Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) has organized a mid-year meeting with Regional Spatial Planning Directors to take stock of the implementation of their action plans, reflect, reset and chart a common course on sustaining the gains and address challenges for effective service delivery.

The meeting was held on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at the Institute of Local Government Studies in Accra.

 In his welcome address, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Authority, Dr. Kwadwo Yeboah said the purpose of the meeting was to initiate an attitudinal change process in the staff as a critical requirement for resetting Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority to be more proactive, financially independent and motivated public service agency.

He urged the staff to be creative, innovative, and generate ideas to address the challenging spatial planning issues across the country which affects the lives of the people.

He emphasized on the need to build more collaborations, coordination, cooperation and establish new partnerships with stakeholders to enable the staff achieve the overall mandate of the authority.

The authority has continued extensive public sensitization programmes using various platforms including media, communities and stakeholder engagements focusing on spatial planning issues such as land use and spatial planning laws and regulations, preparation and implementation of plans, development control, and permitting.

The Regional Directors made presentations on spatial planning activities in the respective regions at the meeting.