National Planning Council and the National Planning Commission Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No. 281/2013. Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 26, 11 February 2013. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Urban land Institution Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Abstract This Regulation establishes the National Planning Council as an autonomous federal government organ. The objective of the Commission shall be to prepare five-year plans of national development in the framework of country wide balanced growth within the context of a long term perspective plan of fifteen years, and conduct periodic evaluation of the implementation of the plans. Full text English