DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Mandate for the Department
- Manage the sustainable social, economic and physical development and growth of cities and urban centres.
- Provide policy and legal framework for urban development.
- Enforce and monitor compliance of all urban related policies, guidelines and regulations.
Activities of the department are meant to ensure that the country achieves targets for local and international agendas:
- Malawi Vision 2063
- Agenda 2063 for Africa
- Sustainable development Goal number 11
- The New Urban Agenda
Expected Outcome
Improved and sustainable urban systems in cities that will contribute to sustainable development and economic growth.
Core Functions
- Coordination of Urban Infrastructure and Services Development.
- Urban Development Management.
- Coordinate the development of Secondary Cities.
Sub Functions
- Providing policy and legal framework to support urban development planning and management.
- Supporting the development of mechanisms and structures for local authorities to improve their capacity in planning and management of urban development.
- Promoting sustainable physical and economic development and growth of urban centres.
- Support processes of enhancing the appeal of cities to local and foreign investment.
- Providing support to processes of urban renewal.
- Providing support to processes of slum upgrading.
- Providing a platform for the discussion of urban development challenges and emerging issues.
- Monitoring and evaluation of urban development programmes and projects.
Notable Achievements
- Formulation of a National Urban Policy (2019-2023).
- Formulation of a Malawi Sustainable Urban Development programme.
- Implementation of a Disaster risk reduction project in Blantyre city with funding from the World bank.
- Formulation of an Artistic Impression for area 32, which was designated as a new city centre.
- Implementation of preliminary activities for the National Slum Upgrading Project in collaboration with CCODE and the National Habitat Committee.
- Capacity Building for Stakeholders on the degree of Urbanisation methodology for delineating rural and urban areas with support from UN-Habitat.
- Development of a concept note to facilitate the improvement of the Airport Corridor.
Facilitating the preparation for City Summits by City Councils.
- The Department is facilitating and coordinating councils to conduct city summits which will be held in all City Councils.
- The City Summit are an exclusive platform of bringing together various stakeholders to share vision, mission, transformational agenda and address livable and sustainable City challenges.
