Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936). Pays/Territoire Ghana Type du document Législation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for local governance in accordance with the Constitution; to establish a Local Government Service; to provide for the establishment and administration of the District Assemblies Common Fund; to provide for a National Development Planning System; to define and regulate planning procedures of District Assemblies; to co-ordinate, facilitate, monitor and supervise internal audit activities within District Assemblies and for related matters. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Bétail, Terre et sols, Eau, Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Institution Collectivité locale Participation du public Gouvernance Politique/planification Fonds spécial Exploitation agricole Développement agricole Planification territoriale Mise en application Enregistrement Production animale Autorisation/permis Élimination de déchets Gestion des déchets Pollution des eaux douces Eaux usées/déversement Lutte contre la pollution Aire géographique Afrique, Atlantique Nord, Afrique de l'Ouest Résumé This Act provides with respect to local government and selected matters of local development and planning in Ghana. It, among other things, provides for the creation of district assemblies, metropolitan assemblies, district planning authorities, the Local Government Service, the District Assemblies Common Fund, Regional Co-ordinating Councils, and the Inter-Ministerial Co-ordinating Committee on Decentralisation. For purposes of Local governance, the districts in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to exist. The President may, by Executive Instrument, create new districts. The Minister shall, by legislative instrument, establish a District Assembly for each district, municipality and metropolis. Functions of district assemblies are defined. The Act also provides for participatory governance at the local level. A District Assembly shall enable the residents and other stakeholders in the district to participate effectively in the activities of the District Assembly and the sub-district structures of the District Assembly. The Inter-Ministerial Co-ordinating Committee is the key national institutional mechanism for the inter-sectoral policy coordination of decentralisation and for the decentralised local governance system. Texte intégral Anglais Références - Législation Abroge Local Government Service Act, 2003 (No. 656). Législation | Ghana | 2003 Mot clé: Développement agricole, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Local Government Act, 1993 (No. 462). Législation | Ghana | 1993 Mot clé: Développement agricole, Institution, Planification territoriale, Expropriation, Terres publiques, Droits d'utilisation de l'eau, Gestion des resources en eau douce Source: FAO, FAOLEX