In all activities and phases of a Sustainable Cities Programme demonstration project, institutionalising the EPM process remains the overarching objective which will continue to engage cities long after the project has been completed. Although the SCP activities (preparing the Environmental Profile, conducting the City Consultation, establishing Working Groups, formulating strategies and institutionalising the process) are logically portrayed in a sequence of phases and stages, as if one feeds into the other, in reality they rather represent a complex, multi-track process. Institutionalising EPM in Tanzania In Tanzania, the key elements of the EPM have been institutionalised nationally. The involvement of stakeholders in addressing urban planning issues and the strategic planning and management approach is now incorporated in the National Human Settlements Development Policy 2000 and the draft Town and Country Planning Act 2003. In addition, at the local level, a few local authorities like the Kinondoni Municipal Council have established a permanent EPM department. |
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