IRI DRC participates in working group to assess the implementation measures of the draft law on Spatial Planning

IRI DRC took part in a meeting of the Civil Society Thematic Working Group 5 (WG5) on Spatial Planning. The meeting was organised by the CADGFT with the participation of 20 people, including representatives of state services from the Ministries of Territorial Planning, Land Affairs, Interior and Security, Agriculture and Environment and Sustainable Development; and environmental civil society organizations. The objective was to analyse the consolidated version of the draft law on spatial planning, with a view to identifying provisions and matters likely to be subject to implementing measures once promulgated by the President of the Republic. IRI DRC has set up a strategy to monitor the legislative agenda of the draft law on Spatial Planning with the Thematic Working Group on Spatial Planning (WG5). TWG5 prepared a draft of the mapping of the implementation measures of the Planning Act to be forwarded to the President for promulgation. The outcome of this meeting was the production of a draft of the implementing measures after an article-by-article reading of the final version of the bill and the proposal of actions to monitor the bill for its effective implementation. Spatial planning is one of the key development sectors in terms of land use, making it a key line of intervention so that IRI DRC is involved in processes to ensure the rational management of forest areas, specifically for local communities and Pygmy indigenous peoples. IRI DRC has set up a strategy for monitoring the legislative agenda of the draft law on regional planning with the Groupe de Travail Thématique Amenagement du Territoire (GTT5).