Formulation: Suriname Planning Bureau (SPS), under the responsibility of the Vice President, shall take the necessary steps to prepare for a coherent and sustainable policy for the development of Suriname. The results of this will be published, as far as the general interest so permits. The Minister shall consult with the boards of independent communities. The policy referred shall be summarized in a national development program, which provides an indication of the long-term economic, social and cultural development of and measures by which the government proposes to promote it. The mission is

National level: Not only does Land planning in Guyana aim at the physical land development , but also it provides land use orientations for national and regional levels. The main regulatory framework for land planning is the Landsverordening van 1 3 juni 1973 houdende regelen betreffende de nationale en regionale planning . The implementation of this Act was initially assigned to the Ministry of Construction but in 2006 the Ministry of Physical Planning, Lands and Forest Management -MPPLFM was created, and is currently th e legal entity responsible for formulating the National Program of