Economy Ministry analyses proposals to support new PDN

 Luanda - The Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) is analysing the proposals for plans submitted by sectors and provinces to support the new National Development Plan (PDN/2023- 2027) to further issue technical opinions on compliance, the director for Public Private Partnerships (PPP), Augusto Dembo said Thursday.

After the analysis, the MEP will issue technical opinions of conformity, in terms of structure and content of the proposals, the director said,  during the MEP usual briefing.

 

"They are preparing the Sectoral Plans (PDS) and Provincial Plans (PDP) to support the new PDN, and will then issue technical opinions on conformity", Dembo said.

 

He added that the actions are part of the National Planning System continuous elaboration process of the main instruments that will guide the future of the country.

 

Among the instruments, he added, there is the Final Balance of the 2018-2022 PDN, which is in the process of gathering information from the technical bodies of the national planning system (sectoral GEPEs and provincial GEPs).

 

The official added it includes the Long Term Strategy "Angola 2025" and its extension to the horizon 2050, which is in a process of intersectoral and public consultation.

 

The meeting aimed to develop a methodology for defining the criteria for identification and selection of PPP projects, creation of a portfolio of PPP projects and preparation of the pre-feasibility study of a project.

 

The agreement has three components, namely Support to Public Finance Reform (Ministry of Finance-MINFIN), Support to the Public Business Sector and PPP (IGAPE and MEP) and Support to Financial Sector Reform (BNA).

 

Within the scope of the General Census of Population and Housing (RGPH), to be held throughout the national territory in 2024, the National Statistics Institute held a public consultation to obtain contributions to the questionnaire to be submitted to the population.

 

The event held under the slogan "Together We Count for Angola", aimed at obtaining valuable contribution from the academia in what will be the largest statistical operation to be carried out in the country.