.4

Str

engt

hen

the

use

of r

emot

e se

nsin

g (s

uch

as a

eria

l pho

to-

grap

hs, s

atel

lite

imag

-er

ies)

and

Geo

grap

hic

Info

rmat

ion

Sys

tem

(G

IS)

to e

nhan

ce

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t an

d m

anag

emen

t.

5.3.

6 In

corp

orat

e as

app

ropr

iate

the

emer

ging

pl

anni

ng in

stru

men

ts in

the

curr

icul

a of

pro

fess

iona

l ur

ban

plan

ning

and

man

agem

ent c

ours

es in

loca

l hi

gher

inst

itutio

ns o

f lea

rnin

g5.

4.1

Inve

st m

ore

fund

s in

rem

ote

sens

ing,

GIS

te

chno

logy

and

ski

lls tr

aini

ng in

the

rele

vant

in

stitu

tions

5.

4.2

Est

ablis

h re

mot

e se

nsin

g an

d G

IS a

s

deci

sion

-mak

ing

tool

s in

all

rele

vant

dep

artm

ents

an

d A

genc

ies

in th

e pu

blic

sec

tor

5.4.

3 U

pgra

de th

e sk

ills

of e

xist

ing

rele

vant

hum

an

reso

urce

s in

the

MM

DA

s an

d M

DA

s in

RS

/GIS

ap

plic

atio

ns

X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

ME

ST

(T

CP

D)P

rofe

ssio

nal

Ass

ocia

tions

that

dea

l with

the

built

env

ironm

ent

KN

US

T ,

Oth

er r

elev

ant

inst

itutio

ns

CE

RS

GIS

, O

ther

rel

evan

t bod

ies

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s,

CE

RS

GIS

, MM

DA

s, M

DA

s,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT28

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

serv

ices

on

the

basi

s of

nat

iona

l, re

gion

al

and

dist

rict s

patia

l de

velo

pmen

t fra

me-

wor

ks a

nd u

rban

st

ruct

ure

plan

s6.

8 S

tren

gthe

n th

e ca

paci

ty a

nd in

stitu

tio-

nal c

oord

inat

ion

of

utili

ty c

ompa

nies

and

ot

her

serv

ice

and

infr

astr

uctu

re

prov

ider

s

are

requ

ired

in s

elec

ted

grow

th a

reas

to b

olst

er

inve

stm

ent p

rosp

ects

in th

ose

area

s6.

7.2

Ado

pt a

nd tr

ansl

ate

reco

mm

enda

tions

and

pr

iorit

ies

in s

patia

l dev

elop

men

t fra

mew

orks

into

na

tiona

l and

sec

tora

l med

ium

-ter

m d

evel

opm

ent

plan

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es6.

8.1

Rev

iew

and

iden

tify

defic

ienc

ies

in

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity6.

8.2

Est

ablis

h m

echa

nism

s fo

r ad

dres

sing

de

ficie

ncie

s in

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity6.

8.3

Dev

elop

mec

hani

sm fo

r in

stitu

tiona

l co

ordi

natio

n in

clud

ing

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

6.8.

4 D

evel

op m

echa

nism

s fo

r m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatin

g pe

rfor

man

ce o

f util

ity c

ompa

nies

and

se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

XX

XX

X X

X XX

X

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, ND

PC

, MO

FE

P

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D/U

DU

, ND

PC

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D/U

DU

, IS

MA

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D/U

DU

, IS

MA

ML

GR

D/U

DU

, MM

DA

s, P

UR

C,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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ued

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licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

6.4

Pro

mot

e ef

ficie

nt

and

effe

ctiv

e pu

blic

tr

ansp

ort s

yste

ms

6.5

Dev

elop

and

m

anag

e in

fras

truc

ture

sy

stem

s w

ith

appr

opria

te te

chno

-lo

gy a

nd s

tand

ards

to

suit

the

pecu

liarit

ies

of

urba

n co

mm

uniti

es6.

6 P

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

tech

nica

l cap

acity

equi

pmen

t and

ope

ra-

tiona

l fun

ds to

sup

port

w

aste

man

agem

ent

activ

ities

6.7

Pro

vide

in

fras

truc

ture

and

6.4.

1 Im

plem

ent B

us R

apid

Tra

nsit

6.4.

2 P

rom

ote

inte

grat

ed p

ublic

tran

spor

t sys

tem

(e

.g. l

ink

betw

een

road

, rai

l)6.

4.3

Impr

ove

and

mai

ntai

n th

e tr

ansp

ort s

yste

m

(roa

ds, r

ail,

vehi

cles

and

non

-mot

oriz

ed tr

ansp

ort)

6.4.

4 P

rom

ote

PP

P a

nd B

OT

in p

ublic

tran

spor

t sy

stem

s6.

4.5

Inte

nsify

edu

catio

n an

d se

nsiti

satio

n of

pr

ivat

e op

erat

ors

on s

afet

y, m

aint

enan

ce, c

usto

mer

ca

re

6.5.

1 E

stab

lish

varia

ble

tech

nolo

gies

and

sta

ndar

ds

for

diffe

rent

urb

an c

omm

uniti

es o

n ba

sis

such

as

inco

me

leve

ls, r

esid

entia

l den

sitie

s an

d af

ford

abili

ty6.

5.2

Pro

mot

e an

d gu

ide

deve

lopm

ent o

f urb

an

resi

dent

ial c

omm

uniti

es w

ith a

ppro

pria

te m

inim

um

stan

dard

s of

bas

ic s

ervi

ces

such

as

road

s, d

rain

s,

wat

er a

nd s

anita

tion

6.6.

1 A

udit

equi

pmen

t and

sou

rces

of f

unds

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t in

all u

rban

cen

tres

6.6.

2 Id

entif

y de

ficie

ncie

s in

equ

ipm

ent a

nd fu

ndin

g op

tions

of w

aste

man

agem

ent

6.6.

3 D

evel

op in

vest

men

t por

tfolio

for

equi

pmen

t ba

sed

on a

ppro

pria

te te

chno

logy

6.7.

1 Id

entif

y an

d pr

iorit

ise,

in s

patia

l dev

elop

men

t fr

amew

orks

, the

key

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

ervi

ces

that

XX X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

X X XX

XX

XX

X

MO

T, M

RH

MM

DA

s, G

PR

TU

, P

rivat

e se

ctor

MO

T, M

RH

, MM

DA

s, G

PR

TU

, P

rivat

e se

ctor

DU

R, G

HA

, GR

C, M

MD

As,

G

PR

TU

, Priv

ate

sect

or

MO

T, M

RH

, MM

DA

s G

PR

TU

, G

RC

, Priv

ate

sect

or

MT

TU

, GP

RT

U, D

VLA

, Med

ia,

Priv

ate

sect

or

ISM

A, M

MD

As,

ISM

A M

MD

As,

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, N

DP

C, R

CC

, ,

ME

ST

(TC

PD

)

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

serv

ices

on

the

basi

s of

nat

iona

l, re

gion

al

and

dist

rict s

patia

l de

velo

pmen

t fra

me-

wor

ks a

nd u

rban

st

ruct

ure

plan

s6.

8 S

tren

gthe

n th

e ca

paci

ty a

nd in

stitu

tio-

nal c

oord

inat

ion

of

utili

ty c

ompa

nies

and

ot

her

serv

ice

and

infr

astr

uctu

re

prov

ider

s

are

requ

ired

in s

elec

ted

grow

th a

reas

to b

olst

er

inve

stm

ent p

rosp

ects

in th

ose

area

s6.

7.2

Ado

pt a

nd tr

ansl

ate

reco

mm

enda

tions

and

pr

iorit

ies

in s

patia

l dev

elop

men

t fra

mew

orks

into

na

tiona

l and

sec

tora

l med

ium

-ter

m d

evel

opm

ent

plan

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es6.

8.1

Rev

iew

and

iden

tify

defic

ienc

ies

in

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity6.

8.2

Est

ablis

h m

echa

nism

s fo

r ad

dres

sing

de

ficie

ncie

s in

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity6.

8.3

Dev

elop

mec

hani

sm fo

r in

stitu

tiona

l co

ordi

natio

n in

clud

ing

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

6.8.

4 D

evel

op m

echa

nism

s fo

r m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatin

g pe

rfor

man

ce o

f util

ity c

ompa

nies

and

se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

XX

XX

X X

X XX

X

MM

DA

s, IS

MA

, ND

PC

, MO

FE

P

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D/U

DU

, ND

PC

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D/U

DU

, IS

MA

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D/U

DU

, IS

MA

ML

GR

D/U

DU

, MM

DA

s, P

UR

C,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

6.4

Pro

mot

e ef

ficie

nt

and

effe

ctiv

e pu

blic

tr

ansp

ort s

yste

ms

6.5

Dev

elop

and

m

anag

e in

fras

truc

ture

sy

stem

s w

ith

appr

opria

te te

chno

-lo

gy a

nd s

tand

ards

to

suit

the

pecu

liarit

ies

of

urba

n co

mm

uniti

es6.

6 P

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

tech

nica

l cap

acity

equi

pmen

t and

ope

ra-

tiona

l fun

ds to

sup

port

w

aste

man

agem

ent

activ

ities

6.7

Pro

vide

in

fras

truc

ture

and

6.4.

1 Im

plem

ent B

us R

apid

Tra

nsit

6.4.

2 P

rom

ote

inte

grat

ed p

ublic

tran

spor

t sys

tem

(e

.g. l

ink

betw

een

road

, rai

l)6.

4.3

Impr

ove

and

mai

ntai

n th

e tr

ansp

ort s

yste

m

(roa

ds, r

ail,

vehi

cles

and

non

-mot

oriz

ed tr

ansp

ort)

6.4.

4 P

rom

ote

PP

P a

nd B

OT

in p

ublic

tran

spor

t sy

stem

s6.

4.5

Inte

nsify

edu

catio

n an

d se

nsiti

satio

n of

pr

ivat

e op

erat

ors

on s

afet

y, m

aint

enan

ce, c

usto

mer

ca

re

6.5.

1 E

stab

lish

varia

ble

tech

nolo

gies

and

sta

ndar

ds

for

diffe

rent

urb

an c

omm

uniti

es o

n ba

sis

such

as

inco

me

leve

ls, r

esid

entia

l den

sitie

s an

d af

ford

abili

ty6.

5.2

Pro

mot

e an

d gu

ide

deve

lopm

ent o

f urb

an

resi

dent

ial c

omm

uniti

es w

ith a

ppro

pria

te m

inim

um

stan

dard

s of

bas

ic s

ervi

ces

such

as

road

s, d

rain

s,

wat

er a

nd s

anita

tion

6.6.

1 A

udit

equi

pmen

t and

sou

rces

of f

unds

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t in

all u

rban

cen

tres

6.6.

2 Id

entif

y de

ficie

ncie

s in

equ

ipm

ent a

nd fu

ndin

g op

tions

of w

aste

man

agem

ent

6.6.

3 D

evel

op in

vest

men

t por

tfolio

for

equi

pmen

t ba

sed

on a

ppro

pria

te te

chno

logy

6.7.

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entif

y an

d pr

iorit

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in s

patia

l dev

elop

men

t fr

amew

orks

, the

key

infr

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as

grow

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7.5

Exp

lore

the

intr

oduc

tion

of n

on-

conv

entio

nal h

ousi

ng

finan

ce a

nd s

trat

egie

s th

at b

enef

it lo

w

inco

me

grou

ps

7.6

Enc

oura

ge th

e fo

rmul

atio

n of

hou

sing

co

oper

ativ

es

for

slum

upg

radi

ng7.

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ove

dens

ity th

roug

h ap

prop

riate

zon

ing

regu

latio

ns7.

4.4

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oura

ge p

rivat

e se

ctor

par

ticip

atio

n in

slu

m

upgr

adin

g an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

7. 7

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Iden

tify

and

prom

ote

viab

le g

roup

cre

dit

unio

ns to

sup

port

mem

ber

self

help

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

7.5.

