District 15 Terms of Reference

The district's purpose is to function as an effective, responsive, democratic, transparent, and accountable local extension of the Kabul Municipality. The district's objectives include providing high-quality, responsive city services such as sanitation, streets, drainages, parks, greenery, markets, revenue collection, permits, construction, maintenance, land regulations, financial management, budget development, capital improvement planning, administrative management, donor coordination, and direct interaction with other government agencies in the city district jurisdiction. The district's scope and responsibilities include implementing knowledge management policies and plans, generating revenues, controlling prices and measuring appliances, regulating and universalizing the metric system, distributing price lists to businesses, granting trade licenses to various guilds, registering formal and informal properties, controlling and supervising businesses, preparing city statistics, solving day-to-day problems of citizens, raising public awareness regarding city culture, implementing small projects, and prioritizing technical affairs, particularly in the engineering and construction sectors. The district office is staffed with personnel from various departments, including property, sanitation, revenue, culture, engineering, and statistics, with a total of 40 employees, including 28 permanent staff and 12 contracted staff. The district office is obligated to report to the Deputy Administration and Finance of Kabul Municipality and coordinates its activities with respective deputies. On specific issues such as sanitation and greenery, the district office has close working relations with the Sanitation and Greenery Departments. The district office's organizational structure includes a District Manager, Statistics Manager, Engineering Manager, Pricing Manager, and other departmental managers and assistants. The district office's responsibilities are further outlined in the job descriptions annexed to the document. The district office's organizational structure is depicted in the annexed organizational chart, which shows the various departments and personnel responsible for implementing the district's objectives and scope. The district office's staff includes a District Manager, Deputy District Manager, Statistics Manager, Engineering Manager, Pricing Manager, Culture Manager, Revenue Manager, License Manager, Property Fee Manager, Market Control Manager, and other departmental managers and assistants. The district office's staff also includes administrative assistants, cleaners, inventory personnel, computer operators, guards, and other support staff.