The unit deals with tasks related to strategic planning, including the preparation of development policy documents for the regional government.
The Strategic Planning Unit is responsible for preparing such documents as the regional development strategy, supra-regional strategies and the regional spatial development plan. The documents prepared also address the spatial planning and development policy of functional and problem areas. The unit evaluates the implementation of development and spatial policy by preparing such documents as the yearly state of the region report and a periodical assessment of the regional spatial development plan. It also participates in conducting a landscape audit, in cooperation with the Spatial Data Modeling Unit.
The Strategic Planning Unit participates in interregional and international cooperation concerning development policy, analyzes relevant national and European documents and prepares opinions and positions concerning regional development and spatial planning for the regional government.
The unit is engaged in the functioning of the Mazovian Territorial Forum in cooperation with the relevant units of the regional government as well as the municipalities and counties of Mazovia.