2 S

tudy

the

cred

it un

ions

with

bes

t pra

ctic

es in

or

gani

satio

n an

d cr

edit

supp

ort f

or w

ider

app

licat

ion

in u

rban

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

initi

ativ

es7.

7.5

.3 P

rovi

de g

ener

ous

tax

ince

ntiv

es to

pro

mot

e an

d su

ppor

t ini

tiativ

es fo

r de

velo

ping

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

7. 7

.5.4

Rev

ise

curr

ent t

ax in

cent

ives

for

real

es

tate

dev

elop

men

t to

favo

ur lo

w-in

com

e ho

usin

g in

itiat

ives

and

not

the

high

-inco

me

hous

ing

as

obta

ins

now

7.6.

1 A

ssis

t low

-inco

me

grou

ps to

est

ablis

h ho

usin

g co

oper

ativ

es to

em

ploy

non

-con

vent

iona

l str

ateg

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to la

nd w

ith s

ecur

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nure

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info

rmal

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avin

gs s

chem

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e us

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volv

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fund

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i) th

e us

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loca

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ldin

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ater

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and

low

-cos

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chno

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mm

unity

par

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plan

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To

Impr

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to A

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Affo

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Pro

vide

a

cong

enia

l en

viro

nmen

t for

pr

ivat

e se

ctor

del

iver

y of

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng

7.2

Impl

emen

t rec

om-

men

datio

ns o

n th

e pr

omot

ion

of in

dige

-no

us b

uild

ing

mat

e-ria

ls a

nd a

ppro

pria

te

cons

truc

tion

tech

nolo

gies

7.3

Pro

mot

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

ocia

l or

low

-inco

me

rent

al

hous

ing

thro

ugh

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

p ar

rang

emen

ts

7.4

Upg

rade

slu

ms

and

dila

pida

ted

7.1.

1 U

pdat

e ho

usin

g ne

eds

of th

e va

rious

ca

tego

ries

of in

divi

dual

s an

d ho

useh

olds

acr

oss

all

settl

emen

t hie

rarc

hies

7.1.

2 R

evie

w in

cent

ive

mec

hani

sms

for

priv

ate

sect

or p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e de

liver

y of

affo

rdab

le

hous

ing

7.1.

3 F

inal

ise,

pas

s an

d im

plem

ent t

he v

ario

us

prov

isio

ns r

elat

ing

to p

rivat

e se

ctor

par

ticip

atio

n in

th

e N

atio

nal H

ousi

ng P

olic

y7.

1.4

Pro

vide

acc

ess

to la

nd, p

refe

rabl

y si

tes

and

serv

ices

, for

low

-inco

me

peop

le, w

ith s

ecur

ed

tenu

re7.

2.1

Rev

iew

pol

icie

s on

, and

em

brac

e th

e us

e of

, in

dige

nous

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

hous

ing

7.2.

2 P

rom

ote

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

of r

esea

rch

findi

ngs

on in

dige

nous

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

7.2.

3 E

duca

te a

nd c

reat

e aw

aren

ess

on th

e qu

ality

an

d us

e of

loca

l bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

7.3.

1 R

evie

w r

egul

ator

y fr

amew

ork

for

PP

P7.

3.2

Enh

ance

ince

ntiv

e m

echa

nism

s fo

r P

PP

7.3.

3 F

inal

ise,

pas

s an

d im

plem

ent t

he v

ario

us

prov

isio

ns r

elat

ing

to P

PP

arr

ange

men

ts in

the

Dra

ft N

atio

nal H

ousi

ng P

olic

y

7.4.

1 Id

entif

y sl

um a

reas

for

upgr

adin

g7.

4.2

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cate

and

cre

ate

awar

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s on

the

need

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grow

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Exp

lore

the

intr

oduc

tion

of n

on-

conv

entio

nal h

ousi

ng

finan

ce a

nd s

trat

egie

s th

at b

enef

it lo

w

inco

me

grou

ps

7.6

Enc

oura

ge th

e fo

rmul

atio

n of

hou

sing

co

oper

ativ

es

for

slum

upg

radi

ng7.

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ove

dens

ity th

roug

h ap

prop

riate

zon

ing

regu

latio

ns7.

4.4

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oura

ge p

rivat

e se

ctor

par

ticip

atio

n in

slu

m

upgr

adin

g an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

7. 7

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Iden

tify

and

prom

ote

viab

le g

roup

cre

dit

unio

ns to

sup

port

mem

ber

self

help

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

7.5.

2 S

tudy

the

cred

it un

ions

with

bes

t pra

ctic

es in

or

gani

satio

n an

d cr

edit

supp

ort f

or w

ider

app

licat

ion

in u

rban

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

initi

ativ

es7.

7.5

.3 P

rovi

de g

ener

ous

tax

ince

ntiv

es to

pro

mot

e an

d su

ppor

t ini

tiativ

es fo

r de

velo

ping

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

7. 7

.5.4

Rev

ise

curr

ent t

ax in

cent

ives

for

real

es

tate

dev

elop

men

t to

favo

ur lo

w-in

com

e ho

usin

g in

itiat

ives

and

not

the

high

-inco

me

hous

ing

as

obta

ins

now

7.6.

1 A

ssis

t low

-inco

me

grou

ps to

est

ablis

h ho

usin

g co

oper

ativ

es to

em

ploy

non

-con

vent

iona

l str

ateg

ies

invo

lvin

g:(i)

acc

ess

to la

nd w

ith s

ecur

ed te

nure

;

(ii)

info

rmal

cre

dit/s

avin

gs s

chem

es a

nd th

e us

e of

re

volv

ing

fund

s;(ii

i) th

e us

e of

loca

l bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

and

low

-cos

t bu

ildin

g te

chno

logi

es;

(iv)

aide

d se

lf-he

lp h

ousi

ng; a

nd(v

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mm

unity

par

ticip

atio

n in

the

plan

ning

and

m

anag

emen

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chem

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Impr

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Acc

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cong

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viro

nmen

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pr

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ctor

del

iver

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affo

rdab

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ousi

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7.2

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datio

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n th

e pr

omot

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of in

dige

-no

us b

uild

ing

mat

e-ria

ls a

nd a

ppro

pria

te

cons

truc

tion

tech

nolo

gies

7.3

Pro

mot

e th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

ocia

l or

low

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me

rent

al

hous

ing

thro

ugh

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

p ar

rang

emen

ts

7.4

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rade

slu

ms

and

dila

pida

ted

7.1.

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pdat

e ho

usin

g ne

eds

of th

e va

rious

ca

tego

ries

of in

divi

dual

s an

d ho

useh

olds

acr

oss

all

settl

emen

t hie

rarc

hies

7.1.

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evie

w in

cent

ive

mec

hani

sms

for

priv

ate

sect

or p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e de

liver

y of

affo

rdab

le

hous

ing

7.1.

3 F

inal

ise,

pas

s an

d im

plem

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he v

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prov

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ns r

elat

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to p

rivat

e se

ctor

par

ticip

atio

n in

th

e N

atio

nal H

ousi

ng P

olic

y7.

1.4

Pro

vide

acc

ess

to la

nd, p

refe

rabl

y si

tes

and

serv

ices

, for

low

-inco

me

peop

le, w

ith s

ecur

ed

tenu

re7.

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Rev

iew

pol

icie

s on

, and

em

brac

e th

e us

e of

, in

dige

nous

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

hous

ing

7.2.

2 P

rom

ote

com

mer

cial

isat

ion

of r

esea

rch

findi

ngs

on in

dige

nous

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

7.2.

3 E

duca

te a

nd c

reat

e aw

aren

ess

on th

e qu

ality

an

d us

e of

loca

l bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

7.3.

1 R

evie

w r

egul

ator

y fr

amew

ork

for

PP

P7.

3.2

Enh

ance

ince

ntiv

e m

echa

nism

s fo

r P

PP

7.3.

3 F

inal

ise,

pas

s an

d im

plem

ent t

he v

ario

us

prov

isio

ns r

elat

ing

to P

PP

arr

ange

men

ts in

the

Dra

ft N

atio

nal H

ousi

ng P

olic

y

7.4.

1 Id

entif

y sl

um a

reas

for

upgr

adin

g7.

4.2

Edu

cate

and

cre

ate

awar

enes

s on

the

need

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X XX

XX

XX

X

X XX

MW

RW

H ,

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D-

UD

U)

MO

FE

P, M

WR

WH

, MM

DA

s

MW

RW

H, P

arlia

men

t, M

MD

As,

G

RE

DA

MW

RW

H, M

MD

As,

LC

MW

RW

H, M

MD

As,

GR

ED

A

CS

IR/B

RI,

MW

RW

Hs,

MW

RW

H, M

MD

As,

CS

IR/B

RI

MW

RW

H, M

MD

As

MW

RW

H, M

MD

As

MW

RW

H, M

MD

As

Priv

ate

sect

or

MM

DA

s , M

WR

WH

, M

MD

As

, MW

RW

H,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT32

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

initi

ativ

e in

urb

an

safe

ty a

nd s

ecur

ity

8.4

Intr

oduc

e a

mor

e ef

fect

ive

prop

erty

ad

dres

sing

sys

tem

(H

ouse

num

berin

g an

d st

reet

nam

ing)

to

enha

nce

secu

rity

and

safe

ty in

com

mun

ities

8.5

Enf

orce

sta

ndar

ds

and

regu

latio

ns o

n th

e pr

ovis

ion

of fi

re

hydr

ants

8.6

Str

engt

hen

emer

genc

y ra

pid

resp

onse

to d

isas

ter

and

emer

genc

y si

tuat

ions

8.7

Pro

mot

e th

e us

e of

Urb

an S

urve

illan

ce

Sys

tem

s to

ass

ist i

n id

entif

ying

ille

gal

cond

uct

8.4.

1 an

d O

pera

tiona

l Gui

delin

es fo

r S

tree

t Nam

ing

and

Pro

pert

y A

ddre

ssin

g S

yste

m.

8.5.

1 R

evie

w s

tand

ards

and

reg

ulat

ions

on

fire

hydr

ants

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

build

ings

8.5.

2 U

nder

take

mas

s ed

ucat

ion

on th

e ne

ed to

ad

here

to a

nd a

pply

the

regu

latio

ns o

n fir

e hy

dran

ts8.

5.3

App

ly a

ppro

pria

te s

anct

ions

to p

eopl

e w

ho

encr

oach

on

fire

hydr

ants

in a

ll ar

eas

8.6.

1Dev

elop

mec

hani

sm to

str

engt

hen

inst

itutio

nal

coor

dina

tion

with

wel

l def

ined

man

date

s8.

6.2

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e re

sour

ces

(hum

an a

nd

mat

eria

l) to

han

dle

emer

genc

ies

and

disa

ster

s8.

6.3

Pro

vide

mas

s ed

ucat

ion

and

sens

itisa

tion

on

disa

ster

res

pons

e8.

7.1

Est

ablis

h an

d in

stal

l Urb

an S

urve

illan

ce

Sys

tem

s in

maj

or u

rban

str

eets

and

app

ropr

iate

pu

blic

pla

ces

to m

onito

r ill

egal

con

duct

8.

7.2

Pro

vide

for

the

cont

inue

d m

aint

enan

ce o

f the

sy

stem

.

Impl

emen

t the

Nat

iona

l Pol

icy

Fra

mew

ork

XX

X

X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

MM

DA

s

GN

FS

, EPA

, MM

DA

s

GN

FS

, MM

DA

s, N

CC

E, M

oI

(Med

ia)

MM

DA

s, G

NF

S, A

G’s

D

epar

tmen

t

MO

I, N

AD

MO

, MM

DA

s

MO

FE

P, N

AD

MO

MM

DA

s

NA

DM

O, N

CC

E, M

LGR

D,

MM

DA

s, M

oI (

Med

ia)

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

35GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Act

ion

Are

a 8:

Urb

an S

afet

y an

d S

ecu

rity

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

Urb

an S

afet

y an

d S

ecu

rity

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

8.1

Inco

rpor

ate

spec

ific

secu

rity

mea

sure

s in

urb

an

plan

ning

and

m

anag

emen

t

8.2

Impr

ove

soci

al

and

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t of

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds a

s m

easu

res

tow

ards

pr

omot

ing

urba

n se

curit

y.

