2.1. Duties and Responsibilities of the Bureau

In accordance with government policies, laws, rules, regulations, strategic plans and major duties that are entrusted to the Ministry by proclamation, the Bureau prepares and approves short and long-term projects and programmes by integrating them with national urban planning, sanitation and beautification sectors. It also monitors the implementation of the institution’s plan by making the departments under its authority take the lead in using an action; conducts research and inquiry on urban planning, sanitation and beautification based on an assessment of gaps and customer’s requests; gives training on capacity building; and makes monitoring, evaluation and feedback provision activities in connection with the implementations of urban planning, sanitation and beautification and law and standard maintaining take place.

2.2. Duties and Responsibilities of the Departments Organized Under the Bureau

2.2.1 Duties and Responsibilities of Urban Plan, Sanitation and Beautification

Research and Studies Department

The Department, either solitarily or with consultancies, conducts studies on programmes, projects, laws, standards, manuals, model implementation rules, guidelines, etc that are directly or indirectly related to urban planning, sanitation and beautification. In order to share the study with the concerned bodies, the Department holds various seminars, workshops, and group discussions. It also disseminates standardized documents of the findings of research and inquiry to the concerned bodies by getting them approved for release.

2.2.2 Duties and Responsibilities of Urban Plan, Sanitation and Beautification Training Department

In accordance with existing and future documents of programmes, projects, laws, standards, manuals, model implementation rules, guidelines, etc that are directly or indirectly related to urban planning, Sanitation and beautification, the Department gives office and field-based training to Urban Planning Unit professionals working in urban plan designing and implementation and to privately organized urban planning consultants. It also gives awareness raising training to executive bodies. In addition, it reaches out to cities and gives practical training so that high-quality urban plans are prepared. It prepares government or private urban planning units in cities where urban planning units have not been organized. It gives training to those bodies or professionals, including executives, who are connected with urban Sanitation and beautification organization. It organizes them by giving training programmes which are job-creating.

2.2.3 Duties and Responsibilities of Urban Plan Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback Provision Department

On the basis of formulated urban planning implementations as well as existing and future documents of programmes, projects, laws, standards, manuals, model implementation rules, guidelines, etc that are related to urban planning, the Department oversees whether the activities that are included in the programmes are undertaken according to their time and progress plans. Checking against the formulated plan, it monitors, evaluates and provides feedback regarding problems that were witnessed in the preparation and the implementation of urban planning. It undertakes support and monitoring activities to cities for which urban plans are annually prepared. By preparing city profiles and making them accessible on websites, it also disseminates information on urban planning to customers.

2.2.4 Duties and Responsibilities of Urban Sanitation and Beautification Law and Standard Implementation Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback Department

On the basis of programmes, projects, laws, standards, manuals, model implementation rules, guidelines, etc which have been studied or to be studied in the future and that are related to solid waste and wastewater management, recreational and green area development and city image and beautification, the Department monitors, evaluates and provides feedback with regard to whether the activities that are included in the programmes are undertaken according to their time and progress plans.

Working in collaboration with the Departments of Research and Inquiry and Training, it undertakes activities that are connected with urban Sanitation and beautification. By compiling the profiles of urban Sanitation and beautification activities carried out by each city and disseminating through websites, it makes sure that they are accessible to customers.

The bureau provides different services in the following main areas:

Training: professional skills development trainings and awareness-raising trainings
2. Supports to regions and towns in map preparation, plan preparation, implementation monitoring, evaluation and support activities

3. Preparation of strategies and manuals