Full form of NDPC is Natinoal Development Planning Commisssion.
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) was established as part of the Executive under Articles 86 and 87 of the 1992 Constitution.
The National Development Planning Commission Act, 1994 (Act 479) and the National Development Planning (System) Act, 1994 (Act 480) form the foundational legal framework for the Commission's establishment and operation.
About NDPC
The Commission's principal goal is to unite the nation under a single set of goals and priorities that will promote long-term growth. The Commission advises the government on cross-cutting issues affecting South Africa's long-term development.
The NDPC is made up of 24 part-time external commissioners, a chairman and a deputy chairperson chosen by the President based on their specific skills and knowledge. The commissioners were chosen from nominations submitted by the people across South Africa, and the majority of them are from outside government.
South Africa needs well-researched, evidence-based policy input into long-term economic, social, and political consequences for development. Ongoing study on significant cross-cutting, multi-sectoral issues is required from the commission, as are research reports and discussion papers that give strong evidence and unambiguous recommendations to the government.
The National Development Planning Commission is supported by a secretariat inside the Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation's planning section. The department's priority over the next five years will be to coordinate and supervise the execution of the National Development Plan in order to achieve Vision 2030.
The commission will advise the government and social partners on plan implementation and will collaborate with state agencies to report on progress towards objectives until the next national planning cycle occurs.
History
The constitution of 1979 originally advocated the formation of a National Development Commission. The panel was to be led by the then-vice president and report to the then-president, according to the constitution.
According to the constitution, the chairman of the Commission's responsibility was to advise, monitor, and review. The coup of 1981 ended the commission's existence.
In order to strengthen decentralization in Ghana in the 1980s, the government hired a Hungarian team of consultants (TESCO) financed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The team also created an operational manual and a draught of the National Development Planning Law, which would serve as the commission's legal foundation.
Lieutenant-General Arnold Quainoo, then a member of the PNDC administration, led the committee, which began activities on April 2, 1990.
Article 87, which outlined and clarified the commission's tasks, including its authority to "advise the president on development planning policy and strategy," formalised the committee's formation.
Mandate
Our mandate is supported by the NDPC legal framework, which includes the following:
The National Development Planning Commission Act, 1994 (Act 479), which formally establishes NDPC, and the National Development Planning (Systems) Act, 1994 (Act 480), which establishes NDPC as the national coordinating body of Ghana's Decentralized Development Planning System.
The NDPC's mandate is to advise the President of the Republic of Ghana (and Parliament on request) on national development planning policy and strategy by providing a national development policy framework, preparing and ensuring effective implementation of approved national development plans, and coordinating economic and social activities across the country in order to ensure the country's accelerated and sustainable development.
Vision
An authoritative planning body that provides sound policy options for Ghana's long-term and even development.
Our core values:
- Professionalism
- Excellence
- Integrity
- Honesty
- Team work
- Hard work
Essential Functions
The Commission established by Act 479 has the following core functions:
- The Commission shall provide policy and strategy advice to the President on development planning.
- The Commission shall, upon the President's, Parliament's, or its own initiative;
- Investigate and conduct strategic analyses of macroeconomic and structural reform alternatives.
- Make recommendations for the development of multi-year rolling plans that take into account the resource potential and comparative advantage of Ghana's various districts.
- Make recommendations for the protection of the natural and physical environment in order to ensure that development strategies and programmes adhere to sound environmental principles.
- Make recommendations for ensuring the equitable development of Ghana's districts through the effective use of available resources.
- Conduct research and make recommendations on development and social issues.
- Make broad plans for national development.
- Keep national development plans under constant review in light of current domestic and international economic, social, and political conditions, and revise existing policies and programmes as needed.
- Perform such other development planning functions as the President may direct and coordinate the decentralised national development planning system.
Law and Function
The NDPC's primary job is to advise the President on economic growth. The commission began the process of developing Vision 2020, a 25-year development plan, as part of its powers to establish a National Development Plan.
Other medium-term plans developed by the commission include the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005), the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (2006-2009), the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (2010-2013), and the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (2014-2017).
According to Ghana's constitution, the commission is intended to undertake the following functions:
- The Commission should provide policy and strategy advice to the President on development planning.
- "At the request of the President or Parliament, or on its own initiative, the Commission shall-
- Study and make strategic analyses of macroeconomic and structural reform options.
- Make proposals for the development of multi-year rolling plans, taking into account the resource potential and comparative advantage of the various districts in Ghana.
- Make proposals for the protection of the natural and physical environment.
- Make proposals for ensuring the sustainability of the natural and physical environment.
- "The commission shall also execute such additional development planning tasks as the President may prescribe."
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