8.3

Inte

nsify

ed

ucat

ion

on

indi

vidu

al a

nd

com

mun

ity

resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d

8.1.

1 F

inal

ise

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss o

f urb

an p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent s

yste

m u

nder

LU

PM

P to

be

sens

itive

to th

e la

nd u

se r

equi

rem

ents

for

secu

rity

and

disa

ster

pre

vent

ion

8.1.

2 M

ains

trea

m s

ecur

ity a

nd d

isas

ter

prev

entio

n in

to u

rban

pla

nnin

g an

d m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s8.

1.3

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e si

tes

in p

lann

ing

sche

mes

fo

r se

curit

y ag

enci

es8.

1.4

Acq

uire

eco

logi

cally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas,

and

floo

d pr

one

area

s an

d de

sign

ate

and

prot

ect t

hem

as

natu

re r

eser

ves

8.2.

1 P

rovi

de a

por

tfolio

of a

ppro

pria

te in

vest

men

ts

in th

e so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs o

f ne

ighb

ourh

oods

of d

iffer

ent s

ocio

eco

nom

ic s

tatu

s.8.

2.2

Mob

ilize

ade

quat

e fu

nds

for

inve

stm

ents

in

secu

rity

and

safe

ty m

easu

res.

8.2.

3 P

rom

ote

com

mun

ity b

ased

sec

urity

ser

vice

8.2.

4 P

rom

ote

and

mai

ntai

n st

reet

ligh

t in

all u

rban

co

mm

uniti

es.

8.3.

1 E

nhan

ce th

e ca

paci

ty o

f NA

DM

O a

nd a

ll th

e se

curit

y ag

enci

es fo

r m

ass

educ

atio

n on

co

mm

unity

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

X XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

ME

ST

(T

CP

D)

ME

ST

(T

CP

D)M

MD

As

(PP

D)

MM

DA

s (P

PD

)

MM

DA

s, L

C

MM

DA

s, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies,

NN

CE

, C

BO

s, R

esid

ents

Ass

ocia

tions

MM

DA

s,

NA

DM

O, M

MD

AsA

ll S

ecur

ity

Age

ncie

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT34

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

initi

ativ

e in

urb

an

safe

ty a

nd s

ecur

ity

8.4

Intr

oduc

e a

mor

e ef

fect

ive

prop

erty

ad

dres

sing

sys

tem

(H

ouse

num

berin

g an

d st

reet

nam

ing)

to

enha

nce

secu

rity

and

safe

ty in

com

mun

ities

8.5

Enf

orce

sta

ndar

ds

and

regu

latio

ns o

n th

e pr

ovis

ion

of fi

re

hydr

ants

8.6

Str

engt

hen

emer

genc

y ra

pid

resp

onse

to d

isas

ter

and

emer

genc

y si

tuat

ions

8.7

Pro

mot

e th

e us

e of

Urb

an S

urve

illan

ce

Sys

tem

s to

ass

ist i

n id

entif

ying

ille

gal

cond

uct

8.4.

1 an

d O

pera

tiona

l Gui

delin

es fo

r S

tree

t Nam

ing

and

Pro

pert

y A

ddre

ssin

g S

yste

m.

8.5.

1 R

evie

w s

tand

ards

and

reg

ulat

ions

on

fire

hydr

ants

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

build

ings

8.5.

2 U

nder

take

mas

s ed

ucat

ion

on th

e ne

ed to

ad

here

to a

nd a

pply

the

regu

latio

ns o

n fir

e hy

dran

ts8.

5.3

App

ly a

ppro

pria

te s

anct

ions

to p

eopl

e w

ho

encr

oach

on

fire

hydr

ants

in a

ll ar

eas

8.6.

1Dev

elop

mec

hani

sm to

str

engt

hen

inst

itutio

nal

coor

dina

tion

with

wel

l def

ined

man

date

s8.

6.2

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e re

sour

ces

(hum

an a

nd

mat

eria

l) to

han

dle

emer

genc

ies

and

disa

ster

s8.

6.3

Pro

vide

mas

s ed

ucat

ion

and

sens

itisa

tion

on

disa

ster

res

pons

e8.

7.1

Est

ablis

h an

d in

stal

l Urb

an S

urve

illan

ce

Sys

tem

s in

maj

or u

rban

str

eets

and

app

ropr

iate

pu

blic

pla

ces

to m

onito

r ill

egal

con

duct

8.

7.2

Pro

vide

for

the

cont

inue

d m

aint

enan

ce o

f the

sy

stem

.

Impl

emen

t the

Nat

iona

l Pol

icy

Fra

mew

ork

XX

X

X XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

MM

DA

s

GN

FS

, EPA

, MM

DA

s

GN

FS

, MM

DA

s, N

CC

E, M

oI

(Med

ia)

MM

DA

s, G

NF

S, A

G’s

D

epar

tmen

t

MO

I, N

AD

MO

, MM

DA

s

MO

FE

P, N

AD

MO

MM

DA

s

NA

DM

O, N

CC

E, M

LGR

D,

MM

DA

s, M

oI (

Med

ia)

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

35GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Act

ion

Are

a 8:

Urb

an S

afet

y an

d S

ecu

rity

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

Urb

an S

afet

y an

d S

ecu

rity

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

8.1

Inco

rpor

ate

spec

ific

secu

rity

mea

sure

s in

urb

an

plan

ning

and

m

anag

emen

t

8.2

Impr

ove

soci

al

and

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t of

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds a

s m

easu

res

tow

ards

pr

omot

ing

urba

n se

curit

y.

8.3

Inte

nsify

ed

ucat

ion

on

indi

vidu

al a

nd

com

mun

ity

resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d

8.1.

1 F

inal

ise

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss o

f urb

an p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent s

yste

m u

nder

LU

PM

P to

be

sens

itive

to th

e la

nd u

se r

equi

rem

ents

for

secu

rity

and

disa

ster

pre

vent

ion

8.1.

2 M

ains

trea

m s

ecur

ity a

nd d

isas

ter

prev

entio

n in

to u

rban

pla

nnin

g an

d m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s8.

1.3

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e si

tes

in p

lann

ing

sche

mes

fo

r se

curit

y ag

enci

es8.

1.4

Acq

uire

eco

logi

cally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas,

and

floo

d pr

one

area

s an

d de

sign

ate

and

prot

ect t

hem

as

natu

re r

eser

ves

8.2.

1 P

rovi

de a

por

tfolio

of a

ppro

pria

te in

vest

men

ts

in th

e so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs o

f ne

ighb

ourh

oods

of d

iffer

ent s

ocio

eco

nom

ic s

tatu

s.8.

2.2

Mob

ilize

ade

quat

e fu

nds

for

inve

stm

ents

in

secu

rity

and

safe

ty m

easu

res.

8.2.

3 P

rom

ote

com

mun

ity b

ased

sec

urity

ser

vice

8.2.

4 P

rom

ote

and

mai

ntai

n st

reet

ligh

t in

all u

rban

co

mm

uniti

es.

8.3.

1 E

nhan

ce th

e ca

paci

ty o

f NA

DM

O a

nd a

ll th

e se

curit

y ag

enci

es fo

r m

ass

educ

atio

n on

co

mm

unity

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

X XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

ME

ST

(T

CP

D)

ME

ST

(T

CP

D)M

MD

As

(PP

D)

MM

DA

s (P

PD

)

MM

DA

s, L

C

MM

DA

s, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies,

NN

CE

, C

BO

s, R

esid

ents

Ass

ocia

tions

MM

DA

s,

NA

DM

O, M

MD

AsA

ll S

ecur

ity

Age

ncie

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT34

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

Act

ion

Are

a 9:

Urb

an G

ove

rnan

ce

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Str

engt

hen

Urb

an G

over

nanc

e

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

9.1

Rev

iew

, st

reng

then

and

re

sour

ce th

e de

cent

ralis

atio

n st

ruct

ures

and

sub

-st

ruct

ures

to m

ake

them

effe

ctiv

e in

loca

l go

vern

ance

in li

ne

with

the

polic

y re

com

men

datio

ns

cont

aine

d in

the

new

D

ecen

tral

izat

ion

Pol

icy

Fra

mew

ork

and

its A

ctio

n P

lan

(Apr

il 20

10)

9.2

Invo

lve

rele

vant

st

ate

and

non-

stat

e ag

enci

es a

nd

inst

itutio

ns in

the

gove

rnan

ce o

f citi

es

and

tow

ns

9.3

Impr

ove

and

enfo

rce

legi

slat

ions

an

d st

anda

rds

on

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t,

9.1.

1 Im

plem

ent t

he r

ecom

men

datio

ns a

nd p

olic

ies

on th

e de

cent

ralis

ed s

truc

ture

s as

con

tain

ed in

the

new

Dec

entr

alis

atio

n P

olic

y F

ram

ewor

k an

d A

ctio

n P

lan

9.1.

2 In

stitu

te e

ffect

ive

fund

ing

mec

hani

sms

for

all

the

vario

us fu

nctio

ns a

ssig

ned

to th

e de

cent

ralis

ed

stru

ctur

es9.

1.3

Inst

itute

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

mm

es fo

r al

l ac

tors

invo

lved

in th

e de

cent

ralis

ed s

truc

ture

s

9.2.

1 Id

entif

y th

e ex

tent

to w

hich

sta

te a

nd n

on-

stat

e bo

dies

par

ticip

ate

in u

rban

gov

erna

nce

9.2.

2 D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent e

ffect

ive

mec

hani

sms

for

ensu

ring

grea

ter

priv

ate

sect

or p

artic

ipat

ion

in

urba

n go

vern

ance

9.3.

1 F

inal

ise

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss u

nder

LU

PM

P

rega

rdin

g le

gisl

atio

ns a

nd s

tand

ards

for

urba

n la

nd

use

plan

ning

and

man

agem

ent

9.3.

2 R

evie

w M

MD

As

bye-

law

s to

mak

e th

em m

ore

dete

rren

t and

effe

ctiv

e

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

XX

XX

X

X

ML

GR

D,

Coo

rdin

atin

g C

omm

ittee

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP

ML

GR

D, L

GS

, ILG

SG

IMPA

, U

nive

rsiti

es

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As,

ILG

S, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r, C

SO

s

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

MLN

R

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

Inte

r-M

inis

teria

l

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

37GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

8.8

Pro

mot

e th

e us

e of

rem

ote

sens

ing

(RS

) an

d G

IS to

en

hanc

e ur

ban

secu

rity

8.8.

1 E

stab

lish

rem

ote

sens

ing

and

GIS

in a

ll re

leva

nt a

genc

ies

as m

onito

ring

tool

s fo

r ur

ban

safe

ty a

nd s

ecur

ity8.

8.2

Dev

elop

or

stre

ngth

en th

e hu

man

and

logi

stic

ca

paci

ties

in r

elev

ant a

genc

ies

for

the

RS

and

GIS

ap

plic

atio

ns8.

8.3

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e bu

dget

ary

reso

urce

s to

su

stai

n ap

plic

atio

ns

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies

MM

DA

s , M

OF

EP

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT36

Act

ion

Are

a 9:

Urb

an G

ove

rnan

ce

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Str

engt

hen

Urb

an G

over

nanc

e

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

9.1

Rev

iew

, st

reng

then

and

re

sour

ce th

e de

cent

ralis

atio

n st

ruct

ures

and

sub

-st

ruct

ures

to m

ake

them

effe

ctiv

e in

loca

l go

vern

ance

in li

ne

with

the

polic

y re

com

men

datio

ns

cont

aine

d in

the

new

D

ecen

tral

izat

ion

Pol

icy

Fra

mew

ork

and

its A

ctio

n P

lan

(Apr

il 20

10)

9.2

Invo

lve

rele

vant

st

ate

and

non-

stat

e ag

enci

es a

nd

inst

itutio

ns in

the

gove

rnan

ce o

f citi

es

and

tow

ns

9.3

Impr

ove

and

enfo

rce

legi

slat

ions

an

d st

anda

rds

on

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t,

9.1.

