PLLSMA is a government decision making body established under section 110 (1) of the Organic Law on
Provincial Governments and Local Level Governments. It’s core function is to implement national policies at the
provincial level. Membership is made up of key national government agencies at the Department Head level to
coordinate their work on policy implementation and service delivery. The chairman is the Secretary for Provincial
and Local Government Affairs. DPLGA provides technical and Secretariat support to PLLSMA.
While the Organic Law lays out a number of functions, PLLSMA’s primary function is to coordinate and monitor
the implementation of national polices at the provincial and local level government levels. It is also tasked to;
The reforms in 1995 attempted greater decentralization of functions and responsibilities. Each level of
government compliments the other’s roles. The National agencies develop policies at the national level and the
provinces implement them at the provincial level. With multiple actors in delivering services, you need someone to
oversee the coordination and monitoring role. PLLSMA plays this role.
Increased coordination is required at the national level through PLLSMA meetings and sub-committees and at the
provincial level through PCMC’s. PLLSMA is the key mechanism to ensure that the reforms deliver improvements
in service delivery. PLLSMA will only improve service delivery if all stakeholders make PLLSMA work as intended.
PLLSMA coordinating mechanism comprises of;
Through these processes, implementation in service delivery of basic services can be monitored and coordinated.
Further issues and challenges relating to delivery of basic services can also be discussed and attended to.
PLLSMA holds four (4) mandatory meetings each year, once every quarter to discuss;