Establishment Decree
Republican decree 1093 / 1973 was issued for
the establishment of GOPP as general Organisation, located
in Cairo named General Organisation for Physical Planning
as control body under the corporate and direction of Minister
of Housing and Construction.
I. Responsibilities
- Subject to law 3/1982 of
physical planning, GOPP is the state authority, responsible
for drawing the physical planning general policy,
preparation of physical development plans and programs, and
their co-ordination with production and public services
plans and programs as well as the verification of applying
such plans.
- Competent local units are responsible for the
preparation of physical plans, on the local level, through
their technical entities/specialized consultant offices,
with participation of GOPP.
II. Activities
Since its establishment in the early seventies, through its
different phases of development, GOPP activities varied as
follows:-
- Proposal and development of
physical development legislations.
- Fixing the planning rates,
conditions and indicators for the national and regional
urban organisation.
- Preparation and approval of
urban development plans, on all (national – regional –
local) levels.
- Approval of urban and rural
built up areas.
- Preparation of physical,
environmental, economic, communal, demographic researches
and studies.
- Upgrading the skills of
workers in GOPP and local authorities.
- Exchange of information,
conclusion of agreements, participation and organisation of
international competition.
- Preparation and organisation
of international and local scientific conferences of urban
development.
- Preparation and approval of geotechnical and
infrastructure studies.
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