1 Im

plem

ent t

he r

ecom

men

datio

ns a

nd p

olic

ies

on th

e de

cent

ralis

ed s

truc

ture

s as

con

tain

ed in

the

new

Dec

entr

alis

atio

n P

olic

y F

ram

ewor

k an

d A

ctio

n P

lan

9.1.

2 In

stitu

te e

ffect

ive

fund

ing

mec

hani

sms

for

all

the

vario

us fu

nctio

ns a

ssig

ned

to th

e de

cent

ralis

ed

stru

ctur

es9.

1.3

Inst

itute

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

mm

es fo

r al

l ac

tors

invo

lved

in th

e de

cent

ralis

ed s

truc

ture

s

9.2.

1 Id

entif

y th

e ex

tent

to w

hich

sta

te a

nd n

on-

stat

e bo

dies

par

ticip

ate

in u

rban

gov

erna

nce

9.2.

2 D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent e

ffect

ive

mec

hani

sms

for

ensu

ring

grea

ter

priv

ate

sect

or p

artic

ipat

ion

in

urba

n go

vern

ance

9.3.

1 F

inal

ise

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss u

nder

LU

PM

P

rega

rdin

g le

gisl

atio

ns a

nd s

tand

ards

for

urba

n la

nd

use

plan

ning

and

man

agem

ent

9.3.

2 R

evie

w M

MD

As

bye-

law

s to

mak

e th

em m

ore

dete

rren

t and

effe

ctiv

e

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

X

XX

XX

X

X

ML

GR

D,

Coo

rdin

atin

g C

omm

ittee

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP

ML

GR

D, L

GS

, ILG

SG

IMPA

, U

nive

rsiti

es

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As,

ILG

S, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r, C

SO

s

ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

MLN

R

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

Inte

r-M

inis

teria

l

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

37GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

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licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

8.8

Pro

mot

e th

e us

e of

rem

ote

sens

ing

(RS

) an

d G

IS to

en

hanc

e ur

ban

secu

rity

8.8.

1 E

stab

lish

rem

ote

sens

ing

and

GIS

in a

ll re

leva

nt a

genc

ies

as m

onito

ring

tool

s fo

r ur

ban

safe

ty a

nd s

ecur

ity8.

8.2

Dev

elop

or

stre

ngth

en th

e hu

man

and

logi

stic

ca

paci

ties

in r

elev

ant a

genc

ies

for

the

RS

and

GIS

ap

plic

atio

ns8.

8.3

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e bu

dget

ary

reso

urce

s to

su

stai

n ap

plic

atio

ns

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies

MM

DA

s, S

ecur

ity A

genc

ies

MM

DA

s , M

OF

EP

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT36

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

stre

ngth

en th

e in

stitu

tiona

l fr

amew

ork

at th

e lo

cal

leve

l for

effe

ctiv

e co

ordi

natio

n of

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e lig

ht o

f the

pro

visi

ons

of th

e Lo

cal

Gov

ernm

ent A

ct,

1993

(A

ct 4

62)

and

its

subs

idia

ry le

gisl

atio

n

9.6

Str

engt

hen

inst

itutio

nal

arra

ngem

ents

and

m

easu

res

to e

nsur

e ef

ficie

nt

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

NU

P a

t the

loca

l lev

el

oper

atio

nal p

roce

sses

and

pra

ctic

es o

f the

M

etro

polit

an/M

unic

ipal

Ass

embl

y E

xecu

tive

Com

mitt

ee w

ith it

s S

ub-C

omm

ittee

s, a

nd th

e M

etro

polit

an B

oard

s as

inte

grat

ed m

anag

emen

t un

its fo

r ef

fect

ing

plan

ning

, coo

rdin

atio

n,

prog

ram

min

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t9.

5.2

Inte

grat

e th

e di

stric

t TC

PD

(P

hysi

cal P

lann

ing

Dep

artm

ent)

into

DP

CU

and

reg

iona

l TC

PD

into

the

RP

CU

, or

effe

ct c

lose

func

tiona

l col

labo

ratio

n of

ea

ch p

air

to fa

cilit

ate

coor

dina

tion

of th

e N

UP

im

plem

enta

tion

at th

e lo

cal l

evel

.9.

5.3

Est

ablis

h ne

eded

trai

ning

pro

gram

mes

and

de

velo

p es

sent

ial g

uide

lines

and

man

uals

to

stre

amlin

e an

d st

reng

then

the

coor

dina

tion

proc

ess

and

prac

tices

ope

ratin

g at

the

loca

l lev

el, e

spec

ially

in

the

met

ropo

litan

and

mun

icip

al a

ssem

blie

s 9.

6.1

Ass

ess

criti

cal p

erso

nnel

nee

ds a

nd

unde

rtak

e a

serie

s of

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g m

easu

res

to

stre

ngth

en/u

pgra

de m

anag

eria

l, pr

ofes

sion

al a

nd

tech

nica

l com

pete

nces

in M

MD

As

for

urba

n pl

anni

ng, d

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

t9.

6.2

Str

engt

hen

DP

CU

and

RP

CU

sta

ff in

pa

rtic

ular

9.

6.3

Upg

rade

ski

lls in

urb

an s

ettle

men

t pla

nnin

g an

d ur

ban

man

agem

ent i

n pa

rtic

ular

9.6.

4 U

nder

take

sta

ff tr

ansf

er, t

rain

ing

or

recr

uitm

ent a

t nat

iona

l and

loca

l lev

els

that

are

X XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

LG

S, R

CC

, ND

PC

, MM

DA

s,

MLG

RD

ML

GR

D, I

LG

S, G

IMPA

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, IL

GS

MLG

RD

-U

DU

, G

IMPA

, KN

US

T

MM

DA

s, R

CC

, M

LGR

D,

LGS

,

MM

DA

s, IL

GS

, KN

US

T, M

ES

T (T

CP

D)

OH

CS

, LG

S, M

LGR

D, M

DA

s,

MM

DA

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

39GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

incl

udin

g th

e va

lidat

ion

and

adop

tion

of th

ose

deve

lope

d an

d re

com

men

ded

by th

e LU

PM

P9.

4 E

nsur

e ef

fect

ive

coor

dina

tion,

m

onito

ring

and

revi

ew

of th

e N

UP

9.5

Pro

be a

nd

9.3.

3 P

repa

re/ i

nitia

te m

ass

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

e on

urb

an la

nd u

se p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent

legi

slat

ions

and

sta

ndar

ds9.

3.4

App

ly a

ppro

pria

te s

anct

ions

to d

efau

lters

as

stip

ulat

ed in

MM

DA

s’ r

evie

wed

bye

-law

s

9.4.

1 E

stab

lish

an in

ter-

min

iste

rial b

ody

to o

pera

te

as c

abin

et s

ub-c

omm

ittee

to o

vers

ee th

e co

ordi

natio

n, m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n of

the

NU

P

and

any

natio

nal h

uman

set

tlem

ents

pol

icy

9.4.

2 S

tren

gthe

n th

e U

rban

Dev

elop

men

t Uni

t in

the

MLG

RD

, to

also

ser

ve a

s a

secr

etar

iat o

f the

C

abin

et S

ub-C

omm

ittee

, and

to li

aise

with

rel

evan

t M

DA

s, in

clud

ing

ND

PC

(S

patia

l Pol

icy

Div

isio

n)

and

TC

PD

(N

atio

nal l

evel

) in

the

coor

dina

tion,

ev

alua

tion

and

revi

ew o

f the

NU

P9.

4.3

Dev

elop

and

str

engt

hen

the

UD

U to

ef

fect

ivel

y (i)

rel

ate

to s

take

hold

ers

at th

e na

tiona

l le

vel;

and

(ii)

iden

tify,

rel

ate

to a

nd te

chni

cally

ad

vice

the

core

NU

P c

oord

inat

ing

inst

itutio

ns a

nd

play

ers

at th

e lo

cal l

evel

9.4.

4 S

tren

gthe

n th

e ca

paci

ty o

f the

Spa

tial P

olic

y D

ivis

ion

of th

e N

DP

C a

nd e

ntre

nch

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of t

he D

ivis

ion

in th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

ND

PC

Act

, 199

4 (A

ct 4

79),

Sec

tion

99.

5.1

Stu

dy, e

valu

ate

and

stre

ngth

en th

e

XX

XX

XX

XX

X XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

MM

DA

s, N

CC

E

MM

DA

s, A

G’s

Dep

artm

ent

ML

GR

D, P

resi

denc

y

ML

GR

D

ML

GR

D

ND

PC

, Pre

side

ncy

ML

GR

D, I

LGS

, GIM

PA, L

GS

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT38

Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

stre

ngth

en th

e in

stitu

tiona

l fr

amew

ork

at th

e lo

cal

leve

l for

effe

ctiv

e co

ordi

natio

n of

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e lig

ht o

f the

pro

visi

ons

of th

e Lo

cal

Gov

ernm

ent A

ct,

1993

(A

ct 4

62)

and

its

subs

idia

ry le

gisl

atio

n

9.6

Str

engt

hen

inst

itutio

nal

arra

ngem

ents

and

m

easu

res

to e

nsur

e ef

ficie

nt

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

NU

P a

t the

loca

l lev

el

oper

atio

nal p

roce

sses

and

pra

ctic

es o

f the

M

etro

polit

an/M

unic

ipal

Ass

embl

y E

xecu

tive

Com

mitt

ee w

ith it

s S

ub-C

omm

ittee

s, a

nd th

e M

etro

polit

an B

oard

s as

inte

grat

ed m

anag

emen

t un

its fo

r ef

fect

ing

plan

ning

, coo

rdin

atio

n,

prog

ram

min

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t9.

5.2

Inte

grat

e th

e di

stric

t TC

PD

(P

hysi

cal P

lann

ing

Dep

artm

ent)

into

DP

CU

and

reg

iona

l TC

PD

into

the

RP

CU

, or

effe

ct c

lose

func

tiona

l col

labo

ratio

n of

ea

ch p

air

to fa

cilit

ate

coor

dina

tion

of th

e N

UP

im

plem

enta

tion

at th

e lo

cal l

evel

.9.

5.3

Est

ablis

h ne

eded

trai

ning

pro

gram

mes

and

de

velo

p es

sent

ial g

uide

lines

and

man

uals

to

stre

amlin

e an

d st

reng

then

the

coor

dina

tion

proc

ess

and

prac

tices

ope

ratin

g at

the

loca

l lev

el, e

spec

ially

in

the

met

ropo

litan

and

mun

icip

al a

ssem

blie

s 9.

6.1

Ass

ess

criti

cal p

erso

nnel

nee

ds a

nd

unde

rtak

e a

serie

s of

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g m

easu

res

to

stre

ngth

en/u

pgra

de m

anag

eria

l, pr

ofes

sion

al a

nd

tech

nica

l com

pete

nces

in M

MD

As

for

urba

n pl

anni

ng, d

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

t9.

6.2

Str

engt

hen

DP

CU

and

RP

CU

sta

ff in

pa

rtic

ular

9.

6.3

Upg

rade

ski

lls in

urb

an s

ettle

men

t pla

nnin

g an

d ur

ban

man

agem

ent i

n pa

rtic

ular

9.6.

4 U

nder

take

sta

ff tr

ansf

er, t

rain

ing

or

recr

uitm

ent a

t nat

iona

l and

loca

l lev

els

that

are

X XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

LG

S, R

CC

, ND

PC

, MM

DA

s,

MLG

RD

ML

GR

D, I

LG

S, G

IMPA

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, IL

GS

MLG

RD

-U

DU

, G

IMPA

, KN

US

T

MM

DA

s, R

CC

, M

LGR

D,

LGS

,

MM

DA

s, IL

GS

, KN

US

T, M

ES

T (T

CP

D)

OH

CS

, LG

S, M

LGR

D, M

DA

s,

MM

DA

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

39GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

incl

udin

g th

e va

lidat

ion

and

adop

tion

of th

ose

deve

lope

d an

d re

com

men

ded

by th

e LU

PM

P9.

