Ministerial Order No. 72/2024 establishing procedure for formulating and approving the Municipal Development Plan.

This Ministerial Order establishes the rules governing the procedure for formulating and approving the Municipal Development Plan. This Plan is a strategic document that defines goals, priorities and actions to be implemented to promote socio-economic and sustainable development in the territory of a municipality. In addition, the plan establishes a diagnosis of the current situation, identifying local challenges and potentialities, and outlines a set of objectives and measures aimed at improving the population's quality of life, protecting natural resources and valorising the municipality's endogenous resources. The Municipal Development Plan must include: a) A description of the municipality's physical and social situation; b) The development objectives to be achieved; c) The physical and financial stages and targets to be reached; d) A description of the actions to be carried out, their timetable and the main beneficiaries; e) The investments to be made and the projected financial amounts; f) The objectives to be achieved in terms of gender equality.