The National Planning Authority (NPA) was established by the NPA Act (15 of 2002) in accordance with Article 125 of the 1995 Constitution  of the Republic of Uganda .  It is the principal statutory agency responsible for coordination of national and decentralized development planning and management processes and production of comprehensive integrated National Development Plans (NDP) for Uganda .  NPA is mandated to put in place, coordinate, manage and evaluate frameworks, systems and strategies for cost-effective and participatory national development planning in Uganda . NPA’s primary function is to produce comprehensive and integrated development plans for the country, elaborated in terms of the perspective Vision, long and medium–term plans. The NPA is also a National Think Tank facility, expected to effectively guide the entire nation in determination of National Strategic Priority Areas and corresponding national development programmes, as well as optimal allocation of national resources for ensuring sustainable poverty reduction, socio-economic transformation and development.

The website of NPA will continuously strive to contribute to the Socio-Economic Transformation of Ugandans through acting as an information network platform and championing different e-government initiatives.  It will provide policies, guidelines and regulations related to the implementation of the NDP.  Further, it is an important tool for Monitoring and Evaluating the implementation of the National Development Plans.

I hope that our efforts will help to build up a bridge, via the Internet, for information exchange between the different strategic stakeholders in the implementation of the National Development Plans.