4 E

nsur

e ef

fect

ive

coor

dina

tion,

m

onito

ring

and

revi

ew

of th

e N

UP

9.5

Pro

be a

nd

9.3.

3 P

repa

re/ i

nitia

te m

ass

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

e on

urb

an la

nd u

se p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent

legi

slat

ions

and

sta

ndar

ds9.

3.4

App

ly a

ppro

pria

te s

anct

ions

to d

efau

lters

as

stip

ulat

ed in

MM

DA

s’ r

evie

wed

bye

-law

s

9.4.

1 E

stab

lish

an in

ter-

min

iste

rial b

ody

to o

pera

te

as c

abin

et s

ub-c

omm

ittee

to o

vers

ee th

e co

ordi

natio

n, m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n of

the

NU

P

and

any

natio

nal h

uman

set

tlem

ents

pol

icy

9.4.

2 S

tren

gthe

n th

e U

rban

Dev

elop

men

t Uni

t in

the

MLG

RD

, to

also

ser

ve a

s a

secr

etar

iat o

f the

C

abin

et S

ub-C

omm

ittee

, and

to li

aise

with

rel

evan

t M

DA

s, in

clud

ing

ND

PC

(S

patia

l Pol

icy

Div

isio

n)

and

TC

PD

(N

atio

nal l

evel

) in

the

coor

dina

tion,

ev

alua

tion

and

revi

ew o

f the

NU

P9.

4.3

Dev

elop

and

str

engt

hen

the

UD

U to

ef

fect

ivel

y (i)

rel

ate

to s

take

hold

ers

at th

e na

tiona

l le

vel;

and

(ii)

iden

tify,

rel

ate

to a

nd te

chni

cally

ad

vice

the

core

NU

P c

oord

inat

ing

inst

itutio

ns a

nd

play

ers

at th

e lo

cal l

evel

9.4.

4 S

tren

gthe

n th

e ca

paci

ty o

f the

Spa

tial P

olic

y D

ivis

ion

of th

e N

DP

C a

nd e

ntre

nch

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of t

he D

ivis

ion

in th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

ND

PC

Act

, 199

4 (A

ct 4

79),

Sec

tion

99.

5.1

Stu

dy, e

valu

ate

and

stre

ngth

en th

e

XX

XX

XX

XX

X XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

MM

DA

s, N

CC

E

MM

DA

s, A

G’s

Dep

artm

ent

ML

GR

D, P

resi

denc

y

ML

GR

D

ML

GR

D

ND

PC

, Pre

side

ncy

ML

GR

D, I

LGS

, GIM

PA, L

GS

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT38

Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

man

agem

ent

9.8

Est

ablis

h sp

ecia

l co

urts

to h

andl

e is

sues

per

tain

ing

to

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t

9.7.

2 U

nder

take

loca

l, re

gion

al a

nd in

tern

atio

nal

stud

y to

urs,

sem

inar

s an

d co

nfer

ence

s fo

r ca

paci

ty

enha

ncem

ent,

and

outlo

ok b

road

enin

g of

key

st

akeh

olde

rs, t

hrou

gh s

harin

g of

exp

erie

nces

and

le

arni

ng fr

om b

est p

ract

ices

9.8.

1 S

tren

gthe

n ex

istin

g sp

ecia

l cou

rts,

(la

nd,

sani

tatio

n) a

nd d

evel

op n

ew o

nes

in u

rban

are

as

with

out t

hem

and

app

ly a

ppro

pria

te p

uniti

ve

mea

sure

s to

def

aulte

rs

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D (

UD

U)D

evel

opm

ent

Par

tner

s

Jud

icia

l Ser

vice

, ML

GR

D

MM

DA

s, M

inis

try

of J

ustic

e

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

41GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

9.7

Inst

itute

pra

ctic

al

mea

sure

s to

co

ntin

ually

enr

ich

the

capa

citie

s an

d ou

tlook

of

key

act

ors

in u

rban

criti

cally

ess

entia

l for

effi

cien

t im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

NU

P9.

6.5

Est

ablis

h re

quire

d m

anag

eria

l, pr

ofes

sion

al,

tech

nica

l, m

id-c

arrie

r an

d sa

ndw

iche

d co

urse

s in

hu

man

set

tlem

ents

pla

nnin

g, u

rban

man

agem

ent,

envi

ronm

enta

l man

agem

ent,

infr

astr

uctu

re

plan

ning

and

urb

an in

form

atio

n sy

stem

to m

eet

natio

nal s

taffi

ng n

eeds

9.6.

6 F

oste

r gr

eate

r pu

blic

-priv

ate

par

tner

ship

s fo

r gr

eate

r ef

ficie

ncy

and

outp

ut in

the

prov

isio

n an

d de

liver

y of

urb

an in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

s9.

6.7

Und

erta

ke r

egul

ar s

take

hold

er d

ialo

gue

for

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e pr

ovid

ers

of u

rban

ser

vice

s to

de

liber

ate

on th

e ch

alle

nges

of p

lann

ing,

co

ordi

natio

n an

d ex

ecut

ion

of u

rban

infr

astr

uctu

re

and

serv

ices

9.6.

8 D

evel

op g

uide

lines

and

man

uals

to fa

cilit

ate

stak

ehol

der

cons

ulta

tions

, cor

pora

te a

ccou

ntab

ility

, co

mm

unity

par

ticip

atio

n, p

rivat

e se

ctor

invo

lvem

ent

and

publ

ic/p

rivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

ps in

urb

an

gove

rnan

ce9.

7.1

Org

aniz

e re

gula

r pe

riodi

c ur

ban

fora

for

stak

ehol

der

cons

ulta

tions

and

del

iber

atio

ns,

thro

ugh

the

colla

bora

tion

of th

e U

DU

, pro

fess

iona

l as

soci

atio

ns, t

he c

ivil

soci

ety

and

deve

lopm

ent

part

ners

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D(U

DU

)ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

ISM

AU

nive

rsiti

es, I

LGS

, GIM

PA,

Pol

ytec

hnic

s, P

rofe

ssio

nal

Ass

ocia

tions

(B

uilt

Env

ironm

ent)

ISM

A,M

LG

RD

-UD

U, M

MD

As,

P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D (

UD

U),

ISM

A,

Priv

ate

Ser

vice

Pro

vide

rs

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ILG

S, G

IMPA

, U

G B

usin

ess

Sch

ool

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ILG

S, K

NU

ST,

P

rofe

ssio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

ns (

Bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t), D

evel

opm

ent

Par

tner

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT40

Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

man

agem

ent

9.8

Est

ablis

h sp

ecia

l co

urts

to h

andl

e is

sues

per

tain

ing

to

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t

9.7.

2 U

nder

take

loca

l, re

gion

al a

nd in

tern

atio

nal

stud

y to

urs,

sem

inar

s an

d co

nfer

ence

s fo

r ca

paci

ty

enha

ncem

ent,

and

outlo

ok b

road

enin

g of

key

st

akeh

olde

rs, t

hrou

gh s

harin

g of

exp

erie

nces

and

le

arni

ng fr

om b

est p

ract

ices

9.8.

1 S

tren

gthe

n ex

istin

g sp

ecia

l cou

rts,

(la

nd,

sani

tatio

n) a

nd d

evel

op n

ew o

nes

in u

rban

are

as

with

out t

hem

and

app

ly a

ppro

pria

te p

uniti

ve

mea

sure

s to

def

aulte

rs

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D (

UD

U)D

evel

opm

ent

Par

tner

s

Jud

icia

l Ser

vice

, ML

GR

D

MM

DA

s, M

inis

try

of J

ustic

e

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

41GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

9.7

Inst

itute

pra

ctic

al

mea

sure

s to

co

ntin

ually

enr

ich

the

capa

citie

s an

d ou

tlook

of

key

act

ors

in u

rban

criti

cally

ess

entia

l for

effi

cien

t im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

NU

P9.

6.5

Est

ablis

h re

quire

d m

anag

eria

l, pr

ofes

sion

al,

tech

nica

l, m

id-c

arrie

r an

d sa

ndw

iche

d co

urse

s in

hu

man

set

tlem

ents

pla

nnin

g, u

rban

man

agem

ent,

envi

ronm

enta

l man

agem

ent,

infr

astr

uctu

re

plan

ning

and

urb

an in

form

atio

n sy

stem

to m

eet

natio

nal s

taffi

ng n

eeds

9.6.

6 F

oste

r gr

eate

r pu

blic

-priv

ate

par

tner

ship

s fo

r gr

eate

r ef

ficie

ncy

and

outp

ut in

the

prov

isio

n an

d de

liver

y of

urb

an in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

s9.

6.7

Und

erta

ke r

egul

ar s

take

hold

er d

ialo

gue

for

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e pr

ovid

ers

of u

rban

ser

vice

s to

de

liber

ate

on th

e ch

alle

nges

of p

lann

ing,

co

ordi

natio

n an

d ex

ecut

ion

of u

rban

infr

astr

uctu

re

and

serv

ices

9.6.

8 D

evel

op g

uide

lines

and

man

uals

to fa

cilit

ate

stak

ehol

der

cons

ulta

tions

, cor

pora

te a

ccou

ntab

ility

, co

mm

unity

par

ticip

atio

n, p

rivat

e se

ctor

invo

lvem

ent

and

publ

ic/p

rivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

ps in

urb

an

gove

rnan

ce9.

7.1

Org

aniz

e re

gula

r pe

riodi

c ur

ban

fora

for

stak

ehol

der

cons

ulta

tions

and

del

iber

atio

ns,

thro

ugh

the

colla

bora

tion

of th

e U

DU

, pro

fess

iona

l as

soci

atio

ns, t

he c

ivil

soci

ety

and

deve

lopm

ent

part

ners

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D(U

DU

)ME

ST

(T

CP

D),

ISM

AU

nive

rsiti

es, I

LGS

, GIM

PA,

Pol

ytec

hnic

s, P

rofe

ssio

nal

Ass

ocia

tions

(B

uilt

Env

ironm

ent)

