Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Government recently created the “Best Municipality of Angola Award”, through Presidential Decree 166/23, of 4 August.
According to the regulation, the award arises from the need to continuously improve the public management of municipalities, through the promotion and appreciation of initiatives that guarantee the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of local government action, as well as the integrity, good governance and adoption of the best management practices in the territory.
The objective, as stated in the Presidential Decree, is to encourage healthy competition between municipalities in promoting actions that tend to satisfy the needs of the population and promote local development, by awarding distinctions, incentives and incentives that recognize innovative initiatives in municipal public management.
The regulation also mentions that the award is of a social and symbolic nature, and constitutes a way of stimulating and encouraging the best management practices to transform the local reality and develop municipalities.
The award comprises two modalities, namely “Best Municipality by Category”, which distinguishes the three municipalities with the best performance in a given category, and “Best Municipality in all Categories”, which rewards those with the best performance in all categories, according to with typology.
The award categories include fundamental areas such as Urbanism, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, Transport, Mobility and Accessibility, Connectivity, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Health and Well-Being, Education and Professional Qualification, Good Governance, Transparency and Quality of Budget Execution , among others.
The Jury for the Best Municipality of Angola Award will be made up of seven members, appointed on the basis of criteria such as suitability, competence and experience in the matters in competition, while the candidacies will be presented by the municipal administrators to the provincial governments.
The prizes will include trophies, plaques or commemorative medal, certificates, delivery of financial support title and goods to support municipal development.
In accordance with its Article 25, the award gala will be held on the 10th of August of each year, the African Day of Decentralization and Local Development, and the results will be disseminated through the media and the official website of the Ministry of Administration. of the Territory.
Angola, with an area of one million, 247 thousand and 700 square kilometers, has 18 provinces and 164 municipalities.
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