Mafia district council’s Planning, Statistics and Monitoring department is a department that oversees development projects of the council. The main objective of this department is coordination of all development activities of the council in order to ensure consideration of priorities and distribution of resources according to sectors so as to attain sustainable development. Other functions are: toprepare annual budgets and monitoring of all development projects within the District. The department is supposed to have 6 staffs but currently it has 3 staffs; head of department and 2 economists whose duties and responsibilities includes: Monitoring and supervision of all development projects within the district, Preparation of council’s development reports quarterly by coordinating with other departments, Collection of statistical data and other economic information necessary for preparation of economic and social policies, to research and outline opportunities in various economic sectors and set priorities for social development, to collect, analyses, evaluate and interpret statistical data and present to higher levels, Preparation of council’s annual plan and budget, to coordinate the preparation of council’s action plan and strategic plan, to collect necessary data for social economic profile and also work together with other institutions / organizations for the development of the District.