ISM

A,M

LG

RD

-UD

U, M

MD

As,

P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D (

UD

U),

ISM

A,

Priv

ate

Ser

vice

Pro

vide

rs

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ILG

S, G

IMPA

, U

G B

usin

ess

Sch

ool

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ILG

S, K

NU

ST,

P

rofe

ssio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

ns (

Bui

lt en

viro

nmen

t), D

evel

opm

ent

Par

tner

s

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT40

Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

43GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

and

refu

se p

ollu

tion

10.4

Pro

mot

e an

d st

reng

then

co

oper

atio

n of

ad

join

ing

MM

DA

s in

co

llabo

ratio

n w

ith

trad

ition

al a

utho

ritie

s an

d ot

her

rele

vant

st

akeh

olde

rs in

m

anag

emen

t of w

ater

bo

dies

and

oth

er

natu

ral r

esou

rces

10.5

Impo

se a

nd

enfo

rce

mor

e ef

fect

ive

coas

tal z

one

and

wet

land

s m

anag

emen

t re

gula

tions

10.6

Str

engt

hen

the

capa

citie

s of

age

ncie

s th

at a

re c

harg

ed w

ith

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal

stan

dard

s

dete

rren

t mea

sure

s fo

r de

faul

ters

10.4

.1 D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent a

n in

tegr

ated

wat

er

and

envi

ronm

enta

l res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t pla

n co

verin

g an

d in

volv

ing

seve

ral d

istr

icts

and

all

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s10

.4.2

Impl

emen

t the

rec

omm

enda

tions

and

po

licie

s on

spa

tial p

lann

ing

as c

onta

ined

in th

e ne

w

Dec

entr

alis

atio

n P

olic

y F

ram

ewor

k an

d A

ctio

n P

lan

10.5

.1 M

ap a

nd id

entif

y w

etla

nds

and

ecol

ogic

ally

se

nsiti

ve a

reas

esp

ecia

lly fo

r ab

atem

ent o

f phy

sica

l de

velo

pmen

t10

.5.2

Rev

iew

/upd

ate

exis

ting

inte

grat

ed c

oast

al

and

wet

land

s m

anag

emen

t pla

ns a

nd p

repa

re n

ew

ones

as

nece

ssar

y10

.5.3

Ens

ure

stric

t adh

eren

ce to

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

coa

stal

wet

land

s m

anag

emen

t pl

ans

10.6

.1 U

nder

take

nee

ds a

sses

smen

t of a

genc

ies

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

(E

PA, G

SD

, P

hysi

cal P

lann

ing

Dep

artm

ent,

MM

DA

s)10

.6.2

Enh

ance

app

ropr

iate

trai

ning

of a

genc

ies

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

10.6

.3 P

rovi

de in

nova

tive

way

s of

fund

ing

the

activ

ities

of t

he a

genc

ies

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

MW

RW

H/W

ater

Co

mm

issi

on

, M

MD

As,

CS

Os,

RC

C, P

rivat

e se

ctor

ML

GR

D, M

ES

T (

TC

PD

), R

CC

s,

ND

PC

, MM

DA

s, L

GS

MM

DA

s , D

GW

, E

PA

MW

RW

H/H

ydro

Sec

tion,

MW

RW

H/H

ydro

sec

tio

n,

DG

W,,

EPA

, MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, E

PA, D

GW

ME

ST

, EPA

, MW

RW

H /

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es C

omm

issi

on, M

MD

As

EPA

, MW

RW

H /

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es C

omm

issi

on, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s, E

PA, M

LGR

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Act

ion

are

a 10

: C

limat

e C

han

ge

Ad

apta

tio

n a

nd

Mit

igat

ion

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Ada

ptat

ion

and

Miti

gatio

n M

echa

nism

s

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

10.1

Inte

nsify

pub

lic

awar

enes

s ca

mpa

igns

on

ener

gy

cons

erva

tion,

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd m

itiga

tion

stra

tegi

es

10.2

Enc

oura

ge

prog

ress

ive

redu

ctio

n of

haz

ardo

us

subs

tanc

es b

y in

dust

ry

10.3

Pro

mot

e se

ttlem

ent s

truc

ture

pl

ans

desi

gned

to

achi

eve

a hi

gh le

vel o

f am

enity

as

wel

l as

the

prev

entio

n of

effl

uent

10.1

.1 In

stitu

te p

ublic

pro

gram

mes

for

awar

enes

s cr

eatio

n on

the

bene

fits

and

cost

s of

ene

rgy

cons

erva

tion

10.1

.2 A

dopt

ene

rgy

cons

ervi

ng

syst

ems/

tech

nolo

gies

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

build

ings

10.1

.3 In

trod

uce

or s

tren

gthe

n sc

hool

cur

ricul

a aw

aren

ess

on c

limat

e ch

ange

and

its

miti

gatio

n an

d ad

apta

tion

stra

tegi

es10

.1.4

Inte

nsify

pub

lic e

duca

tion

prog

ram

mes

(in

clud

ing

vide

o cl

ips)

for

awar

enes

s cr

eatio

n on

cl

imat

e ch

ange

, miti

gatio

n an

d ad

apta

tion

stra

tegi

es10

.2.1

Enh

ance

cap

acity

(hu

man

and

equ

ipm

ent)

of

age

ncie

s re

spon

sibl

e fo

r m

onito

ring

emis

sion

s an

d di

scha

rge

of w

aste

10.2

.2 P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

and

rew

ards

for

adop

tion

of c

lean

er a

nd e

ffici

ent t

echn

olog

ies

10.2

.3 A

pply

app

ropr

iate

and

det

erre

nt s

anct

ions

to

defa

ultin

g fir

ms/

com

pani

es10

.3.1

Dev

elop

str

uctu

re p

lans

with

cle

ar p

rovi

sion

fo

r op

en s

pace

s, g

reen

bel

ts a

nd o

ther

am

enity

va

lues

10

.3.2

Dev

elop

and

enf

orce

gui

delin

es r

egar

ding

to

lera

ble

nois

e le

vels

, sm

oke,

effl

uent

, ref

use

and

visu

al p

ollu

tion

and

appl

y ap

prop

riate

pun

itive

and

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

NC

CE

, Mo

I, M

inis

try

of

Ene

rgy/

Ene

rgy

Com

mis

sion

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s, P

rivat

e se

ctor

MO

E/G

ES

, ME

ST

ME

ST

, NC

CE

EPA

, ME

ST,

Min

istr

y of

Ene

rgy

ME

ST

, MO

TI,

EPA

, Min

istr

y of

E

nerg

yE

PA ,

ME

ST,

AG

’s D

epar

tmen

t

MM

DA

s (P

PD

)

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T, M

OT

I, E

PA

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

and

refu

se p

ollu

tion

10.4

Pro

mot

e an

d st

reng

then

co

oper

atio

n of

ad

join

ing

MM

DA

s in

co

llabo

ratio

n w

ith

trad

ition

al a

utho

ritie

s an

d ot

her

rele

vant

st

akeh

olde

rs in

m

anag

emen

t of w

ater

bo

dies

and

oth

er

natu

ral r

esou

rces

10.5

Impo

se a

nd

enfo

rce

mor

e ef

fect

ive

coas

tal z

one

and

wet

land

s m

anag

emen

t re

gula

tions

10.6

Str

engt

hen

the

capa

citie

s of

age

ncie

s th

at a

re c

harg

ed w

ith

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal

stan

dard

s

dete

rren

t mea

sure

s fo

r de

faul

ters

10.4

.1 D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent a

n in

tegr

ated

wat

er

and

envi

ronm

enta

l res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t pla

n co

verin

g an

d in

volv

ing

seve

ral d

istr

icts

and

all

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s10

.4.2

Impl

emen

t the

rec

omm

enda

tions

and

po

licie

s on

spa

tial p

lann

ing

as c

onta

ined

in th

e ne

w

Dec

entr

alis

atio

n P

olic

y F

ram

ewor

k an

d A

ctio

n P

lan

10.5

.1 M

ap a

nd id

entif

y w

etla

nds

and

ecol

ogic

ally

se

nsiti

ve a

reas

esp

ecia

lly fo

r ab

atem

ent o

f phy

sica

l de

velo

pmen

t10

.5.2

Rev

iew

/upd

ate

exis

ting

inte

grat

ed c

oast

al

and

wet

land

s m

anag

emen

t pla

ns a

nd p

repa

re n

ew

ones

as

nece

ssar

y10

.5.3

Ens

ure

stric

t adh

eren

ce to

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

coa

stal

wet

land

s m

anag

emen

t pl

ans

10.6

.1 U

nder

take

nee

ds a

sses

smen

t of a

genc

ies

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

(E

PA, G

SD

, P

hysi

cal P

lann

ing

Dep

artm

ent,

MM

DA

s)10

.6.2

Enh

ance

app

ropr

iate

trai

ning

of a

genc

ies

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

10.6

.3 P

rovi

de in

nova

tive

way

s of

fund

ing

the

activ

ities

of t

he a

genc

ies

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

MW

RW

H/W

ater

Co

mm

issi

on

, M

MD

As,

CS

Os,

RC

C, P

rivat

e se

ctor

ML

GR

D, M

ES

T (

TC

PD

), R

CC

s,

ND

PC

, MM

DA

s, L

GS

MM

DA

s , D

GW

, E

PA

MW

RW

H/H

ydro

Sec

tion,

MW

RW

H/H

ydro

sec

tio

n,

DG

W,,

EPA

, MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, E

PA, D

GW

ME

ST

, EPA

, MW

RW

H /

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es C

omm

issi

on, M

MD

As

EPA

, MW

RW

H /

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es C

omm

issi

on, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s, E

PA, M

LGR

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Act

ion

are

a 10

: C

limat

e C

han

ge

Ad

apta

tio

n a

nd

Mit

igat

ion

P

olic

y O

bje

ctiv

e: T

o P

rom

ote

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Ada

ptat

ion

and

Miti

gatio

n M

echa

nism

s

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

10.1

Inte

nsify

pub

lic

awar

enes

s ca

mpa

igns

on

ener

gy

cons

erva

tion,

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd m

itiga

tion

stra

tegi

es

10.2

Enc

oura

ge

prog

ress

ive

redu

ctio

n of

haz

ardo

us

subs

tanc

es b

y in

dust

ry

10.3

Pro

mot

e se

ttlem

ent s

truc

ture

pl

ans

desi

gned

to

achi

eve

a hi

gh le

vel o

f am

enity

as

wel

l as

the

prev

entio

n of

effl

uent

10.1

.1 In

stitu

te p

ublic

pro

gram

mes

for

awar

enes

s cr

eatio

n on

the

bene

fits

and

cost

s of

ene

rgy

cons

erva

tion

10.1

.2 A

dopt

ene

rgy

cons

ervi

ng

syst

ems/

tech

nolo

gies

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

build

ings

10.1

.3 In

trod

uce

or s

tren

gthe

n sc

hool

cur

ricul

a aw

aren

ess

on c

limat

e ch

ange

and

its

miti

gatio

n an

d ad

apta

tion

stra

tegi

es10

.1.4

Inte

nsify

pub

lic e

duca

tion

prog

ram

mes

(in

clud

ing

vide

o cl

ips)

for

awar

enes

s cr

eatio

n on

cl

imat

e ch

ange

, miti

gatio

n an

d ad

apta

tion

stra

tegi

es10

.2.1

Enh

ance

cap

acity

(hu

man

and

equ

ipm

ent)

of

age

ncie

s re

spon

sibl

e fo

r m

onito

ring

emis

sion

s an

d di

scha

rge

of w

aste

10.2

.2 P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

and

rew

ards

for

adop

tion

of c

lean

er a

nd e

ffici

ent t

echn

olog

ies

10.2

.3 A

pply

app

ropr

iate

and

det

erre

nt s

anct

ions

to

defa

ultin

g fir

ms/

com

pani

es10

.3.1

Dev

elop

str

uctu

re p

lans

with

cle

ar p

rovi

sion

fo

r op

en s

pace

s, g

reen

bel

ts a

nd o

ther

am

enity

va

lues

10

.3.2

Dev

elop

and

enf

orce

gui

delin

es r

egar

ding

to

lera

ble

nois

e le

vels

, sm

oke,

effl

uent

, ref

use

and

visu

al p

ollu

tion

and

appl

y ap

prop

riate

pun

itive

and

XX

XX

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XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

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X

XX

XX

X

XX

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XX

XX

X

NC

CE

, Mo

I, M

inis

try

of

Ene

rgy/

Ene

rgy

Com

mis

sion

MM

DA

s, M

DA

s, P

rivat

e se

ctor

MO

E/G

ES

, ME

ST

ME

ST

, NC

CE

EPA

, ME

ST,

Min

istr

y of

Ene

rgy

ME

ST

, MO

TI,

EPA

, Min

istr

y of

E

nerg

yE

PA ,

ME

ST,

AG

’s D

epar

tmen

t

MM

DA

s (P

PD

)

MM

DA

s, M

ES

T, M

OT

I, E

PA

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

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a 12

: U

rban

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Fin

ance

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

and

So

urc

es o

f F

un

din

g U

rban

Dev

elo

pm

ent

and

Str

eng

then

Fin

anci

al M

anag

emen

t

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

12.1

Fin

d ne

w w

ays

of m

obili

zing

fina

nce

for

inve

stm

ent i

n ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

12.2

Pro

mot

e P

ublic

-

12.1

.1 Im

plem

ent t

he F

isca

l Dec

entr

alis

atio

n pr

opos

al c

onta

ined

in th

e D

ecen

tral

isat

ion

Pol

icy

Act

ion

Pla

n 20

1012

.1.2

Est

ablis

h an

Urb

an D

evel

opm

ent B

ank

as a

lo

ng te

rm in

stitu

tiona

l fin

anci

al a

nd b

anki

ng

mec

hani

sm fo

r (a

) pr

omot

ing

urba

n in

fras

truc

tura

l de

velo

pmen

t; an

d (b

) pr

ovid

ing

tech

nica

l as

sist

ance

and

con

sulta

ncy

serv

ices

to M

MD

As

and

othe

r ur

ban

acto

rs fo

r th

e pr

epar

atio

n,

impl

emen

tatio

n, m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

anag

emen

t of

pr

iorit

y ur

ban

proj

ects

12.1

.2 P

ass

and

impl

emen

t the

Mun

icip

al F

inan

cing

B

ill b

y es

tabl

ishi

ng a

fully

func

tiona

l mun

icip

al

finan

ce a

utho

rity

to b

orro

w fr

om in

tern

atio

nal a

nd

dom

estic

sou

rces

to o

n-le

nd to

MM

DA

s12

.1.3

Rev

iew

and

rai

se p

rope

rty

taxe

s to

pro

vide

ad

ditio

nal f

unds

12.1

.4 A

pply

use

r ch

arge

s to

cov

er c

ost o

f in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

mai

nten

ance

esp

ecia

lly

in m

iddl

e an

d up

per

clas

s re

side

ntia

l ne

ighb

ourh

oods

12.1

.5 Im

pose

tax

on th

e sa

le o

f lan

d an

d un

used

la

nd

12.2

.1 S

tren

gthe

n or

est

ablis

h le

gal a

nd

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

for

dire

ctin

g th

e P

PP

12

.2.2

Initi

ate

cons

ulta

tions

and

dia

logu

e be

twee

n

XX

XX

X

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XX

XX

XX

X

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XX

XX

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X

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP

MO

FE

P, M

LGR

D

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

AG

’s

Dep

artm

ent

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

ISM

A, M

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

MO

FE

P, L

C,

AG

’s D

ept

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

ISM

A, A

GI,

GC

CM

LG

RD

, MM

DA

s IS

MA

, G

CC

,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

45GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

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Are

a 11

: R

esea

rch

in U

rban

an

d R

egio

nal

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Str

engt

hen

App

lied

Res

earc

h in

Urb

an a

nd R

egio

nal D

evel

opm

ent

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

11.1

Str

engt

hen

the

capa

city

of r

esea

rch

inst

itutio

ns a

nd o

ther

bo

dies

con

cern

ed

with

urb

an a

nd

regi

onal

dev

elop

men

t11

.2 E

ncou

rage

urb

an

rese

arch

that

has

im

med

iate

bea

ring

on

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t pr

oble

ms

and

need

s

11.3

Pro

mot

e pu

blic

-pr

ivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

ps in

fu

ndin

g re

sear

ch o

n ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

11.1

.2 E

nhan

ce r

esea

rch

capa

city

(hu

man

and

m

ater

ial)

of h

ighe

r in

stitu

tions

and

oth

er b

odie

s w

hich

focu

s on

urb

an a

nd r

egio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

11.2

.3 D

evel

op in

nova

tive

way

s of

fund

ing

rese

arch

in

urb

an a

nd r

egio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

11.2

.1 U

nder

take

stu

dies

focu

ssin

g es

peci

ally

on

issu

es p

erta

inin

g to

the

urba

n sy

stem

, urb

an

soci

olog

y, u

rban

eco

nom

y, lo

cal g

over

nmen

t fin

ance

, rur

al-u

rban

mig

ratio

n, tr

ansp

orta

tion

plan

ning

and

env

ironm

ent

11.2

.2 In

stitu

te r

esea

rch

capa

city

enh

ance

men

t pr

ogra

mm

e ta

rget

ed a

t urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

ssue

s

11.2

.3 E

stab

lish

inno

vativ

e fu

ndin

g m

echa

nism

s to

su

ppor

t urb

an r

esea

rch

11.3

.1 E

stab

lish

mod

aliti

es fo

r P

rivat

e se

ctor

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in u

rban

res

earc

h

11.3

.2 P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

for

priv

ate

sect

or

part

icip

atio

n

11.3

.3 P

rom

ote

and

mar

ket u

rban

res

earc

h fin

ding

s

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MO

E/N

CT

E, I

nstit

utio

n of

hig

her

lear

ning

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g,

NC

TE

Un

iver

siti

es a

nd

Res

earc

h

Inst

itu

tio

ns,

ILG

S, G

SS

, M

LGR

D (

UD

U),

ND

PC

MLG

RD

-UD

U, N

DP

C,

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g,

Priv

ate

sect

or, I

LG

S

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g, M

OF

EP,

MO

E,

Priv

ate

sect

or, N

DP

C

MO

E, M

LG

RD

(U

DU

), N

DP

C,

Inst

itutio

n of

hig

her

Lear

ning

, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g, M

MD

As,

M

OF

EP,

Inst

itu

tio

n o

f H

igh

er le

arn

ing

, M

LGR

D (

UD

U),

GS

S,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

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ion

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: U

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ent

Fin

ance

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

Exp

and

So

urc

es o

f F

un

din

g U

rban

Dev

elo

pm

ent

and

Str

eng

then

Fin

anci

al M

anag

emen

t

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

12.1

Fin

d ne

w w

ays

of m

obili

zing

fina

nce

for

inve

stm

ent i

n ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

12.2

Pro

mot

e P

ublic

-

12.1

.1 Im

plem

ent t

he F

isca

l Dec

entr

alis

atio

n pr

opos

al c

onta

ined

in th

e D

ecen

tral

isat

ion

Pol

icy

Act

ion

Pla

n 20

1012

.1.2

Est

ablis

h an

Urb

an D

evel

opm

ent B

ank

as a

lo

ng te

rm in

stitu

tiona

l fin

anci

al a

nd b

anki

ng

mec

hani

sm fo

r (a

) pr

omot

ing

urba

n in

fras

truc

tura

l de

velo

pmen

t; an

d (b

) pr

ovid

ing

tech

nica

l as

sist

ance

and

con

sulta

ncy

serv

ices

to M

MD

As

and

othe

r ur

ban

acto

rs fo

r th

e pr

epar

atio

n,

impl

emen

tatio

n, m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

anag

emen

t of

pr

iorit

y ur

ban

proj

ects

12.1

.2 P

ass

and

impl

emen

t the

Mun

icip

al F

inan

cing

B

ill b

y es

tabl

ishi

ng a

fully

func

tiona

l mun

icip

al

finan

ce a

utho

rity

to b

orro

w fr

om in

tern

atio

nal a

nd

dom

estic

sou

rces

to o

n-le

nd to

MM

DA

s12

.1.3

Rev

iew

and

rai

se p

rope

rty

taxe

s to

pro

vide

ad

ditio

nal f

unds

12.1

.4 A

pply

use

r ch

arge

s to

cov

er c

ost o

f in

fras

truc

ture

and

ser

vice

mai

nten

ance

esp

ecia

lly

in m

iddl

e an

d up

per

clas

s re

side

ntia

l ne

ighb

ourh

oods

12.1

.5 Im

pose

tax

on th

e sa

le o

f lan

d an

d un

used

la

nd

12.2

.1 S

tren

gthe

n or

est

ablis

h le

gal a

nd

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

for

dire

ctin

g th

e P

PP

12

.2.2

Initi

ate

cons

ulta

tions

and

dia

logu

e be

twee

n

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

XX

X

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP

MO

FE

P, M

LGR

D

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

AG

’s

Dep

artm

ent

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

ISM

A, M

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

MO

FE

P, L

C,

AG

’s D

ept

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP,

ISM

A, A

GI,

GC

CM

LG

RD

, MM

DA

s IS

MA

, G

CC

,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

45GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Act

ion

Are

a 11

: R

esea

rch

in U

rban

an

d R

egio

nal

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Po

licy

Ob

ject

ive:

To

Str

engt

hen

App

lied

Res

earc

h in

Urb

an a

nd R

egio

nal D

evel

opm

ent

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

11.1

Str

engt

hen

the

capa

city

of r

esea

rch

inst

itutio

ns a

nd o

ther

bo

dies

con

cern

ed

with

urb

an a

nd

regi

onal

dev

elop

men

t11

.2 E

ncou

rage

urb

an

rese

arch

that

has

im

med

iate

bea

ring

on

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t pr

oble

ms

and

need

s

11.3

Pro

mot

e pu

blic

-pr

ivat

e pa

rtne

rshi

ps in

fu

ndin

g re

sear

ch o

n ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

11.1

.2 E

nhan

ce r

esea

rch

capa

city

(hu

man

and

m

ater

ial)

of h

ighe

r in

stitu

tions

and

oth

er b

odie

s w

hich

focu

s on

urb

an a

nd r

egio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

11.2

.3 D

evel

op in

nova

tive

way

s of

fund

ing

rese

arch

in

urb

an a

nd r

egio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

11.2

.1 U

nder

take

stu

dies

focu

ssin

g es

peci

ally

on

issu

es p

erta

inin

g to

the

urba

n sy

stem

, urb

an

soci

olog

y, u

rban

eco

nom

y, lo

cal g

over

nmen

t fin

ance

, rur

al-u

rban

mig

ratio

n, tr

ansp

orta

tion

plan

ning

and

env

ironm

ent

11.2

.2 In

stitu

te r

esea

rch

capa

city

enh

ance

men

t pr

ogra

mm

e ta

rget

ed a

t urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

ssue

s

11.2

.3 E

stab

lish

inno

vativ

e fu

ndin

g m

echa

nism

s to

su

ppor

t urb

an r

esea

rch

11.3

.1 E

stab

lish

mod

aliti

es fo

r P

rivat

e se

ctor

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in u

rban

res

earc

h

11.3

.2 P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

for

priv

ate

sect

or

part

icip

atio

n

11.3

.3 P

rom

ote

and

mar

ket u

rban

res

earc

h fin

ding

s

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

MO

E/N

CT

E, I

nstit

utio

n of

hig

her

lear

ning

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g,

NC

TE

Un

iver

siti

es a

nd

Res

earc

h

Inst

itu

tio

ns,

ILG

S, G

SS

, M

LGR

D (

UD

U),

ND

PC

MLG

RD

-UD

U, N

DP

C,

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g,

Priv

ate

sect

or, I

LG

S

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g, M

OF

EP,

MO

E,

Priv

ate

sect

or, N

DP

C

MO

E, M

LG

RD

(U

DU

), N

DP

C,

Inst

itutio

n of

hig

her

Lear

ning

, P

rivat

e S

ecto

r

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

Inst

itu

tio

ns

of

Hig

her

Lea

rnin

g, M

MD

As,

M

OF

EP,

Inst

itu

tio

n o

f H

igh

er le

arn

ing

, M

LGR

D (

UD

U),

GS

S,

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT44

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

inst

itutio

ns to

dev

elop

si

te a

nd s

ervi

ces.

