Decree-Law No. 4/2024 establishing the Community Development Planning. Country/Territory Timor-Leste Document type Legislation Date 2024 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Jornal da Republica, Serie I No. 3, 17 January 2024. Subject Land & soil Keyword Policy/planning Traditional rights/customary rights Indigenous peoples Dispute settlement Land tenure Local government Common property Community management Equity 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 establishes the principles and rules that govern Sucos' community development planning. Community development planning is a participatory mechanism for promoting community development, through the involvement of its members in identifying challenges, establishing goals and defining specific strategies and actions, with the aim of improving socio-economic conditions and environmental aspects. Acts carried out within the scope of community development planning comply with the law and the administrative bodies involved in it must act within the limits of their respective competences and with a view to carrying out the responsibilities of the Sucos. Community development plans comply with the Strategic Development plans that affect the territory in which the community is established, namely the Municipal Development Plan in force. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org