Development Planning System Law.

The Law lays down rules for development planning in Latvia. Its purpose is to promote sustainable and stable development of the State, as well as the improvement of the quality of life of inhabitants, by determining the development planning system. The Law applies to the development planning in the Saeima, the Cabinet, State institutions of direct administration, planning regions and State administrative institutions which are not subordinated to the Cabinet. According to the Law, the development planning is the development of principles, objectives and actions necessary for the achievement thereof in order to implement politically specified priorities and to ensure the development of the society and territory. In addition, the development planning system must cover policy planning and territorial development planning and ensure the coherence and mutual co-ordination of the decisions taken by State and local government institutions. The development planning documents initiated at the international level shall be included in the hierarchy of the national planning documents by selecting the most appropriate type of the development planning document. A policy planning document specifies the objectives, tasks, and actions for facilitating the development in one or several policy fields, sectors or sub-sectors. The Sustainable Development Strategy of Latvia and the National Development Plan shall be handed over for public discussion in accordance with the procedures specified by laws and regulations. Other development planning documents shall be handed over for public discussion in accordance with the procedures and in the cases specified by the laws and regulations.