12.5

Und

erta

ke th

e se

rvic

ing

of la

nd fo

r pr

ivat

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d re

cove

r th

e co

st

by le

vy o

f ser

vice

ch

arge

s fr

om

bene

ficia

ry

land

owne

rs a

nd

deve

lopm

ent c

harg

es

from

ben

efic

iary

de

velo

pers

12.6

Pro

mot

e th

e us

e of

Pen

sion

s an

d ot

her

inve

stm

ent f

unds

as

inve

stm

ents

in

spec

ified

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent

part

ners

hip

inve

stm

ent a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

12.4

.3 O

ffer

offic

ial p

rom

otio

nal a

nd te

chni

cal

plan

ning

sup

port

, esp

ecia

lly in

res

pect

of p

roje

ct

initi

atio

n, s

ite p

lann

ing

and

acce

ss to

bas

ic s

ervi

ces

12.5

.1 U

nder

take

site

and

ser

vice

s sc

hem

es a

s pr

ovid

ed u

nder

the

prov

isio

ns o

f the

Loc

al

Gov

ernm

ent A

ct 1

993

(Act

462

)12

.5.2

Edu

cate

cus

tom

ary

land

owne

rs o

n th

e sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

of A

ct 4

62 a

nd th

e de

rivab

le

bene

fits

to la

ndow

ners

, dev

elop

ers

and

the

gene

ral

publ

ic12

.5.3

Ent

er in

to a

gree

men

ts w

ith b

enef

icia

ry

land

owne

rs a

s re

gard

s co

st r

ecov

ery

12.5

.4 R

ecov

er c

ost p

artly

from

ben

efic

iary

de

velo

pers

thro

ugh

levy

of d

evel

opm

ent c

harg

es

on g

rant

s of

pla

nnin

g an

d bu

ildin

g pe

rmits

12

.5.5

Pla

n an

d im

plem

ent t

he s

ite a

nd s

ervi

ces

sche

mes

12.5

.6 B

uild

up

requ

ired

capa

citie

s in

urb

an

asse

mbl

ies

for

effic

ient

dev

elop

men

t and

m

anag

emen

t of s

ite a

nd s

ervi

ces

sche

mes

12.6

.1 M

ake

a pr

opos

al to

Pen

sion

Fun

d In

stitu

tions

to m

ake

inve

stm

ents

in u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t12

.6.2

Est

ablis

h th

e re

quire

d m

anag

emen

t st

ruct

ures

of p

artic

ipat

ing

inst

itutio

ns t

o pu

rsue

ur

ban

inve

stm

ents

12.6

.3 F

acili

tate

land

acc

ess

for

part

icip

atin

g in

stitu

tions

in u

rban

inve

stm

ent.

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, C

LO

MM

DA

s, C

LO

MM

DA

s, C

LO

MM

DA

s

CL

O, C

on

sult

ants

, MM

DA

s,

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, MLG

RD

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ME

ST

(TC

PD

),

MM

DA

s

Par

tici

pat

ing

Inve

stm

ent

Fu

nd

In

stit

uti

on

s

LC

, TC

PD

/PP

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

47GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

Priv

ate

Par

tner

ship

(P

PP

) as

ano

ther

m

eans

of f

undi

ng fo

r ur

ban

infr

astr

uctu

re

and

serv

ices

.12

.3 A

dopt

bes

t pr

actic

es in

mun

icip

al

finan

ce a

nd n

on-

conv

entio

nal,

inno

vativ

e w

ays

of

reve

nue

mob

ilisa

tion.

12.4

Sup

port

cu

stom

ary

land

owne

rs in

prim

e ur

ban

area

s to

ne

gotia

te a

nd

colla

bora

te w

ith

SS

NIT

ban

king

and

the

urba

n A

ssem

blie

s an

d pr

ivat

e en

trep

rene

urs

with

res

pect

to jo

int f

inan

cing

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d se

rvic

es, i

nclu

ding

(to

ll) r

oads

, mar

kets

, mul

ti-st

orey

car

par

ks, w

aste

man

agem

ent,

sani

tatio

n an

d ot

her

publ

ic fa

cilit

ies.

12.3

.1 U

nder

take

a g

ener

al s

tudy

of b

est p

ract

ices

in

urb

an g

over

nmen

t fin

ance

, cov

erin

g ta

xatio

n,

serv

ice

char

ges

and

cost

rec

over

ies,

cap

ital

fund

ing,

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent,

and

real

istic

bu

dget

ing

as a

pol

icy

inst

rum

ent.

12.3

.2 U

nder

take

spe

cific

cas

e st

udie

s of

the

vario

us m

eans

or

met

hods

by

whi

ch ta

x re

venu

es

are

colle

cted

to s

uppo

rt u

rban

ser

vice

s in

sel

ecte

d co

untr

ies

whi

ch a

re p

ace

sette

rs.

12.3

.3 U

nder

take

gro

up s

tudy

tour

s to

citi

es a

nd

tow

ns w

hich

hav

e be

st p

ract

ices

in m

unic

ipal

fin

ance

.12

.3.4

Sha

re r

even

ue m

obili

zatio

n ex

perie

nces

be

twee

n M

MD

As

and

appl

y le

sson

s of

goo

d pr

actic

es to

dra

w s

trat

egic

and

act

ion

plan

s fo

r im

prov

ing

mob

iliza

tion

of o

wn

reve

nue.

12.4

.1 Id

entif

y m

ajor

urb

an p

rime

land

s an

d lin

k th

eir

cust

omar

y ow

ners

with

inte

rest

ed fi

nanc

ial

inst

itutio

ns a

nd d

evel

opm

ent c

onsu

ltant

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e of

dev

elop

ing

site

and

ser

vice

s pr

ojec

ts to

en

hanc

e in

dust

rial a

nd r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

t.12

.4.2

Pro

mot

e sc

hem

es fo

r th

e pr

ospe

ctiv

e ex

ecut

ing

stak

ehol

ders

to ta

ke u

p as

priv

ate

X XX X

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

AG

I, M

OF

EP

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s (P

PD

), C

LO, F

I, P

rofe

ssio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

ns (

Bui

lt E

nviro

nmen

t)

Ditt

o

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT46

Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

inst

itutio

ns to

dev

elop

si

te a

nd s

ervi

ces.

12.5

Und

erta

ke th

e se

rvic

ing

of la

nd fo

r pr

ivat

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d re

cove

r th

e co

st

by le

vy o

f ser

vice

ch

arge

s fr

om

bene

ficia

ry

land

owne

rs a

nd

deve

lopm

ent c

harg

es

from

ben

efic

iary

de

velo

pers

12.6

Pro

mot

e th

e us

e of

Pen

sion

s an

d ot

her

inve

stm

ent f

unds

as

inve

stm

ents

in

spec

ified

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent

part

ners

hip

inve

stm

ent a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

12.4

.3 O

ffer

offic

ial p

rom

otio

nal a

nd te

chni

cal

plan

ning

sup

port

, esp

ecia

lly in

res

pect

of p

roje

ct

initi

atio

n, s

ite p

lann

ing

and

acce

ss to

bas

ic s

ervi

ces

12.5

.1 U

nder

take

site

and

ser

vice

s sc

hem

es a

s pr

ovid

ed u

nder

the

prov

isio

ns o

f the

Loc

al

Gov

ernm

ent A

ct 1

993

(Act

462

)12

.5.2

Edu

cate

cus

tom

ary

land

owne

rs o

n th

e sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

of A

ct 4

62 a

nd th

e de

rivab

le

bene

fits

to la

ndow

ners

, dev

elop

ers

and

the

gene

ral

publ

ic12

.5.3

Ent

er in

to a

gree

men

ts w

ith b

enef

icia

ry

land

owne

rs a

s re

gard

s co

st r

ecov

ery

12.5

.4 R

ecov

er c

ost p

artly

from

ben

efic

iary

de

velo

pers

thro

ugh

levy

of d

evel

opm

ent c

harg

es

on g

rant

s of

pla

nnin

g an

d bu

ildin

g pe

rmits

12

.5.5

Pla

n an

d im

plem

ent t

he s

ite a

nd s

ervi

ces

sche

mes

12.5

.6 B

uild

up

requ

ired

capa

citie

s in

urb

an

asse

mbl

ies

for

effic

ient

dev

elop

men

t and

m

anag

emen

t of s

ite a

nd s

ervi

ces

sche

mes

12.6

.1 M

ake

a pr

opos

al to

Pen

sion

Fun

d In

stitu

tions

to m

ake

inve

stm

ents

in u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t12

.6.2

Est

ablis

h th

e re

quire

d m

anag

emen

t st

ruct

ures

of p

artic

ipat

ing

inst

itutio

ns t

o pu

rsue

ur

ban

inve

stm

ents

12.6

.3 F

acili

tate

land

acc

ess

for

part

icip

atin

g in

stitu

tions

in u

rban

inve

stm

ent.

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

MM

DA

s

MM

DA

s, C

LO

MM

DA

s, C

LO

MM

DA

s, C

LO

MM

DA

s

CL

O, C

on

sult

ants

, MM

DA

s,

MM

DA

s, L

GS

, MLG

RD

ML

GR

D (

UD

U),

ME

ST

(TC

PD

),

MM

DA

s

Par

tici

pat

ing

Inve

stm

ent

Fu

nd

In

stit

uti

on

s

LC

, TC

PD

/PP

D

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

47GHANA NATIONAL URBAN POLICY ACTION PLAN

Po

licy In

itia

tive

Imp

lem

en

tin

g B

od

ies

Yr

1K

ey A

cti

vit

ies

Priv

ate

Par

tner

ship

(P

PP

) as

ano

ther

m

eans

of f

undi

ng fo

r ur

ban

infr

astr

uctu

re

and

serv

ices

.12

.3 A

dopt

bes

t pr

actic

es in

mun

icip

al

finan

ce a

nd n

on-

conv

entio

nal,

inno

vativ

e w

ays

of

reve

nue

mob

ilisa

tion.

12.4

Sup

port

cu

stom

ary

land

owne

rs in

prim

e ur

ban

area

s to

ne

gotia

te a

nd

colla

bora

te w

ith

SS

NIT

ban

king

and

the

urba

n A

ssem

blie

s an

d pr

ivat

e en

trep

rene

urs

with

res

pect

to jo

int f

inan

cing

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d se

rvic

es, i

nclu

ding

(to

ll) r

oads

, mar

kets

, mul

ti-st

orey

car

par

ks, w

aste

man

agem

ent,

sani

tatio

n an

d ot

her

publ

ic fa

cilit

ies.

12.3

.1 U

nder

take

a g

ener

al s

tudy

of b

est p

ract

ices

in

urb

an g

over

nmen

t fin

ance

, cov

erin

g ta

xatio

n,

serv

ice

char

ges

and

cost

rec

over

ies,

cap

ital

fund

ing,

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent,

and

real

istic

bu

dget

ing

as a

pol

icy

inst

rum

ent.

12.3

.2 U

nder

take

spe

cific

cas

e st

udie

s of

the

vario

us m

eans

or

met

hods

by

whi

ch ta

x re

venu

es

are

colle

cted

to s

uppo

rt u

rban

ser

vice

s in

sel

ecte

d co

untr

ies

whi

ch a

re p

ace

sette

rs.

12.3

.3 U

nder

take

gro

up s

tudy

tour

s to

citi

es a

nd

tow

ns w

hich

hav

e be

st p

ract

ices

in m

unic

ipal

fin

ance

.12

.3.4

Sha

re r

even

ue m

obili

zatio

n ex

perie

nces

be

twee

n M

MD

As

and

appl

y le

sson

s of

goo

d pr

actic

es to

dra

w s

trat

egic

and

act

ion

plan

s fo

r im

prov

ing

mob

iliza

tion

of o

wn

reve

nue.

12.4

.1 Id

entif

y m

ajor

urb

an p

rime

land

s an

d lin

k th

eir

cust

omar

y ow

ners

with

inte

rest

ed fi

nanc

ial

inst

itutio

ns a

nd d

evel

opm

ent c

onsu

ltant

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e of

dev

elop

ing

site

and

ser

vice

s pr

ojec

ts to

en

hanc

e in

dust

rial a

nd r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

t.12

.4.2

Pro

mot

e sc

hem

es fo

r th

e pr

ospe

ctiv

e ex

ecut

ing

stak

ehol

ders

to ta

ke u

p as

priv

ate

X XX X

X

XX

X

XX

XX

X

XX

XX

X

AG

I, M

OF

EP

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

ML

GR

D, M

OF

EP

ML

GR

D, M

MD

As

MM

DA

s, M

LGR

D

MM

DA

s (P

PD

), C

LO, F

I, P

rofe

ssio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

ns (

Bui

lt E

nviro

nmen

t)

Ditt

o

Yr

2Y

r 3

Yr

4Y

r 5

Tab

le C

on

tin

ued

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Tab

le C

on

tin

ue

d

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