Decree-Law No. 11/2011 creating the National Development Agency. Country/Territory Timor-Leste Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Community management Local government Environmental planning Protection of habitats Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law, consisting of 17 articles divided into three Chapters, creates the National Development Agency (ADN), as a service that integrates the direct administration of the State, depending on the Prime Minister. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of ADN, whose mission is to design, coordinate, execute and evaluate the policy defined and approved by the Council of Ministers with regard to the evaluation, management, monitoring and inspection of development capital projects. ADN is guided, inter alia, by the following objectives: a) Promote national and community development and economic activity, particularly in districts, sub-districts and rural "Sucos"; b) Rationalize the available financial resources, through a careful evaluation of the projects based on the analysis of their cost-benefit; c) Control the costs and quality of development capital projects. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org References - Legislation Repealed by Decree-Law No. 60/2020 approving the Statute of the National Development Agency. Legislation | Timor-Leste | 2020 Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Community management, Sustainable development, Local government, Environmental planning, Protection of habitats, Capacity building, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX